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Civilians emerge as pawns in South China Sea legal chess game

On tiny specks in the disputed Spratly archipelago of the South China Sea, Vietnamese and Filipino children skip to school each day. Not far away, China is building lighthouses and weather stations on reclaimed land. Further north, a Chinese cruise ship takes "patriotic" tourists to a separate group of contested islands. 

EC's Kosovo SAA "based on Taiwan model"

EC's Kosovo SAA "based on Taiwan model"

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission on Thursday adopted the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) proposal for Kosovo and sent it to the Council for consideration.

However, "it still does not mean that Kosovo could soon become a candidate for membership of the European Union," Tanjug said it learned in Brussels.

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