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(140818) -- NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Education advocate Malala Yousafzai (R) speaks as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (C) and Amy Robach, news anchor with ABC's Good Morning America, listen during a special event marking 500 days of action for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), at the UN headquarters in New York, on Aug. 18, 2014. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Monday marked 500 days of action until the deadline to reach the Millennium Development Goals, known worldwide as the MDGs. (Xinhua/Niu Xiaolei)

(140819) -- BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (1st R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (2nd R) greet visiting Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov (2nd L) and his wife Tatyana Karimova during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2014. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) (wf)