Baku, December 17 (AzerTAc). A roundtable meeting on global warming and climate changes organized by Azerbaijan`s Fund of Monitoring of Ecological Standards held in Baku.

Tbilisi, December 17 (AzerTAc). The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic has laid a pipeline to Georgia`s Khasuri region to supply population with gas.

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Lee-Chinese leader

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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese Vice

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Chinese Vice
President Xi Jinping, who is apparently being groomed to become the country's

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December 18

1973 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Bangladesh.

Banda Aceh, Dec 17 (ANTARA) - Some 195 Myanmarese and Bangladeshi boat people who were stranded in Aceh early this year are to be moved to Medan, North Sumatra.

Luwuk, C Sulawesi, Dec 17 (ANTARA) - At least 4,000 hectares of rain-fed rice fields in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, are running short of water, a local agricultural official said.