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Kim vows to work to revive N.Korea nuclear talks: XinhuaSeoul (AFP) May 7, 2010 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il vowed during a visit to China this week to try to revive stalled nuclear disarmament talks, Beijing media said Friday in its first confirmation of the secretive trip. "Kim said that the DPRK (North Korea) will work with China to create favourable conditions for restarting the six-party talks," Xinhua news agency said, without specifying whether he made a firm commitment to return to talks. Kim's five-day visit, which ended Friday, was shrouded in secrecy but widel ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2010A Chinese city has ordered police to shoot to kill anyone attempting to harm students, following a spate of violent attacks against children that have stunned the nation, state press said Tuesday. The southwestern municipality of Chongqing, a city of over 30 million people, issued the order after China's public security ministry called for stepped up security around schools and kindergartens ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) May 4, 2010Four mainland Chinese parents who said their children were poisoned by melamine-tainted dairy products launched a legal bid for damages in Hong Kong on Tuesday. Frustrated by the lack of means to seek redress in China, the parents are demanding a total of about 84,000 Hong Kong dollars (10,770 US) from New Zealand's Fonterra, a major shareholder of the now-defunct Sanlu Group. Fonterra i ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2010More than 2,000 babies have been born in China to women who lost their children in a 2008 earthquake thanks to a government programme that includes artificial insemination, state media said Wednesday. A total of 3,140 women had become pregnant under the programme, which also provided free medical treatment, with 2,106 giving birth so far, the Global Times said, quoting government figures. ... more |
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Vietnam to spend billions on islands amid China disputeHanoi (AFP) May 4, 2010 Vietnam has announced an 8.5-billion-dollar economic and defence development plan for a string of islands along its resource-rich coastline, as a broader sovereignty dispute simmers with China. A copy of the plan, dated April 28, was obtained by AFP on Tuesday. It calls for development over a 10-year period of a string of islands stretching from Phu Quoc near Cambodia in the southwest to Cat Ba off Haiphong in the north near China. The document says authorities aim to boost seafood, tourism, ... read more |
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