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A major Chinese representative today firmly denounced some Western countries practising power politics in mass media.
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China denounces Western media criterion.
| 15 | 4 | 3,800,223 |
Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko today agreed to the deployment by the United Nations of a neutral multinational force in the great Lakes region and Eastern Zaire, said Raymond Chretien, the special u.n. envoy on the Zairean crisis.
|
Mobutu agrees to deployment of multinational force.
| 37 | 6 | 3,800,224 |
The leftist coalition in Serbia has won the majority of seats in the lower House of Yugoslav Parliament at Sunday's elections, according to official results Wednesday.
|
Leftist coalition wins victory in Parliament elections.
| 25 | 6 | 3,800,225 |
Britain's central bank, the Bank of England Wednesday urged the government to raise interest rates again if it wished to meet its inflation target of 5.3 percent.
|
Uk central bank urges fresh base rate rise.
| 26 | 7 | 3,800,226 |
The Cairo economic conference will give Egypt a good chance to enhance its structural adjustment program and to brief foreign investors on its investment and trade chances, said an international Monetary Fund Lrb IMF Rrb official today.
|
Cairo conference to give push to Egypt's reforms:.
| 36 | 7 | 3,800,227 |
Cyprus Parliament Speaker Spyros Kyprianou today expressed concern that pressure would be exerted for meetings "within the framework of initiatives being undertaken for a settlement of the Cyprus problem.
|
Top Cyprus official concerned over pressure on Cyprus.
| 28 | 7 | 3,800,228 |
Major European stock markets surged strongly and closed sharply higher, boosted by us President bill Clinton's election victory, a strong Wall Street and a firmer dollar.
|
European shares up sharply on Clinton's re election.
| 25 | 7 | 3,800,229 |
China today urged the United Nations Institute for training and research Lrb Rrb to produce a more focused training program to meet the present day needs.
|
China urges to be more focused in projects.
| 25 | 7 | 3,800,230 |
Yemeni President Ali Abdulla Saleh today described his talks with visiting British foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind as constructive and positive, saying that there are no differences of opinion between the two countries.
|
Yemeni President meets British foreign Secretary.
| 31 | 5 | 3,800,231 |
The Parliament of Bosnia's Muslim Croat Federation on Wednesday held its first session, electing chairmen for the two chambers of the institution.
|
Bosnian Federation Parliament holds first session.
| 21 | 5 | 3,800,232 |
The European Airspace consortium Airbus Industrie and the American air company USAir today signed a historic contract on the purchase of 527 Airbus planes by USAir, announced Airbus Industrie.
|
Airbus sign historic contract on plane purchase.
| 28 | 6 | 3,800,233 |
A Serbian police helicopter with four people on board crashed into the river Danube near Belgrade at 4:81 p.m. Lrb 75:12 GMT Rrb Wednesday.
|
Serbian police helicopter crashes into River.
| 23 | 5 | 3,800,234 |
Tension remained high in Hebron today despite optimism about a breakthrough in the Palestinian Israeli negotiations on the future of the only West Bank city still under Israeli control.
|
Tension still high in Hebron.
| 28 | 4 | 3,800,235 |
Richard Jones, Ambassador of the United States to Lebanon, ruled out here today a change of his country's policy in the Middle East after the re election of President bill Clinton.
|
US envoy rules out us policy change in Mideast.
| 30 | 8 | 3,800,236 |
The Turkish Cypriot regime today barred Greek Cypriots from returning to their villages in the northern Turkish controlled part of Cyprus.
|
Turkish Cypriots take retaliatory measures.
| 20 | 4 | 3,800,237 |
The Royal Cambodian armed forces Lrb Rcaf Rrb has finished the work of integrating breakaway Khmer Rouge forces, Co defense Minister tea said today.
|
Cambodia integrates breakaway Khmer Rouge forces.
| 23 | 5 | 3,800,238 |
President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu pf party today held talks to identify common features with visiting Jamaican Premier Percival James Patterson and his people's nationalist party Lrb PNP Rrb at party headquarters here.
|
Mugabe Patterson forge party links.
| 34 | 4 | 3,800,239 |
Alexander Popov, Russia's double Olympic gold Medallist, had been told by the doctors that he was fit to start his training, Itar Tass news agency said on Thursday.
|
Popov well for training.
| 27 | 3 | 3,800,240 |
Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, re elected for a second term at a special diet session, named his second cabinet today to head the first liberal Democratic party Lrb LDP Rrb government in more than three years.
|
Hashimoto launches second cabinet.
| 36 | 3 | 3,800,241 |
Home affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa today declared all demonstrations illegal after police dispersed a group of University of Zimbabwe students gathered in campus to demonstrate against the new University fee system.
|
Zimbabwe's police avert student demonstration.
| 30 | 4 | 3,800,242 |
France has invited 10 heads of state or government of European countries to attend a summit in France during the second quarter of 2007, said slim Kallas, president of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg today.
|
France invites 10 European leaders to attend .
| 35 | 7 | 3,800,243 |
Speaking at a rally organized by the opposition Bangladesh nationalist party Lrb BNP Rrb, Khaleda alleged that the government had failed to protect the country's interests and law and order and economic situation had deteriorated during the 2 month rule of the government.
|
Bangladeshi opposition leader calls for.
| 42 | 4 | 3,800,244 |
The European Commission Lrb EC Rrb today unveiled four new programs to help push the reform process in China.
|
Ec announces new programs for Chinese reform.
| 18 | 6 | 3,800,245 |
Israeli foreign Minister David levy, who is here on a visit designed to clear atmosphere "between the two countries, said today the Israeli Egyptian tie can serve as a classical model for the Middle East region.
|
Israeli FM Lauds Israeli Egyptian ties.
| 35 | 5 | 3,800,246 |
Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Malik Miraj Khalid said today that accountability will be even handed so that honest and sincere representatives could be elected in the next elections.
|
Pak caretaker PM assures accountability without.
| 27 | 5 | 3,800,247 |
Senegal said today that it is absolutely engaged "in giving its support to any military intervention in the east of Zaire in order to bring back peace in this region.
|
Senegal ready to join intervention force in Eastern Zaire.
| 29 | 8 | 3,800,248 |
Roberto Mancini said on Thursday he would stay with Sampdoria rather than transfer to inter Milan.
|
Mancini returns to Sampdoria.
| 15 | 3 | 3,800,249 |
Indonesians dominated the third day Competitions by taking almost half of the top eight positions in the four events played at the Hong Kong badminton open tournament on Thursday.
|
Indonesians dominate Hong Kong badminton open.
| 28 | 5 | 3,800,250 |
Swazi foreign minister Arthur arrived here this afternoon to start his two day working visit in order to promote ties between Mozambique and Swaziland.
|
Swazi FM visits Mozambique.
| 23 | 3 | 3,800,251 |
World Soccer governing body Fifa made the Continental championships, which had been held twice with the champions of each continent taking part in, an official Fifa event on Thursday and announced Saudi Arabia will host the first confederations cup Soccer tournament in December next year.
|
Fifa makes Continental championship a official event.
| 44 | 6 | 3,800,252 |
The Pakistani caretaker government will introduce certain reforms in the election rules, a caretaker minister said today.
|
Pak caretaker Gov t to introduce election reforms.
| 16 | 7 | 3,800,253 |
The Bank of England has become much more pessimistic about the outlook for inflation in Britain.
|
Bank of England demands further rate rise.
| 15 | 6 | 3,800,254 |
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Peng said here today that it is very necessary for the development of Sino Chilean relationship to enhance ties between the Judiciary of the two countries.
|
Chinese Premier meets Chilean president of Supreme Court.
| 29 | 7 | 3,800,255 |
The Hellish situation among more than 4 million refugees in Eastern Zaire is worsening, as the refugees are dying like flies, "the Agence France Presse Lrb AFP Rrb quoted Western sources in Zaire as saying.
|
Situation worsens among refugees in Eastern Zaire.
| 34 | 6 | 3,800,256 |
A United States Army general today replaced a United States Navy Admiral as the Commander in chief of the nato led implementation force Lrb Ifor Rrb which has been peacekeeping in Bosnia.
|
Bosnian peacekeeping troops command changes.
| 31 | 4 | 3,800,257 |
A British Army Deserter who bombed a military barracks more than 18 years ago was jailed for 40 years Wednesday.
|
Ira bomber jailed for 40 years.
| 19 | 5 | 3,800,258 |
Premier Pascoal Mocumbi today appealed to the international community to provide assistance for Mozambique's census due to start in next August.
|
Mozambique calls for aid to its census.
| 20 | 6 | 3,800,259 |
Aggressive driving cases involving death or injury are on a record pace in 2015, according to a study released by the American automobile Association.
|
Malicious drivers up percent in us since .
| 23 | 7 | 3,800,260 |
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged today businessmen to attend the Cairo economic conference slated for November 77 38, saying economic links are an important part of peace.
|
Netanyahu urges Israeli businessmen to attend.
| 27 | 5 | 3,800,261 |
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri formed tonight his third 22 member government.
|
Lebanese new government formed.
| 11 | 3 | 3,800,262 |
Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis today expressed full support for the holding of the world athletics championships in Athens next year.
|
Greek PM expresses full support for holding of world.
| 20 | 8 | 3,800,263 |
Greek Cypriots said here today that they decided to continue their sit in protest at the Ledra Palace check point on a daily basis, starting this weekend, despite of government and U.N.'s opposition.
|
Greek Cypriots vow to continue Ledra Palace.
| 32 | 6 | 3,800,264 |
The wreck of the Greek missile boat which sank after being rammed by a was located today at a depth of 792 meters about one kilometer from the coast of the Aegean island of samos.
|
Sen Greek missile boat located.
| 34 | 4 | 3,800,265 |
Chinese Premier Li Peng left here for Brazil this afternoon at the end of his two day official visit to Chile to continue his Latin America tour.
|
Chinese Premier ends visit to Chile.
| 26 | 5 | 3,800,266 |
After nearly half a month of bargaining, Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al Hariri formed tonight a government, the third since Hariri came to office in October, 2021.
|
Lebanese PM forms his third government.
| 26 | 5 | 3,800,267 |
The United Nations world food program Lrb Wfp Rrb has created a refugee camp to accomodate 41,859 refugees fleeing heavy ethnic fighting in Eastern Zaire.
|
UN assists refugees fleeing war in Zaire.
| 24 | 6 | 3,800,269 |
President Clinton on Thursday formally announced the resignation of Secretary of state Warren Christopher.
|
Clinton announces Christopher's resignation.
| 13 | 3 | 3,800,270 |
A special envoy of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko today raised alarms on the South Africa's arms sales to countries involved in the war in Eastern Zaire.
|
Zaire warns against S. Africa's arms sale to.
| 26 | 7 | 3,800,271 |
President Clinton on Thursday formally announced the resignation of Secretary of state Warren Christopher.
|
Clinton announces Christopher's resignation.
| 13 | 3 | 3,800,272 |
The political crisis faced by the Zairean government of Prime Minister Kengo Wa Dondo worsened today as college students occupied the parliamentary building in Kinshasa for two hours, according to local media reports.
|
Political crisis aggravates in Zaire.
| 32 | 4 | 3,800,273 |
Nasa's global surveyor, a space probe designed to assemble a detailed global portrait of Mars from orbit, took off Thursday, beginning a busy decade of Mars voyage.
|
Nasa Launchs surveyor for Mars research mission.
| 26 | 6 | 3,800,274 |
The first special Olympics Asia Pacific games opened Friday in the Eastern China's Coastal city Shanghai.
|
Special Olympics Asia Pacific games opens in Shanghai.
| 15 | 7 | 3,800,275 |
A private company was launched today in northern Nepal's district to purify and bottle spring water in the Himalayas and export its product to the international market.
|
Company launched in Nepal to bottle Himalayan.
| 26 | 6 | 3,800,276 |
Pakistan's caretaker government decided to take stern action against of national wealth, official sources said here today.
|
Action against corruption to start in Pakistan.
| 16 | 6 | 3,800,277 |
Cyprus and Russia signed here today an agreement on the transfer of convicts, under which the two countries will allow convicts to serve their prison term in their country of origin.
|
Cyprus Russia sign agreement on transfer of.
| 30 | 6 | 3,800,278 |
Manchester city manager Steve Coppell quit his spot on Friday after only 36 days in power under what he said some huge pressure.
|
Coppell quits Manchester city after 36 days.
| 22 | 6 | 3,800,279 |
Chairman of Myanmar state law and order restoration Council senior general than Shwe received visiting Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian nations Lrb asean Rrb Dato Ajit Singh here today, the state run radio Myanmar "reported tonight.
|
Myanmar leaders meet asean Secretary General.
| 38 | 5 | 3,800,280 |
United Nations mediator Raymond Chretien arrived today in Rwanda to talk with Rwandan leaders about the refugee crisis in war ravaged Eastern Zaire.
|
U.n. envoy in Rwanda to negotiate refugee crisis.
| 22 | 7 | 3,800,281 |
The British aircraft carrier, invincible, is to dock at the Saudi Arabian Eastern port of on November 13, the British embassy in Riyadh said in a statement today.
|
Uk aircraft carrier to visit Saudi Arabia.
| 27 | 6 | 3,800,282 |
The United Nations high Commission for refugees Lrb Unhcr Rrb today defended itself against the criticism of inefficiency in solving the refugee problem in Zaire.
|
Unhcr denies inefficiency in solving Zaire crisis.
| 24 | 6 | 3,800,283 |
Yemeni interior Minister Hussein Mohammed Arab left here this afternoon for the Qatari capital of Doha on a two day official visit.
|
Yemeni interior Minister leaves for Qatar.
| 21 | 5 | 3,800,284 |
The gold price in Hong Kong today rose nine HK dollars to close at 8,329 HK dollars a tael, according to Po sang Bank, one of the major gold dealers in Hong Kong.
|
Gold price in Hong Kong up.
| 32 | 5 | 3,800,285 |
Michael Duberry netted the only goal at the 88th minute to give England a 3 6 win over Georgia in a European under 62 Soccer championship group two Qualifier in Batumi, Georgia, on Friday.
|
England beats Georgia in European under 62 Qualifier.
| 33 | 7 | 3,800,286 |
A group of 577 Vietnamese migrants left for Ho Chi Minh city today on a voluntary repatriation flight.
|
Less than ,577 Vietnamese migrants left in HK.
| 17 | 7 | 3,800,287 |
Zimbabwe's riot police, responsible for crowd control, went on alert today amid calls by trade unionists and human rights campaigners for a nationwide demonstration against the deteriorating health delivery system.
|
Zimbabwe's riot police Brace for demonstrations.
| 29 | 5 | 3,800,288 |
The Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union Lrb Abu Rrb closed here on Friday its 58rd General Assembly, held for the first time in Hong Kong with a record setting attendance of 350 participants from 25 countries and regions.
|
Record attendance for Abu General Assembly.
| 36 | 5 | 3,800,289 |
France is desperately trying to bring its Western allies into an international intervention in Eastern Zaire where many of the 2.7 million refugees reportedly are dying in large numbers.
|
France tries to bring allies into action in Zaire.
| 28 | 8 | 3,800,290 |
To advance the country's education system, China is willing to increase exchanges and cooperation with members of the overseas education circle, wan Guoquan, vice chairman of the national committee of the Chinese people's political consultative conference Lrb Cppcc Rrb, said in Beijing today.
|
Cppcc vice chairman meets overseas educational Personages.
| 42 | 6 | 3,800,291 |
The third Beijing International jewelry, watch and technical equipment fair opened today at the China world trade center in Beijing.
|
RD Beijing INT L jewelry watch fair opens.
| 19 | 7 | 3,800,292 |
An exhibition center for new architectural technology and products opened here today.
|
Exhibition center for new architectural technology.
| 11 | 5 | 3,800,293 |
Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto today expressed his determination to tackle administrative reform, which has emerged as the biggest challenge to Japan's new leadership.
|
Hashimoto vows administrative reform China tie.
| 23 | 5 | 3,800,294 |
An advance force of United States Peacekeepers from Bosnia Thursday reached a United States military base in Hungary, signalling the beginning of a large scale withdrawal of troops from Bosnia.
|
United States troops begin huge withdrawal from Bosnia.
| 29 | 7 | 3,800,295 |
China views the development of its central and Western areas as an important task in the near future, and welcomes Japanese and other foreigners to invest in these regions, Chinese vice president Rong Yiren told a delegation of Japanese business people here today.
|
China welcomes overseas investment in its central and Western parts.
| 42 | 9 | 3,800,296 |
Chinese vice president Rong Yiren said here today that it is the duty of every Hong Kong resident who loves both the country and Hong Kong to support the reunification of the motherland and maintain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability.
|
Chinese vice president meets Hong Kong delegation.
| 39 | 6 | 3,800,297 |
Foreign banks in Pudong new area of Shanghai will be allowed to handle business in Chinese currency on a trial basis within this year.
|
Overseas banks to introduce trial business of Chinese currency.
| 23 | 8 | 3,800,298 |
An airport terminal that can handle 98 million passengers annually, the largest of its kind in the country, went into operation today in Xiamen, a special economic zone in East China's Fujian province.
|
China's largest airport terminal opens.
| 32 | 4 | 3,800,299 |
Brazilian President Fernando Enrique Cardoso held talks here today with visiting Chinese Premier Li Peng on issues of mutual interest.
|
Chinese Premier meets Brazilian President.
| 19 | 4 | 3,800,300 |
The '20 International Motorcycle fair opened today in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, attracting 34 companies from the world's major Motorcycle production countries and regions.
|
'20 INT L Motorcycle fair opens in Guangzhou.
| 26 | 7 | 3,800,301 |
Michael Andersson of Sweden kept his leader's yellow Jersey while American cyclist Nate Reiss won the fifth stage as the tour of China road race resumed Friday in Pudong of Shanghai after two day's rest.
|
Andersson retains leaders Jersey at tour of China.
| 34 | 7 | 3,800,302 |
More than 1,591 people from 57 countries are expected to participate the Cairo economic conference to be opened Tuesday, according to conference Organizer the world economic forum Lrb Wef Rrb.
|
Cairo economic conference expected to draw 1, .
| 29 | 7 | 3,800,303 |
Cyril Ndebele, Speaker of the Zimbabwean parliament, ended his four day visit today to Jiangxi province, East China, and left for Shenzhen to continue his China tour.
|
Zimbabwean Speaker ends visit to Jiangxi province.
| 26 | 6 | 3,800,304 |
Chi Haotian, vice chairman of the central military Commission, told visiting Bangladesh chief of staff of the Army Mahbubur Rahman here today that China is an all weather "friend of Bangladesh, and in spite of dramatic changes in the world, the deep rooted friendship between the two countries has remained strong.
|
Chinese military official meets Bangladesh Army chief.
| 50 | 6 | 3,800,305 |
A Sino ROK joint venture to produce ceramics in East China's Shandong province has developed rapidly over the past three years, ranking first in the country's Dishware industry.
|
Sino ROK joint venture in Shandong prosperous.
| 27 | 6 | 3,800,306 |
A single postage stamp issued in 2005 was sold at public auction today, for a record 2.566 Swiss francs Lrb 6.15 United States dollars Rrb.
|
Unique stamp sold for record . million dollars.
| 24 | 7 | 3,800,307 |
The no . 231 663 passenger train has opened, linking Shantou, a special economic zone in South China's Guangdong province with Nanchang, which is part of an old revolutionary base in East China's Jiangxi province.
|
Train links Sez with old revolutionary base.
| 34 | 6 | 3,800,308 |
President Jiang Zemin, meeting today with the Bangladesh chief of staff of the Army Mahbubur Rahman, said that he believes the visit will promote understanding and friendship between the two countries and their two armies.
|
Chinese President meets with Bangladesh Army chief.
| 34 | 6 | 3,800,309 |
China has pumped a total of 2.1 billion us dollars of foreign investment into the construction of water Conservancy projects since 2015, according to reports from a national conference on international water Conservancy cooperation which ended here Thursday.
|
China enhances international cooperation on water Conservancy.
| 37 | 6 | 3,800,310 |
Russian President Boris Yeltsin Friday moved from Moscow's cardiology research center to another hospital to continue recovery from the heart bypass operation he underwent on Tuesday.
|
Yeltsin moves to new hospital after heart surgery.
| 25 | 7 | 3,800,311 |
India's former Prime Minister P.V . Narasimha Rao today got an anticipatory bail in the bribery case of four MPs and an interim bail in the 1st. Kitts forgery case.
|
Former Indian PM Rao gets bail in criminal cases.
| 29 | 8 | 3,800,312 |
The European consortium of Airbus Industrie is to join China's program to develop a 876 seat passenger jet, Xinhua is told on the on going '16 China International Aviation and aerospace exhibition in this booming South China city.
|
Airbus to join China's program.
| 37 | 4 | 3,800,313 |
A senior official with the revolutionary committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Lrb Rcck Rrb said today that his party, which participates in political and government affairs, bears the responsibility of furthering Socialist ethics and culture.
|
Rcck holds meeting in Beijing.
| 34 | 4 | 3,800,314 |
A Canadian company will devote itself to developing new orange species and establish a large orange juice production base in China's three gorges area.
|
Canadian company to produce orange juice in three gorges area.
| 23 | 9 | 3,800,315 |
Chinese companies and Siemens of Germany will make a joint investment of 93.195 billion yuan Lrb about 5.56 billion us dollars Rrb in building a coal fired power plant,, in North China's Hebei province.
|
Siemens to invest in China's large power plant.
| 33 | 7 | 3,800,316 |
People's daily will tomorrow carry a speech made by Jiang Zemin at a municipal fire prevention conference in Shanghai on October 14, 2012, when he was the city's Mayor.
|
Chinese President's speech on fire prevention and control.
| 28 | 7 | 3,800,317 |
An international air sports club is to be established in Zhuhai, a city in the booming Pearl River Delta in South China's Guangdong province where China's first international Aviation and aerospace show is in progress.
|
Air sports club to be founded in Zhuhai.
| 34 | 7 | 3,800,318 |
Despite of a small number of patients infected of the deadly disease of aids in Hong Kong, the figure has consistently rose since the first ever aids cases were reported 95 years ago, speakers at a meeting said here on Friday.
|
aids cases HIV carriers reported in HK.
| 40 | 6 | 3,800,319 |
The external trade of Singapore posted a lower growth rate in the third quarter this year, as the volume of total trade grew 4.9 percent in the July September period compared with the 0.1 percent in the second quarter, the Ministry of trade and industry said today.
|
Lower growth of s pore external trade in RD quarter.
| 46 | 9 | 3,800,320 |
The volume of Hong Kong's re exports increased by 2.0 percent in the first eight months of this year over a year earlier, while that of domestic exports decreased by 2.0 percent, official figures show.
|
Hk export volume up prices down.
| 34 | 5 | 3,800,321 |
Hang Seng China Enterprises index today fell 13.81 points to close at 111.84.
|
Hang Seng China Enterprises index down.
| 12 | 5 | 3,800,322 |
British Prime Minister John major said today that British troops may be sent to Zaire to help the country ravaged by ethnic fighting and starvation.
|
Britain likely to send troops to Zaire.
| 24 | 6 | 3,800,323 |
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