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Chinese President Jiang Zemin met here today with Salmin amour, president of the revolutionary government of Zanzibar of the United Republic of Tanzania, with both leaders encouraging the continued growth of friendly ties and cooperation.
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Chinese President meets Tanzanian leader.
| 34 | 4 | 3,801,226 |
Shanghai's Lujiazui financial and trade zone will receive an additional one billion yuan in loans in the next three years to help turn the area into China's financial center by the turn of the century.
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Loans for development of Shanghai financial zone.
| 34 | 6 | 3,801,227 |
Chile overtook Uruguay in the South American world cup qualifying competition with a 5 4 win over the two time world champions 9 1 on Tuesday.
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Chile beats Uruguay in world cup Qualifier.
| 25 | 6 | 3,801,228 |
Atlanta Olympic silver medal winners China defeated Brazil 5 4 in the world super challenge women's volleyball tournament on Wednesday.
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China beats Brazil in world super challenge volleyball.
| 19 | 7 | 3,801,229 |
According to reports reaching here today, the launch, ml, was hijacked Tuesday afternoon on its way from to along the Bay of Bengal under the Southern District of.
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Launch with passengers hijacked in Bangladesh.
| 27 | 5 | 3,801,230 |
Foreign trade handled by Shanghai port has been picking up since October, after a period of decline.
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Foreign trade in Shanghai on rise again.
| 16 | 6 | 3,801,231 |
Central China's Hubei province plans to eliminate poverty one to two years ahead of its original goal of the year 2002, according to the provincial government.
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Hubei province launches anti poverty campaign.
| 25 | 5 | 3,801,232 |
Foreign trade handled by Shanghai port has been picking up since October, after a period of decline.
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Foreign trade in Shanghai on rise again.
| 16 | 6 | 3,801,233 |
The United States Air force is to build a revolutionary prototype Warplane using which uses laser to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles.
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United States Air force to build plane.
| 21 | 6 | 3,801,234 |
Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels rejected President Chandrika Kumaratunga's call to resume peace talks to end the country's 82 year ethnic war, according to reports reaching here from the North today.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil rebels reject peace talks.
| 29 | 6 | 3,801,235 |
The Organization for security and cooperation in Europe Lrb Osce Rrb must forge a consensus on a security model "for Europe at its summit next month, German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel and his Swiss counterpart Flavio Cotti said here today.
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Osce must forge consensus on Europe's security model.
| 39 | 7 | 3,801,236 |
Congressional leaders from both Republican and Democratic parties are calling again for campaign finance reform in the United States.
|
United States Congress leaders urge campaign finance reform.
| 18 | 7 | 3,801,237 |
Ukraine's foreign Ministry warned today that relations between Ukraine and Moscow will deteriorate following the Russian Parliament's adoption of a bill banning the division of the disputed black sea fleet.
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Ukraine warns Russia over black sea fleet.
| 29 | 6 | 3,801,238 |
A Saudi Airlines jumbo jet collided in mid air with a chartered Kazakhstan airliner on Tuesday evening about 60 km West of new Delhi, killing all 284 people, mostly Indian nationals, on board the two planes, according to reports reaching here today.
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Mid air plane collision near Delhi kills .
| 41 | 7 | 3,801,239 |
The British and Chinese senior representatives of the Sino British joint liaison group Lrb Jlg Rrb today signed an agreed minute on the question of the arrangements for the transfer of the exchange fund of Hong Kong.
|
China Britain agree on transfer of Hk's exchange fund.
| 36 | 8 | 3,801,240 |
The Chinese capital has vowed to do more and spend more on protection of its rich cultural relics from now on to the year 2005.
|
Beijing to do and spend more on cultural relics.
| 24 | 8 | 3,801,241 |
Trade between Russia and India is expected to total three billion United States dollars this year, up 64 percent over the 2.6 billion dollars of 2004.
|
Russian Indian trade continues rebound.
| 25 | 4 | 3,801,242 |
Construction of a new Sino foreign power plant, with an investment of 4.9 billion United States dollars, will begin in Handan, Hebei province later this year.
|
More power plants for North China.
| 25 | 5 | 3,801,243 |
The real estate market in the capital of Guangdong province is seeing some healthy development for a change after a two year slow down and readjustment period.
|
Real estate business in Guangzhou.
| 26 | 4 | 3,801,244 |
Disaster hit areas in inner Mongolia and Hebei, Yunnan, and Hunan provinces, and some impoverished regions in China have received 40 million pieces of clothing and 753 million yuan Lrb about 23 million us dollars Rrb in donations this year.
|
Massive clothing donation for disaster hit areas.
| 39 | 6 | 3,801,245 |
Latin American and Caribbean countries have called for closer trade and economic relations, science, technology cooperation with China.
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Sela calls for broader economic trade ties with China.
| 17 | 8 | 3,801,246 |
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori left for Asia today to seek closer economic ties with the economically dynamic region.
|
Fujimori starts Asian tour.
| 17 | 3 | 3,801,247 |
Myanmar Minister for Finance and revenue brigadier general win tin has called on all domestic and foreign bankers in the country to work in close cooperation towards developing a sound financial system to support stable economic growth.
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Myanmar calls for bankers cooperation to develop.
| 36 | 6 | 3,801,248 |
Foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan gathered today in Western Turkmenistan to discuss the status of the Caspian sea, a common border for the five countries.
|
Status of the Caspian to be determined.
| 28 | 6 | 3,801,249 |
The Thai labor and social welfare Ministry has requested all companies to let their employees return home provinces so that they can exercise their franchise in the November 99 election, according to local daily Bangkok post "today.
|
Thai firms urged to let staff return home to vote.
| 36 | 9 | 3,801,250 |
Argentine President Carlos Menem and visiting Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo today called for closer ties between the two countries to boost trade and promote Latin American integration.
|
Argentina Mexico advocate closer bilateral relations.
| 26 | 5 | 3,801,251 |
Chile and Spain have agreed to form a committee to promote cooperation in trade and investments.
|
Spain Chile form trade committee.
| 15 | 4 | 3,801,252 |
The Czech Republic and Hungary hold identical views "on joining nato and the European Community, and consider themselves partners rather than competitors in achieving memberships.
|
Czechs Hungarians think alike on nato.
| 24 | 5 | 3,801,253 |
A Chinese farmer who died' for forty minutes was brought back to life by doctors who Massaged his failed heart 45,602 times.
|
Massage restarts heart beats.
| 21 | 3 | 3,801,254 |
China's external trade posted the year's largest monthly volume and the largest surplus in October, China Daily "reported today.
|
October trade hits annual peak.
| 18 | 4 | 3,801,255 |
China has become the leading Motorcycle producer in the world, with production totaling 7.1 million units last year, according to the economic information news.
|
China becomes world's largest Motorcycle manufacturer.
| 23 | 5 | 3,801,256 |
Indonesia will get a soft loan totaling around 86 million us dollars from Germany for financing a variety of development projects, the foreign Ministry said.
|
Indonesia to get soft loan from Germany.
| 24 | 6 | 3,801,257 |
The Philippine dangerous drugs board Lrb DDB Rrb on Tuesday adopted a comprehensive program to combat the protracted drug problem in the country.
|
Philippines adopts comprehensive anti drug program.
| 22 | 5 | 3,801,258 |
Two old people have died from laughing during birthday celebrations.
|
Two old people in tianjin laugh to death.
| 9 | 7 | 3,801,259 |
A strong earthquake rocked Southern Peru today, killing at least seven people and injuring several hundred others, the Peruvian authorities said.
|
Strong quake kills seven Injures hundreds.
| 20 | 5 | 3,801,260 |
A total of 1,870 Chinese were hired in foreign companies in Beijing in the first nine months of this year via the foreign enterprise service corporation Lrb Rrb.
|
More Chinese hired in foreign firms via.
| 27 | 6 | 3,801,261 |
Investors in the development of the Polder area along the coast of East China's Zhejiang province will enjoy favorable treatment under a new set of regulations adopted by the local people's Congress.
|
Regulations encourage investment in Zhejiang's Coastal Marsh.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,262 |
World Soccer governing body Fifa ordered on Tuesday Italian Serie a club as Roma to pay red Star Belgrade 95 million dollars for Yugoslav International Sinisa.
|
Fifa orders Roma to pay for.
| 25 | 5 | 3,801,263 |
Help is just a phone call away for thousands of people in Shanghai, with the launch of Hotline services for every day problems.
|
Phone Hotlines flourish in Shanghai.
| 22 | 4 | 3,801,264 |
Russian Soccer Club 1st. Petersburg dynamo is to play against Chinese Club Shanxi Guoli in a friendly match on Saturday.
|
Russian Soccer club to visit China.
| 19 | 5 | 3,801,265 |
One of China's largest oil refineries plans to issue 822 million us dollars worth of convertible bonds overseas, the first Chinese firm to offer such bonds, according to the China securities news.
|
First Chinese enterprise to issue convertible bonds.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,266 |
Macedonian Muhamed alia was named the best boxer in the three day International Boxing tournament which ended here in Skoplje, Macedonia, on Monday.
|
Alia named best boxer in Macedonian Boxing Tourney.
| 22 | 7 | 3,801,267 |
Ferrari announced on Tuesday night they had killed off talks with Swiss formula one team Sauber over the supply of engine technology.
|
Ferrari kills engine deal with Sauber.
| 21 | 5 | 3,801,268 |
Germany's Hansa Rostock handed a crushing 9 3 loss to Chinese Beijing Guo'An in an exhibition match on Tuesday.
|
Rostock blanks Beijing 9 3 in Soccer friendly.
| 18 | 7 | 3,801,269 |
The 2010 European Soccer championship in England was the most profitable since 2009, the European Soccer body said in Nyon of Switzerland Tuesday.
|
2010 Euro championship most profitable in years.
| 22 | 6 | 3,801,270 |
The Pentagon said today that it would double its finance in the investigation to determine whether United States troops were exposed to chemical agents in the Gulf war in 2001.
|
Pentagon to double Finance on probe into Gulf war.
| 29 | 8 | 3,801,271 |
The United States is likely to send ground troops to participate in humanitarian intervention in Eastern Zaire, and an announcement will probably be issued in a few days off, a United States government official said today.
|
US likely to send ground troops to Zaire.
| 35 | 7 | 3,801,272 |
Chinese disarmament Ambassador sha Zukang said today that China is against a proposed total ban of anti personnel landmines.
|
China opposes total ban of anti personnel landmines.
| 18 | 7 | 3,801,273 |
John monks, Secretary General of Britain's trades Union Congress proposed a wide ranging cooperation pact between trade unions and employers at the CBI's annual conference which ended here today.
|
Britain's TUC seeks to work with employers.
| 28 | 6 | 3,801,274 |
Canada is ready to lead the multinational peacekeeping force which will be sent to Zaire, announced u.n. Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali at a press conference here today.
|
Canada ready to lead peacekeeping force in Zaire.
| 27 | 7 | 3,801,275 |
United States President bill Clinton softened his opposition today to a balanced budget constitutional amendment that appears increasingly likely to pass the United States Congress.
|
US President softens position on balancing budget.
| 24 | 6 | 3,801,276 |
New York stocks continued their rally today, with major indexes ending in record high territory again.
|
New York stocks end record high again.
| 15 | 6 | 3,801,277 |
A Chinese representative today called for greater International efforts for the protection of children and gave an account of China's achievements in children's programs.
|
China contributes to protecting children's rights.
| 23 | 5 | 3,801,278 |
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi today met with u.n. Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali who arrived here Monday afternoon to attend the world food summit.
|
Italian Premier meets with Ghali.
| 24 | 4 | 3,801,279 |
Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has indicated his willingness to cooperate with United States President bill Clinton.
|
US House Speaker says he's ready to work with Clinton.
| 19 | 9 | 3,801,280 |
Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko said this evening on local television that he would return to Switzerland for a health check before returning to Zaire.
|
Zairean President to return to Switzerland.
| 24 | 5 | 3,801,281 |
Three United States big auto makers, namely Ford Motor company, the General Motors Corporation and the Chrysler corporation, have offered or will offer warranty programs for used cars as new rivals grow, the New York Times reported today.
|
US big auto makers offer used car warranties.
| 37 | 7 | 3,801,282 |
Yugoslav deputy Premier Nikola Sainovic laid the cornerstone in the Serb part of Sarajevo today, launching a project for the construction of 3,449 residential buildings in the Serb suburb of Sarajevo.
|
Cornerstone laid for Serb Sarajevo reconstruction.
| 30 | 5 | 3,801,283 |
British Prime Minister John major today pledged to block any agreements on the European Union's Lrb Eu Rrb inter governmental conference until the Eu directive on a maximum working hours is reversed.
|
Major vows to fight Eu work hours legislation.
| 31 | 7 | 3,801,284 |
The collective Presidency of Bosnia once again failed to reach agreement on the structure of a ministerial Council, or future government, at today's session in Sarajevo.
|
Bosnian Presidency fails to agree on ministerial Council.
| 25 | 7 | 3,801,285 |
Iraqi and Turkish leaders reached a consensus here today that their countries should iron out their differences through joint efforts.
|
Iraqi Turkish leaders agree on joint efforts.
| 19 | 6 | 3,801,286 |
The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a resolution urging the United States to end its economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba.
|
UN General Assembly adopts resolution against.
| 22 | 5 | 3,801,287 |
Thirty people were killed and 34 others injured in two separate traffic accidents in India today, the press trust of India said.
|
34 killed in traffic accidents in India.
| 21 | 6 | 3,801,288 |
A 83,195 to 15,710 strong force as follow on troops to the current multinational implementation force Lrb Ifor Rrb would be a powerful one "to safeguard peace in Bosnia after Ifor's mandate expires on 71 December, an organization for security and cooperation in Europe Lrb Osce Rrb official said here today.
|
Follow on troops to safeguard Bosnia peace.
| 50 | 6 | 3,801,289 |
American world number two Jud Smith wrapped up another first Wednesday, this time in race three, of the Oocl fifth Asia Pacific Etchells yachting championships here.
|
Smith wins again in Asia Pacific Etchells yachting.
| 25 | 7 | 3,801,290 |
The Hong Kong branch of Bank of China and a Shui on group subsidiary signed a 90 million United States dollar loan agreement today to finance the development of phase one of Rui Hong Xin cheng in Shanghai.
|
Bank of China to finance Shanghai redevelopment.
| 37 | 6 | 3,801,291 |
Wu Bangguo, vice Premier and member of political Bureau of central committee of Communist party of China, has urged Guangdong province to quicken the pace of its reform, and should open wider to the outside world.
|
Vice Premier calls for faster reform pace in Guangdong.
| 35 | 8 | 3,801,292 |
Hong Kong's tourist arrivals reached 337,997 in September this year, a growth of 45.2 percent compared with the same month last year, according to the latest Statistics released today by the Hong Kong tourist Association Lrb Hkta Rrb.
|
Hk tourist arrivals on rise.
| 37 | 4 | 3,801,293 |
Network marketing, a means of sale which does away with Commission agents, has made a success on the Cypriot markets, local newspaper financial mirror reported today.
|
Network marketing successful in Cyprus report says.
| 25 | 6 | 3,801,294 |
The United States State Department's Southern European representative Carey Cavanaugh today described his talks in Athens as fruitful and useful "and said Washington shared the same targets as Greece with respect to securing peace, stability and prosperity for Cyprus.
|
American official holds talks on Cyprus in Greece.
| 38 | 7 | 3,801,295 |
A top official from the United Nations development program Lrb Undp Rrb called here today for the establishment of a new fund to help eradicate poverty in the Arab world.
|
Undp official calls for new fund to eradicate.
| 29 | 7 | 3,801,296 |
Unemployment in Britain fell unexpectedly by 11,213 last month to 6,796,654, the lowest figures for 9.1 years, the office for National Statistics Lrb Ons Rrb announced today.
|
Uk unemployment rate falls to 9.1 in October.
| 26 | 7 | 3,801,297 |
Egypt and Turkey signed here today a memorandum of understanding for exports of Egypt's liquefied natural gas to Turkey.
|
Egypt Turkey reach natural gas deal.
| 18 | 5 | 3,801,298 |
The wholesale prices in the United States rose by 3.3 percent in October boosted by rising energy and food costs, the sharpest increase in seven months, United States Labor Department reported today.
|
United States wholesale prices up sharply in October.
| 31 | 7 | 3,801,299 |
The European Commission Lrb EC Rrb today proposed a three year investigation into mad cow disease with a budget of 35.3 million Ecu Lrb about 84 million United States dollars Rrb.
|
Ec proposes probe into mad cow disease.
| 30 | 6 | 3,801,300 |
The Angolan government today decided to open a Bank of Africa investment Lrb Bai Rrb, which is scheduled to operate here this week.
|
Angola to open Africa investment bank.
| 22 | 5 | 3,801,301 |
The European Commission Lrb EC Rrb today postponed its decision on authorizing the marketing of genetically modified corn, saying it is pending for scientific study results.
|
Eu postpones decision on marketing genetically modified corn.
| 25 | 7 | 3,801,302 |
Russia and Poland signed a package of bilateral agreements here today after talks between prime ministers of the two countries.
|
Russia Poland sign package of accords.
| 19 | 5 | 3,801,303 |
A surge in the cost of oil in Britain helped to push factory prices higher in October, although underlying output prices remained relatively subdued, according to data released by the office for National Statistics Lrb Ons Rrb Tuesday.
|
Rise of oil cost lifts UK industry's output prices.
| 37 | 8 | 3,801,304 |
Chilean President Eduardo Frei will visit Canada from November 60 to 40, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced today.
|
Chilean President to visit Canada.
| 18 | 4 | 3,801,305 |
A senior official of the United Arab Emirates Lrb UAE Rrb held talks here today with visiting Indonesian Minister of trade and industry Ariwibowo on promoting bilateral economic and trade relations.
|
Uae Indonesian ministers discuss investment.
| 30 | 4 | 3,801,306 |
Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Chinese Npc chairman Qiao shi reached a common consent here today that their countries will further promote their bilateral relations in the 85st century.
|
Iranian Chinese leaders stress bilateral.
| 29 | 4 | 3,801,307 |
The European Commission Lrb EC Rrb announced today it is organizing a conference on the role of the media in strengthening the peace process in ex Yugoslavia on 10 November 2004 in Brussels.
|
Ec to organize conference on media's role in.
| 32 | 7 | 3,801,308 |
An explosion rocked the Athens Polytechnic school shortly before 7 p.m. this afternoon.
|
Explosion occurs in Athens Polytechnic school.
| 12 | 5 | 3,801,309 |
Qiao shi, chairman of the standing committee of the National people's Congress Lrb Npc Rrb of China, met here today with Iranian first vice president Hassan Habibi, and discussed promotion of bilateral relations.
|
Chinese Npc chairman meets Iranian vice president.
| 32 | 6 | 3,801,310 |
The European Commission today adopted proposals for new mandates for European investment bank Lrb Eib Rrb lending to third countries amounting to Ecu 2018 million Lrb some 2010 million us dollars Rrb for the period 2022 18.
|
Ec proposes renewed ceilings for Eib lending to.
| 36 | 7 | 3,801,311 |
The Zairean Army launched two attacks on the Ugandan territory this morning, a press release from the Ugandan Ministry of foreign affairs has said.
|
Zairean troops attack Ugandan territory.
| 23 | 4 | 3,801,312 |
Addressing a press conference here, Ibrahim said immunization would be conducted at provisional centers to be opened at residential councils, Kindergartens, children villages, market places, religious centers and the present permanent and temporary centers.
|
Polio immunization campaign in Ethiopia.
| 33 | 4 | 3,801,313 |
Some 45,860 Zairean refugees entered into Kigoma, Western Tanzania, today.
|
Some 45,860 Zairean enter into Tanzania.
| 9 | 5 | 3,801,314 |
The six member Gulf Cooperation Council Lrb GCC Rrb decided today to triple the number of the peninsula shield troops stationed in northern Saudi Arabia from the present 98,439.
|
Gulf countries to strengthen joint military force.
| 28 | 6 | 3,801,315 |
The infant mortality rate in Uganda declined from 331 per 8,573 live birth in 2023 to 92 in 2013, a minister said here today.
|
Uganda's infant mortality rate down.
| 23 | 4 | 3,801,316 |
The minister for energy and minerals, William, said today the Tanzanian government is committed to develop the mining sector in the country.
|
Tanzanian government committed to develop mining.
| 21 | 5 | 3,801,317 |
The chief of the West African peacekeeping force, known as Ecomog, today called on the international community to help in the repair of grounded equipment for peacekeeping operations in Liberia.
|
Ecomog wants grounded equipment repaired.
| 29 | 4 | 3,801,318 |
The United Nations children fund Lrb Unicef Rrb has launched a greeting cards sales campaign here to promote and support programs that enhance the survival, protection and development of Ethiopia's children.
|
Unicef sells greeting cards in Ethiopia.
| 30 | 5 | 3,801,319 |
A South African arms manufacturer, Denel company, has developed a helicopter without a tail rotor.
|
S. Africa develops new helicopter.
| 14 | 4 | 3,801,320 |
The United Nations environmental program Lrb Unep Rrb has called for a new strategy of increasing food production in a sustainable fashion "for both poverty alleviation and environmental conservation.
|
Unep calls for new strategy for agriculture.
| 28 | 6 | 3,801,321 |
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has postponed his scheduled departure for the United States tonight, giving indication that Israelis and the Palestinians are closer to conclude an agreement on the redeployment in Hebron.
|
Israelis Palestinians closer to seal Hebron deal.
| 32 | 6 | 3,801,322 |
Nigeria's composite consumer price index Lrb CPI Rrb rose 6.9 percent in July over the previous month, the news agency of Nigeria reported today, quoting the latest figures released by the Federal Office of Statistics.
|
Nigeria's consumer price index rises in July.
| 34 | 6 | 3,801,323 |
The National Commission of Nigeria Lrb Necon Rrb has started distributing voters' cards to its 84 States and Abuja, the Federal capital territory, in preparing for the voters' registration to be started soon.
|
Nigeria starts distributing voters cards.
| 32 | 4 | 3,801,324 |
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Peng and Venezuelan President Rafael Calder shared views in their talks here today that there exists great potential for strengthening economic and trade cooperation between their two countries.
|
Chinese Premier holds talks with Venezuelan President.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,325 |
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