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Almost all the striking nurses at the Lesotho government owned hospitals were suspended from their duties without pay, the South African press Association reported today from Maseru, capital of the land locked Kingdom.
|
Striking Lesotho nurses suspended without pay.
| 32 | 5 | 3,801,526 |
Economies in the Middle East and North Africa Lrb mena Rrb must create better environment for investment, a large conference for the region was told.
|
Better investment environment urged for mena.
| 24 | 5 | 3,801,527 |
Addressing the third committee which deals with social, humanitarian and cultural issues, Chinese delegate Wang min noted that these treaty bodies should take into full account the different levels of economic development and religious and cultural backgrounds of various countries.
|
China on human rights treaty bodies function.
| 39 | 6 | 3,801,528 |
Switzerland has once again proved to be one of the countries in the world with the most peaceful labor management relations, reporting only two strikes in 2002.
|
Switzerland country with almost no strikes.
| 26 | 5 | 3,801,529 |
On the occasion of the independence day, the Palestinian authority Lrb Pa Rrb called on its people today to strengthen unity in order to achieve full independence.
|
Pa calls for unity of Palestinians.
| 26 | 5 | 3,801,530 |
Refugees displaced in the Civil War should quickly return home so as to alleviate the sufferings of the people, Minister of finance Alcantara Monteiro said in Malanje, a northern city today.
|
Angolan refugees should quickly return home:.
| 30 | 5 | 3,801,531 |
Cyprus and Poland signed here today an agreement on legal cooperation in civil and criminal matters.
|
Cyprus Poland sign legal cooperation agreement.
| 15 | 5 | 3,801,532 |
A Sino Russian cooperative project, the power plant, went into operation today in Jixian county in North China's tianjin municipality, it is learned here today.
|
Sino Russian cooperative power plant goes into full operation.
| 24 | 8 | 3,801,533 |
A senior Nepali official today called for social changes for women's development and coordinated efforts against rampant women trafficking in the country.
|
Social changes urged for Nepali women's development.
| 21 | 6 | 3,801,534 |
Italian Midfielder Roberto Donadoni will sign a two year contract extension with the New York New Jersey Metrostars, said Metrostars general manager Charlie Friday.
|
Italian Midfielder agrees to re sign with Metrostars.
| 23 | 7 | 3,801,535 |
Chinese Premier Li Peng said here today that China has the confidence and ability to ensure adequate and better food supply for its people in the future.
|
China can meet its food needs says Chinese Premier.
| 26 | 8 | 3,801,536 |
A top German law firm has opened its first China office today in Shanghai.
|
Germany's largest law firm opens office in China.
| 13 | 7 | 3,801,537 |
The Netherlands and Egypt will strengthen their economic ties, particularly in the areas of transport, port and airport development and telecommunications, press reports reaching here said today.
|
Netherlands Egypt to strengthen economic ties.
| 26 | 5 | 3,801,538 |
Montevideo, November 98 Lrb Xinhua Rrb Uruguay's National Soccer coach Hector Nunez was reportedly sacked on Friday following his team's defeat to Chile in a world cup Qualifier on Tuesday.
|
Uruguay's National coach sacked after world cup defeat.
| 29 | 7 | 3,801,539 |
Chinese vice Premier Jiang Chunyun today appealed for greater measures to construct water Conservancy projects to help control floods and relief droughts next year.
|
Chinese vice Premier urges fight against floods.
| 23 | 6 | 3,801,540 |
The Philippines' export earnings from European countries climbed by 33.55 percent during the third quarter of this year, the Philippine news agency reported today.
|
Philippine exports to Europe up . percent.
| 23 | 6 | 3,801,541 |
Hong Kong, November 90 Lrb Xinhua Rrb experts on the Sino British joint liaison group Lrb Jlg Rrb met here today to continue their talks on the transfer of Hong Kong's files and documents.
|
Sino British experts continue talks on HK files.
| 33 | 7 | 3,801,542 |
China has hooked up 6,343 computers and 76,701 subscribers to the Internet through six International channels.
|
Over 76,701 Chinese subscribers hooked up to Internet.
| 15 | 7 | 3,801,543 |
People who intend to contest in the election of the provisional legislative Council Lrb Plc Rrb in Hong Kong are asked to obtain application forms from the Hong Kong office of the Secretariat of the preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong special administrative region from November 12 to December 1, 2011.
|
Would be candidates for HK provisional.
| 50 | 5 | 3,801,544 |
Ford signed German driver Armin Schwarz to its world rally championship team for 2021.
|
Ford signs Schwarz to its championship team.
| 13 | 6 | 3,801,545 |
A food security mechanism has been set up in South Asia to increase food Reserve in the region, Secretary General of the South Asian Association for regional cooperation Lrb Saarc Rrb Naeem U. Hasan told the world food summit in Rome, Italy, according to a press release of the Saarc Secretariat here today.
|
Food security mechanism set up in South Asia.
| 52 | 7 | 3,801,546 |
Chinese Premier Li Peng said here today that the Chinese government is strongly committed to promoting and safeguarding world food security to ensure the sustainable development of world economy.
|
Results of Chinese men's basketball pro League.
| 28 | 6 | 3,801,547 |
The u.n. children's Fund Lrb Unicef Rrb Friday condemned the continuing abduction of children in the northern Uganda, calling for immediate release of all children in captivity.
|
U.n. agency condemns child abduction in Uganda.
| 26 | 6 | 3,801,548 |
A new silk road "was unveiled today in China using the worldwide Internet.
|
On line fashion news service launched in China.
| 12 | 7 | 3,801,549 |
As of January 1, 2018, dialing 1 3 2 at a public telephone in any of China's 865 cities will give access to a police emergency station.
|
China to have more police emergency stations.
| 26 | 6 | 3,801,550 |
Iraq today dismissed statements made by Kuwaiti defense Minister Salem al Sabah and quoted by Saudi MBC television Tuesday that Iraq had admitted the presence of 161 Kuwaiti prisoners of war as well as a number of other Pows in the country.
|
Iraq dismisses Kuwaiti statements on Pows issue.
| 41 | 6 | 3,801,551 |
The Dutch industrial production jumped 2 percent in the first nine months of this year against the same period of last year, according to the Statistics Netherlands today.
|
Dutch industrial production rises in nine months.
| 27 | 6 | 3,801,552 |
Fire fighting facilities in use in China's major cities are to be substantially upgraded within three to five years, a senior official at the Ministry of public security said today.
|
China plans to upgrade fire control facilities.
| 29 | 6 | 3,801,553 |
The '29 sales exhibition of engineering technologies and products, displaying items related to the country's information network, was held here today.
|
Beijing stages sales exhibition for information products.
| 20 | 6 | 3,801,554 |
Indian civil Aviation experts today began their investigation into Tuesday's midair collision of two airliners in which 483 people were killed, the press trust of India Lrb PTI Rrb said.
|
Probe into plane collision begins in India.
| 29 | 6 | 3,801,555 |
Velez Sarsfield of Argentina drew 7 6 with Santos of Brazil Thursday to advance to the South American Supercup final by 8 7 win on aggregate.
|
Velez advances to Supercup final.
| 25 | 4 | 3,801,556 |
Seven Pilgrims were drowned and one missing when a boat overturned in a River in India's Gujarat state today, the press trust of India said.
|
Pilgrims drowned in India.
| 24 | 3 | 3,801,557 |
Border patrols in the area between Hong Kong and Guangdong province have been stepped up as the date of Hong Kong's return to China looms closer.
|
Guangdong Intensifies fight against illegal emigration.
| 25 | 5 | 3,801,558 |
An American Player playing for Spanish basketball Club Valencia was sacked on Friday after he tested positive for Ephedrine in a routine test.
|
American Player sacked for fling drug test.
| 22 | 6 | 3,801,559 |
World Soccer's ruling body Fifa announced in Zurich on Friday that Guatemala's remaining three world cup qualifying matches will all be played outside the country.
|
Guatemala to play world cup Qualifiers at abroad.
| 24 | 7 | 3,801,560 |
A 601 million us dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank Lrb ADB Rrb for the Yuzhou power plant in central China's Henan province was transferred today to the Henan power administration by the people's Bank of China, the country's central bank.
|
Asian Development Bank offering big loan to Henan power project.
| 41 | 9 | 3,801,561 |
Chinese President Jiang Zemin said in Beijing today that China hopes the people of Cambodia will make more achievements on the road to domestic stability, national reconciliation and reconstruction, under the leadership of King Sihanouk.
|
Chinese President meets King of Cambodia.
| 34 | 5 | 3,801,562 |
Consumer prices in Sweden dropped 7.8 percent in October this year over the same period last year, the country's central Statistics Office reported.
|
Sweden enjoys deflation for the first time since S.
| 22 | 8 | 3,801,563 |
Hang Seng China Enterprises index today rose 1.37 points to close at 614.03.
|
Hang Seng China Enterprises index up.
| 12 | 5 | 3,801,564 |
The gold price in Hong Kong today fell 32 HK dollars to close at 5,992 HK dollars a tael, according to Po sang Bank, one of the major gold dealers in Hong Kong.
|
Gold price in Hong Kong down.
| 32 | 5 | 3,801,565 |
Former employees of a bankrupt clock factory in Eastern France are playing cat and mouse with police by hiding most of their stock products to protest the government's decision over the fate of the factory.
|
Of bankrupt firm play cat and mouse with police.
| 34 | 8 | 3,801,566 |
The drainage services Department of the Hong Kong government today awarded a contract for works of Shenzhen River regulation project.
|
Contract for Shenzhen River project signed.
| 19 | 5 | 3,801,567 |
China has issued a set of trial rules on administrative penalties concerning the management of state owned assets, the state administration of state property said today.
|
China issues new rules on property management.
| 25 | 6 | 3,801,568 |
Chinese Premier Li Peng said here today that the parliaments of China and Venezuela will further increase their mutual understanding and enhance their cooperation.
|
Chinese Premier meets Venezuelan Parliament leader.
| 23 | 5 | 3,801,569 |
China's first state level research center for industrial automation engineering, located in Zhejiang University, passed the academic assessment today.
|
First industrial automation research center assessed.
| 18 | 5 | 3,801,570 |
Chinese foreign trade minister Wu Yi said here today that trade between China and the European Union Lrb Eu Rrb faces challenges, and that China hopes the Eu will create a comprehensive policy to ensure the healthy development of two way trade.
|
China calls for comprehensive trade policy from Eu.
| 41 | 7 | 3,801,571 |
A special organization will be established in March next year to deal with nations' disputes over limits of Continental shelves, a senior UN official said here today at the opening session of the 38th world conference on Oceanic peace Lrb in Rrb, which opened today.
|
New UN organization to deal with limits of Continental shelves.
| 44 | 9 | 3,801,572 |
Chinese Premier Li Peng said here today that China and Venezuela should develop their cooperation from a strategic point of view.
|
Chinese Premier meets Venezuelan Energy Minister.
| 20 | 5 | 3,801,573 |
Peter Graf, who has been in investigative custody in jail for over a year on charge of tax evasion, could be freed on bail of five million marks Lrb 5.45 million United States dollars Rrb.
|
Graf's father can be freed on bail.
| 34 | 6 | 3,801,574 |
Ms. Ali, the elder sister of Somali Warlord, Osman Hassan Ali Atto, was today released in South Mogadishu after a day long captivity by Nown gunmen.
|
Sister of Somali Warlord released amid peace.
| 25 | 6 | 3,801,575 |
The second meeting between rival Iraqi Kurds began in Ankara Palace this morning in order to consolidate their cease fire and explore the possibilities for further Normalizing the situation in northern Iraq.
|
Rival Iraqi Kurds meeting starts in Ankara.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,576 |
Chinese vice president Rong Yiren met today with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, saying that China and Britain should make joint efforts to ensure the smooth transition of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
|
Chinese vice president meets Mrs. Thatcher.
| 34 | 5 | 3,801,577 |
Vietnam has so far earned 1 million United States dollars from its export of 3,414 tons of honey this year, becoming the second largest honey exporter in Asia, according to a local report today.
|
Vietnam becomes Asia's second largest honey exporter.
| 33 | 6 | 3,801,578 |
Luanda, November 34 Lrb Xinhua Rrb the National Union for the total independence of Angola Lrb Unita Rrb has begun its work to road blocks and check points to facilitate a smooth flow of personnel and goods.
|
Unita removes road blocks.
| 36 | 3 | 3,801,579 |
Chinese vice Premier Zhu Rongji said here today that China attaches great importance to friendly cooperation with the Commission of the European Union Lrb Eu Rrb, and that the current visit of Leon Brittan, vice president of the Eu, will help enhance friendly cooperative relations between the two sides.
|
Chinese vice Premier meets European Commission leader.
| 48 | 6 | 3,801,580 |
Vietnam has so far earned 1 million United States dollars from its export of 9,563 tons of honey this year, becoming the second largest honey exporter in Asia, according to a local report today.
|
Vietnam becomes Asia's second largest honey exporter.
| 33 | 6 | 3,801,581 |
Zairean Tutsi rebels have reportedly taken the Mugunga refugee camp, 40 kilometers West of Goma, after some 963,972 refugees and some Hutu Militias fled the camp Thursday afternoon, the Agence France Presse reported today.
|
Zairean Tutsis take refugee camp as refugees flee.
| 33 | 7 | 3,801,582 |
As developing countries, both China and Uganda face the same task of building their own countries and upgrading people's living standards, Chinese vice president Rong Yiren said here today.
|
Chinese vice president meets Ugandan guests.
| 28 | 5 | 3,801,583 |
A man made Island covering more than 8,106 hectares in northwestern Malaysia will be created on reclaimed land to be used for industries, tourism and recreation, the national news agency Bernama reported today.
|
Malaysia to create man made Island on reclaimed land.
| 32 | 8 | 3,801,584 |
A special organization will be established in March next year to deal with nations' disputes over limits of Continental shelves, a senior UN official said here today at the opening session of the 50th world conference on Oceanic peace Lrb in Rrb, which opened today.
|
New UN organization to deal with limits of Continental shelves.
| 44 | 9 | 3,801,585 |
The United States central intelligence agency Lrb CIA Rrb was today under Nigerian attack for funding six local pro democracy and human rights groups to Destablize the West African country.
|
Nigeria accuses CIA of funding human rights.
| 29 | 6 | 3,801,586 |
Egyptian rescue teams are still searching for the missing 83 persons among the 771 passengers of a tourist ship that ran aground due to strong winds 45 kilometers away from Thursday night, Egypt's Middle East news agency Lrb mena Rrb reported today.
|
83 still missing after Nile tour ship runs aground.
| 41 | 8 | 3,801,587 |
Chinese foreign trade minister Wu Yi said here today that trade between China and the European Union Lrb Eu Rrb faces challenges, and that China hopes the Eu will create a comprehensive policy to ensure the healthy development of two way trade.
|
China calls for comprehensive trade policy from Eu.
| 41 | 7 | 3,801,588 |
Chinese Premier Li Peng, leading a delegation to attend the world food summit, arrived here today, at the invitation of director general of the United Nations food and agricultural organization Lrb FAO Rrb.
|
Chinese Premier arrives in Rome.
| 32 | 4 | 3,801,589 |
As of December 2, securities institutions both inside and outside China will need to acquire an official qualifications certificate in order to remain in the Securities business to deal in shares for foreign investors.
|
China regulates business in shares for foreign investors.
| 33 | 7 | 3,801,590 |
, a deputy leader of Sri Lanka's liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Lrb Ltte Rrb, is now in Eastern province to prepare major attacks against government troops there, informed sources said today.
|
Sri Lankan Tamil rebels reportedly planning attacks.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,591 |
Cambodia's first Prime Minister said the easiest way to bring peace to the kingdom is to persuade the remaining Khmer Rouge forces to peacefully integrate into the government troops, the Cambodian daily reported today.
|
Ranariddh urges integration of Khmer Rouge into government.
| 33 | 7 | 3,801,592 |
French Minister of social affairs Jacques Barrot said Thursday that the government would maintain a universal illness insurance.
|
French Minister confirms universal illness insurance.
| 17 | 5 | 3,801,593 |
Qiao shi, chairman of the standing committee of China's National people's Congress Lrb Npc Rrb, arrived here today from Tehran for a stop over.
|
Chinese Npc chairman arrives in Dubai.
| 23 | 5 | 3,801,594 |
The Presidents of the Philippines and Peru called today for expeditious reforms in the United Nations to make it more responsive to the needs of the international community.
|
Philippine Peruvian Presidents call for UN reforms.
| 27 | 6 | 3,801,595 |
A car bomb killed all the three persons Thursday evening inside a Peugeot 388 when the car was running on the highway near the Murtala Muhammed airport in Lagos, local media reported today.
|
Car bomb kills in Nigeria.
| 32 | 4 | 3,801,596 |
Turkey's Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan said that his coalition government was expecting revenues of up to 20 billion United States dollars from the energy sector's privatization.
|
Turkey expects 20 billion dollars from energy.
| 26 | 6 | 3,801,597 |
Two Zairean diplomats with their families were evicted from their residence yesterday, "the new vision "reported today.
|
Two Zairean diplomats evicted from Uganda.
| 16 | 5 | 3,801,598 |
About 37 Nepalese left here for new Delhi today to identify the bodies of their relatives killed Tuesday in an air crash in India and perhaps try to bring them back to Nepal.
|
Relatives of air crash victims fly to India.
| 32 | 7 | 3,801,599 |
Despite predictions that an agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians on the Hebron redeployment could be reached before the weekend, the two sides are still negotiating on the last minute details of the agreement.
|
Israelis Palestinians continue talks on Hebron.
| 33 | 5 | 3,801,600 |
Newly appointed defense Minister Mukhtar Altynbayev said today that Kazakhstan will continue to have all round cooperation with China, as developing friendly relations with Beijing is a set policy of his country.
|
Kazakhstan to further cooperation with China.
| 31 | 5 | 3,801,601 |
Scientists in Saudi Arabia have successfully used sea water as the only irrigation source to grow a saline resistant plant in its barren coastline and turned part of it into a green farm, a Saudi daily has reported.
|
Saudi scientists use sea water to turn barren.
| 37 | 7 | 3,801,602 |
Today's Xinhua a share index gained 2.72 points to finish at 236.17, while the Xinhua B stock index edged up 6.78 points to close at 73.56.
|
Xinhua stock indices up.
| 25 | 3 | 3,801,603 |
The composite Subindex on the Shenzhen stock exchange finished at 5,536.51 today, up 643.34 points from the previous session, according to the China Finance trust and investment corporation.
|
Shenzhen stock index up.
| 27 | 3 | 3,801,604 |
The selection Committee for the first government of the Hong Kong special administrative region here today nominated three official candidates for the post of the first chief executive of the Hksar.
|
candidates to run for Hong Kong chief executive.
| 30 | 7 | 3,801,605 |
The mountain Kilimanjaro forest zone in northern Tanzania, went ablaze recently, turning more than 192 acres of forest into ash.
|
Mount Kilimanjaro forests go ablaze.
| 19 | 4 | 3,801,606 |
There have been three breakthroughs in China's attempts to control tobacco, according to the country's vice Minister of public health, Cao.
|
China successful in tobacco control.
| 20 | 4 | 3,801,607 |
A newly opened Expressway in North suburban Beijing has reduced travel time along a 78.2 km long section from two hours to just twenty minutes.
|
Expressway open to traffic.
| 24 | 3 | 3,801,608 |
The Australian stock market responded at last to the rises in other major stock markets in the world by surging to an all time high close today.
|
Australian stock market sets record.
| 26 | 4 | 3,801,609 |
Kampala, November 52 Lrb Xinhua Rrb the Ugandan government troops yesterday continued their battle in Western Uganda against the invaders from Zaire, "the monitor "reported today.
|
Fighting continues in Western Uganda.
| 25 | 4 | 3,801,610 |
Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi will pay an official visit to Netherlands on November 31, the Kenya news agency reported today.
|
Kenyan President to visit Netherlands.
| 20 | 4 | 3,801,611 |
Wan Guoquan, vice chairman of the national committee of the Chinese people's political consultative conference Lrb Cppcc Rrb, met with a delegation from the friendship Association here today.
|
Cppcc vice chairman meets Mongolian friendship delegation.
| 27 | 6 | 3,801,612 |
Northwest China's Gansu province has scored a 41 percent increase in its industrial output value over the past seven years, while waste from gas, water and other discharges increased by only 3.5 percent.
|
Northwest Chinese province's coordination.
| 32 | 3 | 3,801,613 |
Sichuan Union University, the oldest Institute of higher learning in Southwest China, has celebrated its 293th birth in this capital city of Sichuan.
|
293 year old University in Southwest China.
| 22 | 6 | 3,801,614 |
A new policy body has been established in Kenya at the order of President Daniel Arap Moi to guide the country's the transformation from a managed to a market determined economy ", the daily nation reported today.
|
New policy body formed in Kenya.
| 36 | 5 | 3,801,615 |
Unicom, the only company authorized to compete with China's Ministry of post and telecommunications, is continuing to challenge the Ministry in landlocked Western Chinese provinces.
|
Telecom giant expanding in Northwest China.
| 24 | 5 | 3,801,616 |
An optical Cable project has been launched to strengthen telecommunications ties between Harbin and Dalian, two leading industrial cities in northeast China.
|
Optical Cable to connect northeast Chinese cities.
| 21 | 6 | 3,801,617 |
Construction work on a Sino Japanese joint venture to manufacture auto air conditioners has been recently completed in Yantai city, East China's Shandong province.
|
Joint venture to manufacture auto air conditioners in China.
| 23 | 8 | 3,801,618 |
Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov today proposed that Japan and Russia jointly develop four disputed Islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Kyodo news service quoted Japanese officials as saying.
|
Primakov proposes joint development of disputed Isles.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,619 |
Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov today proposed that Japan and Russia jointly develop four disputed Islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Kyodo news service quoted Japanese officials as saying.
|
Primakov proposes joint development of disputed Isles.
| 31 | 6 | 3,801,620 |
Qiao shi, chairman of the standing committee of China's National people's Congress Lrb Npc Rrb, today wound up his three day official visit to Iran.
|
Chinese Npc chairman leaves Iran.
| 24 | 4 | 3,801,621 |
American 409 and 929 meter Olympic champion Michael Johnson told a Chicago radio station Thursday that the winner of his race next may against Canadian Sprinter Donovan Bailey will receive two million dollars.
|
Johnson Bailey dash for cash and title of fastest man.
| 32 | 9 | 3,801,622 |
Southwest China's Guizhou province is becoming a new tourism attraction, with 58,658 Springs, Karst and the highest annual precipitation in China.
|
Springs attract tourists to Southwestern Chinese province.
| 20 | 6 | 3,801,623 |
Food prices in Uganda have dramatically shot up in the recent weeks, the local daily "new vision "today.
|
Food prices soar in Uganda.
| 17 | 4 | 3,801,624 |
International Olympic committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch Thursday opened the 52th assembly of the Association of national Olympic committees in Cancun, Mexico.
|
Samaranch opens Olympic assembly.
| 21 | 3 | 3,801,625 |
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