question: senior officials from taiwan and china will hold talks thursday in taipei , as the two sides struggle to meet a self-imposed june deadline for signing a proposed trade pact , officials said .

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summary: taiwan china to meet thursday on trade pact

question: australian tennis great rod laver will not be presenting the trophy to the men 's singles champion at this month 's centenary australian open here because of an illness to his wife , tennis australia said tuesday .

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summary: laver to miss open trophy presentation because of wife 's illness

question: french president nicolas sarkozy has sent a message to the head of marxist rebels holding french-colombian politician ingrid betancourt , appealing for her release , his office said thursday .

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summary: sarkozy urges colombian rebels to free hostage

question: russian foreign minister andrei kozyrev ended a first day of talks here thursday without solving any of his country 's three main outstanding problems with vietnam .

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summary:
kozyrev fails to solve problem issues with vietnam