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2009-06-01
Commercial property norms relaxed - [political news]
BEIJING, May 30 -- The government's decision to slash the minimum financial requirement for commercial property investment for the first time in 13 years, will help ease property developers' capital strain and stabilize housing prices, analysts sa... -
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the United States over issues of migration and direct mail, a U.S. government official said on Sunday.
Cuba notified Washington on Saturday that i... -
2009-06-01
China urges fair play in village elections - [political news]
China's central authorities issued a circular in Beijing Saturday urging candidates to practice fair play in direct elections of village heads amid complaints of bribery and other dirty tricks to win votes.
"The villagers' committee electio... -
HONG KONG, May 31 (Xinhua) -- The following is the latest confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the Asia-Pacific region on Sunday:
Japan: 379; Australia: 167; South Korea: 39; China: 65 (33 in mainland, 23 i... -
BUENOS AIRES, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Argentine Health Minister Graciela Ocana confirmed on Sunday that there are now 100 confirmed patients of A/H1N1 flu in the country.
Ocana told a local radio station that in t... -
STOCKHOLM, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A European health agency said on Sunday that 32 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, 15 were confirmed in Britain, six i... -
2009-06-01
New China coach targets 2014 World Cup - [Domestic English News]
BEIJING - China's new national football coach Gao Hongbo has set qualification for the 2014 World Cup as a target in his quest to revitalize the beleaguered team.
In his first news conference since being appointed May 4, Gao a... -
2009-06-01
Hong Kong stocks close 1.60% up - [Military English News]
Hong Kong stocks rose 285.73 points, or 1.60 percent to close at 18,171.00 on Friday.
Turnover moved down to 92.17 billion HK dollars (11.90 billion U.S. dollars), from Wednesday's 93.06 billion HK dollars (12.01 billion U.S. dollars). ... -
A small plane crashed in a home in Florida after taking off from an airport on Friday, killing the pilot, according to a local TV report.
The report by the WPLG TV said that the pilot, who was tentatively identifie... -
Chinese President Hu Jintao stressed Friday the importance to improve the work of military officers to better serve the decision-making of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Central Military Commission (CMC).
He mad... -
2009-04-16
Number of jurors in China to go up by 25% - [political news]
The number of jurors will be increased by almost 15,000 this year to enhance public participation in trials and legal rulings, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said yesterday.
The country has 55,681 jurors but aims to boost that figure to 7... -
The United States will join international efforts to fight against piracy off the Horn of Africa, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said here Wednesday.
The United States and the international community will "expl... -
2009-04-16
China aims to create 1.5 mln jobs in electronics and IT industry - [Domestic English News]
China, the world's biggest manufacturer of electronics and information technology (IT) products, said Wednesday it will boost the industry's development to create more than 1.5 million new jobs in three years.
The ... -
2009-04-16
Chinas rural home appliance sales surge in March on subsidy scheme - [Domestic English News]
The Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday that March sales of household appliances in rural areas surged more than 70 percent from February, as China's policy to offer subsidies to farmers for the purchase of such products began to pay off.
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2009-04-16
President: Iran to offer new proposal package to world - [International English Language]
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday said that Iran would offer new proposal package to the world, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Addressing a crowd in Kerman city of Iran's southeastern Kerman P... -
2009-04-16
Navy chief lists key objective - [Military English News]
The navy plans to develop a new generation of warships and aircraft as part of the country's effort to upgrade the maritime security defense system, the service's commander-in-chief said on Wednesday.
Admiral Wu Shengli outlined key missions... -
2009-04-16
Official: reported cross-Strait military exchange in Hawaii inaccurate - [political news]
A Chinese mainland official said on Wednesday that the reported military exchange between mainland and Taiwan in Hawaii this August at a seminar organized by the United States military is "inaccurate".
Li Weiyi, spokesman for the Taiwan Aff...
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