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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 23

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A total of 128 Nigerian policemen died on duty in the past three months, the country's Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris said Wednesday.

The police personnel died while preventing attacks or ensuring law and order in various parts of the West African country, Idris said in a statement to Xinhua. (Nigeria-Police)

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BUCHAREST -- The veterinary authority of Romania on Wednesday announced there would be very careful checks of all poultry shipments from countries with bird flu outbreaks, in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease in its territory.

The National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) made the move following information received from the European Commission and alert notifications from the World Organization for Animal Health on the epidemiological situation within the European Union, according to a press release from the authority. (Romania-Bird Flu)

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MANILA -- The Philippine military said Wednesday two major joint exercises with U.S. troops will be scrapped and there will be 258 joint military exercises, including small ones, between the two sides next year.

The two scrapped war games are the Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) and Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), two naval exercises that includes territorial defense trainings, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Gen. Ricardo Visaya told reporters. (Philippines-US-Joint Exercises)

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SINGAPORE -- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wednesday called on business leaders to play a greater role in the new development era in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

The call was made at the Responsible Business Forum for Sustainable Development co-organized here by UNDP and Global Initiatives. (UNDP-SDG)

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JERUSALEM -- The Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday advanced a plan to build 500 housing units in Ramat Shlomo, a neighborhood settlement in East Jerusalem, the first such move since the U.S. elections.

The decision revives a plan that was initially approved in 2014 but later stalled amidst international criticism.

Under the plan, Ramat Shlomo, a mostly ultra-Orthodox settlement, would be expanded northeast. (Israel-Settlement) Endi