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(140910) -- NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman (C) applauds a UN General Assembly resolution regarding negotiation of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes during a plenary session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 9, 2014. The UN General Assembly on Tuesday approved a resolution to negotiate and adopt a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes to improve the global financial system. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)

(140910) -- BRUSSELS, Sept. 10, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Newly-elected European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives a press conference to announce the attribution of portfolios of European Commissioners-designate at EU headquaters in Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 10, 2014. The new European commission will start its activities on Nov. 1, 2014. (Xinhua/Ye Pingfan)

(140909) -- JERUSALEM, Sept. 9, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 9, 2014, shows the trail of the Arrow 2 interceptor launched from near Yavne, central Israel. Israel's defense ministry said on Tuesday it launched an Arrow 2 interceptor to test recent improvements made to the anti-ballistic missile shield. (Xinhua)

(140910) -- LAHORE, Sept. 10, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at the collapsed mosque in east Pakistan's Lahore on Sept. 9, 2014. At least 24 people were killed and several others trapped when the roof of a mosque collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Sajjad) (lyi)

(140910) -- VILNIUS, Sep. 10, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Liberman (L) and Lithuania's foreign minister Linas Linkevicius attend a joint press conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sept. 10, 2014. (Xinhua/Bu Peng) (djj)

(140909) -- BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with U.S. President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 9, 2014. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo) (yxb)

(140909) -- MASERU, Sept. 9, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Lesotho's Prime Minister Thomas Thabane (R) walks out of the State House with visiting South African President Jacob Zuma after a meeting in Maseru, Lesotho, on Sept. 9, 2014. South African President Jacob Zuma arrived here Tuesday afternoon on a mission designed to help defuse tension in the kingdom. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)