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FUNDS VANISH: Two middlemen entrusted with $29.8 million in Taiwanese funds as part of a secret effort to forge relations with Papua New Guinea made off with the money, officials said. Foreign Minister James Huang said Vice Premier Chiou I-jen picked the two men in 2006 to convey the money, part of a government fund used to persuade other governments to extend diplomatic recognition.
MALI ATTACK: Insurgents attacked an army convoy in northern Mali, violating a cease-fire and sparking a firefight that left five people dead, a military official said. It was the first major clash since the ethnic Tuareg rebels and the government signed a cease-fire a month ago.
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