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The 2018 Beijing Forum on Human Rights has kicked off, with the theme Poverty Elimination: Seeking Common Development to Build a Community of Shared Future for Human Beings. The two-day event this year has over 200 attendees from over 50 countries, r

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By David Gollust Washington 21 November 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she sees next week's Annapolis conference as the launch of a drive to conclude a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before the end of

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The 2015 Global High Level Forum on Poverty Reduction and Development convenes in the Great Hall of the People, in China's capital city of Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the event. CRIENGLISH.com now brings you a live broadcast of th

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