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Head of UN observers in Syria Maj. Gen. Robert Mood said that the observers whose convoy were struck by a blast in Khan Sheikhoun near the southern Hama province a day earlier have departed from the area and are on their way back.
Greece will hold repeat elections on June 17, local media reported on Wednesday. A senior judge had been tasked with heading a caretaker government to organise the ballot, according to the Athens News Agency.
Territorial disputes are always hard to resolve, and they can easily escalate out of control.
For a Chinese perspective, we’re now joined on the phone by Professor Gui Yongtao from the School of International Studies, Peking University.
For insight on the future of Sino-French relations, we are now joined on the line by Feng Zhongping, the director of the Institute of European Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations.
Live cross: Germany’s disagreement on EU fiscal pact For more insight on Hollande’s first official visit to Germany, we are now joined on the phone by Ed Hotard. He’s partner of HAO Capital, a China-focused private equity firm. Q1: We heard Hollande wants to renegotiate the EU fiscal pact and he proposed the possibility of eurobonds. However, Germany has always rejected the idea of eurobonds. Why the disagreement? Q2: In your view, how will Hollande cope with the economic challenges he faces domestically?
For more on the U.S.-Colombia FTA, our correspondent Daniel Ryntjes joins us now from Washington D.C.
For more on the euro zone’s first quarter GDP data, we are now joined by Professor Zhu Ning, Deputy Director from the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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