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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his concerns on Thursday over the rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Ban said he is concerned about the tensions between the two sides, including recent shooting incidents, as well as ...
At least eight people were killed and some 25 others injured when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a cafe in the Iraqi capital on Thursday evening, official sources said. The incident took place at 9 pm (1800 GMT) shortly after the Eid al-Fitr holiday began ...
An official of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Friday spoke highly of the progress made in the agency's cooperation programs with Cuba. After a tour of Cuba's eastern Holguin province, Nils Kastberg, general director of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean, ...
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of the Commonwealth of Independent States is deeply concerned about situation in Iran and Afghanistan, leaders of the organization's member states said Saturday in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. In a statement signed during their ...
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are deeply divided over the content of a joint document they are drafting for next month's US-sponsored statehood conference, Palestinian officials said yesterday. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, both ...
The Sudanese government Saturday asked the U.S. administration to send "a clear message" to rebel movements in the western Sudanese region of Darfur on necessity to make a new round of peace negotiations successful. Sudanese Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail delivered the ...
The world's major economies yesterday gathered in Washington to discuss climate change and the ways to tackle it, on the heels of the just-concluded higher level UN meeting. The two-day conference was called by US President George W. Bush, whose administration has been criticized ...
Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice (CSJC) is investigating 37 congressmen for alleged links to paramilitary groups, judicial sources said Thursday. The CSJC's judges are examining evidence to decide whether the legislators did business with members of Colombia's Self-defense ...
Rival Lebanese political leaders stepped up their dialogue yesterday trying to reach an agreement on a new president and prevent the country from sliding deeper into a crisis that threatens its unity. The discussions between the pro-government and opposition camps began ...
Russia's Space forces chief said yesterday that the nation would have to retaliate if others deploy weapons in space - a stern warning to the US. While Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin did not name any specific country, he was clearly referring to US plans for space-based ...
Former California Governor Pete Wilson endorsed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday. "Rudy has proven he is the leader and the problem-solver this country needs as president, and he is the Republicans' best opportunity ...
LONDON: Almost two-thirds of the world's people - and seven in 10 in China - say there must be urgent action to tackle global warming, a poll for the BBC World Service showed yesterday. Overall, 65 percent of the 22,000 people polled in 21 countries said there was a need "to take ...
Lebanon's parliament yesterday put off a session to elect a new president until next month after the legislature failed to muster enough lawmakers because of an Hezbollah-led opposition boycott. The postponement had been expected after the opposition, led by Syrian- and Iranian...
The new Parliament issued from the Sept. 16 general elections will open on Wednesday and deputies will take the oath anticipated by the constitution. Elections for the Parliament's directorate, including the president, five vice presidents, three rectors and six secretaries, will ...
US President George W. Bush announced new sanctions yesterday against Myanmar in an address to the UN General Assembly, saying that Americans are outraged by the situation there. Bush also urged other nations to support the struggle for democracy in Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon. ...
Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said Thursday that Iran does not currently pose an immediate threat to the international community. "Iran does not constitute a certain and immediate threat to the international community," said ...
The United Nations urged on Thursday member states to contribute more troops for the UN- African Union (AU) hybrid peacekeeping force to be deployed in Sudan's Darfur region. Following a meeting with potential contributors on Wednesday, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations ...
Visiting President of the African Union Commission (AU) Alpha Oumar Konare on Thursday in Havana praised Cuba's friendship with Africa and its willingness to cooperate with African countries. In an article published in Cuba's official daily Granma on Thursday, Konare said the ...
Lebanese leaders pledged yesterday to press ahead with a divisive election for president, to be held in Parliament in the coming days, after a car bombing assassination of one of its lawmakers. Anti-Syrian lawmakers also pointed fingers at neighboring Damascus and called on the ...
Iran's nuclear issue could be settled through negotiation, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said Monday in Vienna. "I am convinced that the solution through negotiation could be achieved,"she told the media during the ongoing 51st annual regular session of the General ...
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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 ...