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Officials dismissed decline was related to China's ongoing anti-monopoly investigations into foreign-funded companies.
Montenegro’s bid to join the NATO was shot down earlier last year at September's summit in Wales.
Brazilian Socialist Party has nominated former Environment Minister Marina Silva as its new candidate for the elections.
The Peace Mission 2014 will “aim at countering terrorism", said a Chinese military statement.
The crisis continues to escalate, with 1,975 cases and 1145 deaths reported.
The UN Resolution cited that as a splinter faction of Al-Qaeda, ISIL was subject to existing sanctions restricting access to funds and materiel.
Russia on Friday let Ukrainian officials inspect an aid convoy while it was still on Russian soil.
India is celebrating its 68th Independence Day on Friday.
At least four million people in South Sudan are now facing malnutrition due to lack of food and clean water, aid agencies say.
A top official of the ICRC would hold talks in Kiev and Moscow to help Russian aid reach Eastern Ukraine.
