Philippine President optimistic of higher tourist arrivals this year
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III prepares to make the ceremonial ringing of the bell to start the trading at the Philippine Stocks Exchange at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday March 6, 2012. <File photo: AP/Newsis> MANILA (Xinhua) — Philippine President Beningo S. Aquino III said on Tuesday that government […]
Sri Lanka gets ‘first ever eBook store’
This Jan. 26, 2012 photo, shows a webpage on Amazon.com featuring Kindle e-book readers on a computer screen in Miami. <File Photo: AP/Newsis> COLOMBO (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka has opened its first eBook store BookHUB providing a different reading experience to book lovers, an official statement said here on Tuesday. The eBook store was launched […]
Sri Lanka to shut down some embassies in Europe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa listens to a question during a meeting with foreign correspondents in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. <Photo DB=AP/Newsis> COLOMBO (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan government has decided to shut down some of its embassies in Europe, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. A spokesman at the […]
“China’s Pompeii” may get UNESCO recognition
Archaeologists stand near the ruins of Laosi Town at Yongshun County in central China’s Hunan Province, Nov. 21, 2010 <Photo DB=Xinhua> CHANGSHA, China – A bid has begun to have the ruins of Laosi town, known as China’s Pompeii for the site’s well-preserved cultural landscape and relics, recognized with a UNESCO cultural heritage listing. The […]
Bird flu detected in another farm in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) – Two days after the detection of bird flu in a poultry farm, the flu virus has been found in another farm in the same place in Lalitpur district in Nepali capital Kathmandu Valley. The farm has been sealed after the confirmation of the virus on Sunday. The fresh detection came two days after […]
23 children under nine have HIV in Fiji
Some 23 children under 9 years old in Fiji are HIV positive, according to the Fiji Network for Positive People on Wednesday. The network’s advocacy coordinator Joeli Colati told media that the major mode of transmission is from mother to child for these cases while a case reported in 2000 was through sexual abuse. The child […]
Students in Nepal appear for school graduation test
The School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination which is the final examination of high schools students in Nepal started from Tuesday. A total of 528,257 students are appearing for the examination. Out of the total number, there are 229,751 boys and 216,233 girls who will appear the exams as regular examinees. The remaining number of students […]
Einstein’s famed formulas, photos, love letters go online
Photo shows the printed announcement of Albert Einstein’s marriage to Mileva Maric in 1903, presented at a press conference to lauch the Einstein Archives Online in Jeursalem on March 19, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Yin Dongxun> An online archival website cataloging more than 80,000 of Albert Einstein’s collected papers and notes, and personal correspondence was launched on […]
Acid, a cheap weapon to deface lives in Pakistan
Oscar winner Pakistani film maker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy addresses a press conference in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on March 10, 2012. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy won Pakistan’s first ever Oscar in the short documentary category with her film “Saving Face” about survivors of acid attacks and British Pakistani plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad, who returned to his […]
China has no self-interests in Syrian issue
China has no self-interests in the Syrian issue and respects the demand for democracy by the Arab people, Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday. “China does not take sides with any party, including the government of Syria. We make our own right judgement and determine our own position on this issue on the basis of actual […]
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