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Lisbon to provide uniforms for police

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    Portugal will provide uniforms for Guinea-Bissau's 4,000-strong police force and technical support for the planned revision of the country's public security legislation, Lusa quoted Bissau's internal administration minister, Caetano Intchama, as saying on Monday. He said this was agreed during a recent visit to Lisbon and talks with his Portuguese counterpart, Jorge Coelho, according to Lusa. China grants US $6.5 million in emergency aid China has given Guinea-Bissau US $6.5 million to build houses for veterans of the independence war against Portugal and to repair rural roads, Lusa reported the Guinea-Bissau Finance Ministry as announcing on Monday. Lusa said the grant followed the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Beijing and Bissau in 1998, after the West African country severed ties to Taiwan.

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