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		<title>BeatrisWallen59 at 13:57, 19 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/del&gt;peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;president &lt;/del&gt;[http://&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Www&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;channel4&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;com/news&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Tran%20Dai &lt;/del&gt;Tran Dai&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/del&gt;Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội] &lt;/del&gt;whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Blogs.Realtown.com/search/?q=respect &lt;/del&gt;respect&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://data.gov.uk/data/search?q=Hollande &lt;/ins&gt;Hollande&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;[http://&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;www&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vtr&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org.vn&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] president &lt;/ins&gt;Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/ins&gt;2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.shewrites.com/main/search/search?q=claimed &lt;/ins&gt;claimed&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>JohnetteFlinn89 at 04:47, 19 July 2018</title>
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he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/del&gt;Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;keep the &lt;/ins&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;tour bắc kinh từ hà nội&lt;/ins&gt;] peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Www.channel4.com/news/Tran%20Dai &lt;/ins&gt;Tran Dai&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội] &lt;/ins&gt;whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Blogs.Realtown.com/search/?q=&lt;/ins&gt;respect &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;respect] &lt;/ins&gt;their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>CatherineIsbell at 15:51, 18 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/del&gt;have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Wideinfo.org/?s=European%20countries &lt;/del&gt;European countries&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] &lt;/del&gt;courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] &lt;/del&gt;boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.alexa.com/search?q=presidential%20palace&amp;amp;r=topsites_index&amp;amp;p=bigtop &lt;/ins&gt;presidential palace&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/ins&gt;Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>TarahMatthew at 09:40, 18 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/del&gt;from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.google.com/search?q=AFP%20ahead&amp;amp;btnI=lucky &lt;/del&gt;AFP ahead&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and &lt;/del&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm&lt;/del&gt;] in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing&amp;#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vtr.org.vn&lt;/ins&gt;] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and &lt;/ins&gt;in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Wideinfo.org/?s=European%20countries &lt;/ins&gt;European countries&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] &lt;/ins&gt;courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] &lt;/ins&gt;boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>HermineFeaster at 05:28, 18 July 2018</title>
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		<updated>2018-07-18T05:28:29Z</updated>

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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic&amp;#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;tour bắc kinh từ hà nội&lt;/del&gt;] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and &lt;/del&gt;in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Www.Buzzfeed.com/search?q=fishery%20resources &lt;/del&gt;fishery resources&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/del&gt;the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rejected%20China%27s &lt;/del&gt;rejected China's&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.google.com/search?q=AFP%20ahead&amp;amp;btnI=lucky &lt;/ins&gt;AFP ahead&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and &lt;/ins&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm&lt;/ins&gt;] in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>IrmaKeeler7441 at 14:01, 17 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial &lt;/del&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vtr.org.vn&lt;/del&gt;] oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội] &lt;/del&gt;the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.traveldescribe.com/?s=&lt;/del&gt;recognise &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;recognise] &lt;/del&gt;the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic&amp;#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;tour bắc kinh từ hà nội&lt;/ins&gt;] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial &lt;/ins&gt;oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Www.Buzzfeed.com/search?q=fishery%20resources &lt;/ins&gt;fishery resources&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rejected%20China%27s &lt;/ins&gt;rejected China's&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>SSBEllis29050 at 11:36, 17 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] &lt;/del&gt;of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Www.martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=2&amp;amp;frm=freesearch&amp;amp;lfd=Y&amp;amp;afs=Asian%20Nations &lt;/del&gt;Asian Nations&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;(ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has&amp;#160; &lt;/del&gt;[http://www.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vtr&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org.vn&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội&lt;/del&gt;] sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/del&gt;Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội] &lt;/ins&gt;the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to [http://www.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;traveldescribe&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;?s=recognise recognise&lt;/ins&gt;] &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;the ruling, and ASEAN has &lt;/ins&gt;sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Dewayne86R at 00:06, 17 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to [http://&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Www&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Europeana&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;eu&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;portal/search&lt;/del&gt;.html&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;?query=AFP%20ahead AFP ahead&lt;/del&gt;] of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/del&gt;strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;[http://&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;www&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vtr&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org.vn&lt;/del&gt;/&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;html vtr.org.vn] regional 10-member Association of Southeast &lt;/del&gt;Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;AFP ahead&amp;#160; &lt;/ins&gt;[http://&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;www.vtr&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;org&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vn&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem&lt;/ins&gt;.html &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;du lịch Bắc Kinh&lt;/ins&gt;] of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;regional 10-member Association of Southeast &lt;/ins&gt;[http://&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Www&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;martindale&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;com&lt;/ins&gt;/&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;Results&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;aspx?ft=2&amp;amp;frm=freesearch&amp;amp;lfd=Y&amp;amp;afs=Asian%20Nations &lt;/ins&gt;Asian Nations&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;(ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh 5 ngày 4 đêm từ Hà Nội] &lt;/ins&gt;sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>KelliMattson11 at 18:29, 16 July 2018</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/del&gt;disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and&amp;#160; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;vtr.org.vn&lt;/del&gt;] &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The &lt;/del&gt;strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/del&gt;China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://search.Usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&amp;amp;query=%A9Ted%20Aljibe &lt;/del&gt;�Ted Aljibe&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/del&gt;(AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://Www.Europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=AFP%20ahead &lt;/ins&gt;AFP ahead&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The &lt;/ins&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;tour bắc kinh từ hà nội&lt;/ins&gt;] strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/search?q=&lt;/del&gt;countries &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;countries] &lt;/del&gt;should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/del&gt;potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[https://Www.academia.edu/people/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;amp;q=&lt;/del&gt;speaking &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;speaking] &lt;/del&gt;from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/del&gt;vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on &lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html du lịch Bắc Kinh] &lt;/del&gt;it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 �Ted Aljibe (AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class='diff-marker'&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;France and other countries should help to keep the peace in the disputed South China Sea, Vietnam's president told AFP Wednesday, as unease grows over China's increasingly muscular approach in the key waterway.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China claims most of the sea where it has built up reefs capable of hosting military equipment, sparking ire from competing claimants, including Vietnam, and raising fears of potential armed conflict.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to AFP ahead of a visit by French leader Francois Hollande next month, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang said he hopes France and others will help to diffuse regional tensions in the waterway, which it calls the East Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Vietnamese president Tran Dai Quang speaks during an interview with AFP at the presidential palace in Hanoi on August 24, 2016 �Hoang Dinh Nam (AFP)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We highly welcome the cooperation from France and other nations in the process of maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world and on the East Sea,&amp;quot; he said, speaking from the presidential palace, the former residence of the Indochina governor during French colonial rule.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Hanoi and Beijing have traded diplomatic barbs over &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/ins&gt;disputed island chains and waters in the South China Sea and &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html vtr.org.vn] &lt;/ins&gt;in 2014 China moved a controversial oil rig into contested territory, prompting riots in Vietnam.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The strategic waterway, also claimed by the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, is rich in energy reserves, fishery resources and is a busy shipping route.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Quang's comments come after French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in June he would ask European countries to conduct coordinated patrols in the South China Sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and the United States have sent naval ships to the sea in recent months and have vowed to send more, angering Beijing.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Vietnamese president, whose role is mostly ceremonial, said Hollande's visit would help to boost military ties between the former colonial foes, as Hanoi has rapidly increased its defence budget in the last decade.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Several directions for cooperation will be strengthened and opened, like... ensuring security, safety and freedom of maritime and aviation,&amp;quot; Quang said in a statement to AFP after the interview.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;He added that Vietnam wants more unity in the regional 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which has failed to forge a unified front against Beijing's militarisation in the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have been active together with countries in the ASEAN community to increase unity, considering this an important structure to contribute to maintaining regional peace,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Last month Manila won its case against Beijing at a UN-backed tribunal in the Hague which rejected China's claims to most of the sea.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Beijing boycotted the hearing, and has refused to recognise the ruling, and ASEAN has sidestepped the issue, failing to comment directly on it at a meeting of ministers last month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Diplomats say Beijing has deftly courted Laos and Cambodia to split the bloc and blunt unified criticism.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;France and Vietnam signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2013, which included boosted defence cooperation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Filipino and Vietnamese protesters display anti-China placards during a call on China to respect their rights in the disputed South &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt; [http://www.vtr.org.vn/cam-nang-du-lich-bac-kinh-5-ngay-4-dem.html tour bắc kinh từ hà nội] &lt;/ins&gt;China Sea, in front of the Chinese consular office in Manila on August 6, 2016 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[http://search.Usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&amp;amp;query=%A9Ted%20Aljibe &lt;/ins&gt;�Ted Aljibe&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;] &lt;/ins&gt;(AFP/File)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Advertisement&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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