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The World Bank said Wednesday that it will resume disbursing money for three development projects in Cambodia after last year's suspension due to alleged corrupt practices. The World Bank decided to lift the suspensions after it had reached agreement with the Cambodian government ...
The United Nations marked on Tuesday the International Day of UN Peacekeepers by honoring the more than 100 peacekeepers who died in line of duty last year. At a wreath-laying ceremony at the UN Headquarters, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bowed in front of a tattered UN flag ...
Africa is to kick off a high-profile business forum in London Tuesday in efforts to woo investment to the poor continent. The biennial forum, which brought together over 330 African and international companies from 36 countries two years ago, will help investors to understand the ...
Asian, European foreign ministers on Tuesday called for broader cooperation between the two regions on international issues after a two-day meeting in Hamburg. Foreign ministers from over 40 Asian, European countries discussed some of the world's most burning issues, including ...
Iran on Wednesday dismissed International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei's latest report on Tehran's nuclear program as "devoid of any new points" and insisted there is no obstacle for the agency's inspections of its nuclear sites. "The latest report of UN nuclear ...
The Palestinian factions will continue firing rockets into Israel until the Jewish state accepts a mutual ceasefire and apply it to the Gaza Strip and West Bank, a faction representative said on Wednesday. "This decision was taken and all the factions have agreed on it," said ...
At least 15 companies are expected to tender bids for the fourth refinery that Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) intends to construct in al-Zour, southern Kuwait, the official KUNA news agency reported on Sunday. KNPC's Deputy Managing Director Asaad al-Saad was quoted as ...
Iran said on Sunday that Tehran does not agree with connecting Iran's nuclear program and the Iraqi issue, the official IRNA news agency reported. "We do not want any connection between the nuclear talks and the discussions on Iraq," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad...
The Afghan government buried the body of the killed top Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah on Monday in the southern Kandahar province, provincial governor Asadullah Khalid said. The Taliban leadership had been calling the government to hand over the body to Dadullah's family. ...
The European Union has welcomed the commitments made by the Iraqi government to promote reforms in political, security, economic and social fields. In a statement issued by the External Relations session of the EU Council that opened here on Monday, the Council said the ...
Four personnel of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), who were kidnapped in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur on Wednesday, have been released, UNMIS Spokesperson Radhia Achouri announced. "Unknown gunmen hijacked two vehicles of the four UNMIS staff members ...
Dutch Queen Beatrix on Wednesday unveiled a permanent memorial for the world's victims of chemical weapons in The Hague, the Netherlands. The memorial, which consists of a maple tree, a solar panel and a website, is in the premises of the Organization for the Prohibition of ...
Almost 120 soldiers from Cracow and Zagan of southern Poland left for Afghanistan on Thursday for a six-month mission, Polish media reported. The soldiers are to be stationed in the Ghazni and Paktika provinces. Polish Defense Ministry Secretary of State Marek Zajakala told ...
The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) announced on Thursday that over 26,000 displaced people had been assisted to return their homes in southern Sudan since road convoys started operation in February this year. UNMIS stressed in a statement that the cooperation between the ...
Lebanese police on Thursday found the bodies of two missing youths whose abduction have raised tension in strife-ridden Lebanon and sparked rumors of violence, Al-Arabiya TV channel reported. The bodies of Ziad Qabalan, 25, and Ziad Ghandour, 12, were found in a field north of ...
Italian international aid organization Emergency on Monday accused the Italian government of "inconceivable disinterest" in the plight of one of its Afghan employees reportedly facing the death penalty in Afghanistan. It also accused the Afghan government of breaching human ...
A senior Palestinian official called Monday on world countries to deal with the new Hamas-led unity government. Information Minister Mustafa al-Barghouti told Xinhua that the governments of China, Russia and Switzerland had expressed readiness to deal with the new Palestinian ...
A London court is expected to decide on Tuesday how much the Zambian government should pay Donegal International, a Virgin Islands-based company that sued the former for payment of debt it bought from a third party, local newspaper The Post reported Tuesday. Donegal International ...
French President Jacques Chirac has reaffirmed France's support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, according to a statement issued by the French Presidential office on Monday. During a working breakfast with the Egyptian President Hosni Moubarak who is currently on a visit ...
The participants in a two-day international conference on climate protection that opened in Prague on Wednesday discussed how to coordinate efforts by experts, NGOs and politicians after 2012 when the targets of the Kyoto Protocol expire. Czech senator Bedrich Moldan, former ...
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Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck to put $1.5b in R&D
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), the world's second-largest drug producer by ...
China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
China slams Japan's NHK governor's denial of Nanjing massacre
BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Wednesday slammed the remarks of ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
Chinese investors look to overseas opportunities
SHANGHAI, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China, the world's top manufacturer and ...
GM China chairman to retire
GM China chairman to retire
CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Co. announced Friday that ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
Boeing Wins Biggest Order of US$26b
A formation of nine Royal Air Force Red Arrows Hawk aircraft fly ...
China cloning pigs on industrial scale
China cloning pigs on industrial scale
Cloning is a controversial and decisive issue that has split public ...
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Logistics industry faces reshuffle
Every day at 7 a.m., Xiao Lin, a Shentong Express courier in Hangzhou, ...
Airbus opens Chinese logistics center
Airbus opens Chinese logistics center
A model of an Airbus SAS A350 XWB on display at an air show. The ...
Dollar trades at lower 102 yen level in early Tokyo deals
Dollar trades at lower 102 yen level in early Tokyo deals
TOKYO, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 102 ...