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  • Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah (third from left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second from right) receiving a garland at a meeting in the BJP's New Delhi headquarters on Tuesday.

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  • Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat with Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing yesterday, at the start of his week-long visit to China.

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  • US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feeding carp before their working lunch at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo last November. The Japanese government is taking unprecedented steps to wow Mr Trump upon his arrival in Tokyo on Satu

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