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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1330 GMT, Aug. 17

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The China-funded Mombasa-Nairobi railway in Kenya, which will eventually extend to the entire East African region, has won acclaims from African diplomats.

Thirteen African countries' diplomats in Kenya on Tuesday visited construction sites of the China-funded Mombasa-Nairobi railway in the country, hailing it as an embodiment of thriving China-Africa ties. (Kenya-China-Railway)

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ROME -- The upcoming G20 summit to be held in China on Sept. 4-5 would provide a good chance to improve global economic governance, an Italian analyst said.

"The G20 forum is a proper framework where to make decisions impacting on global economy," Alessia Amighini, senior associate researcher at the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), told Xinhua in an interview. (Italy-China-G20)

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CARACAS -- China and Venezuela on Tuesday agreed to bolster cooperation on logistics and energy at the conclusion of the meeting of the 5th Technical Secretariat of the Venezuela-China High-Level Mixed Committee (CMAN).

Venezuelan Minister for Planning and Knowledge Ricardo Menendez held the meeting with the Chinese delegation led by Wu Hongliang, secretary of the CMAN, and Zhao Bentang, Chinese ambassador to Venezuela. (Venezuela-China-Logistics)

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ASTANA -- Over the past three years, China-Kazakhstan cooperation projects within the framework of the "Belt-Road" Initiative have yielded early fruits, setting an example to other countries along the Belt and the Road.

"Many countries have shown interests in the initiative, in hope of knowing the initiative better and realizing the initiative through investment and economic cooperation," Shigeo Katsu, president of Nazarbayev University, told Xinhua. (Kazakhstan-China-Belt and Road)

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ALGIERS -- Algerian state energy group Sonatrach, in partnership with its Chinese and Thai counterparts, has completed the drilling work of a key oil well in the south of the country, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

The output capacity of the oil well is estimated at 2,406 barrels per day, the statement said.

Sonatrach with its two partners, China's CNOOC and Thailand's PTTEP, started the drilling work in 2011 in the Hassi Bir Rekaiz oilfield in the Berkine basin, about 800 km southeast of the capital Algiers. (Algeria-China-Oil)

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VIENTIANE -- Complex world situation and its challenges make it imperative for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China to put all efforts into seeking cooperation and development while minimizing all possible impediments, Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaphao Eunthavanh said here Wednesday.x The deputy minister made the comments in an address to academics and researchers gathered in the Lao capital for the third Network of ASEAN-China Think Tanks seminar, state-run media Vientiane Times reported. (Laos-China-ASEAN) Endi