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Society
South Africans celebrate Mandela’s 95th birthday outside hospital
People celebrate Mandela’s 95th birthday outside the hospital where he is treated in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 18, 2013. South African former president Mandela is steadily improving, according to the Presidency website update released on Thursday. “Madiba remains in hospital in Pretoria but his doctors have confirmed that his…
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East Asia
Swiss President Maurer visits China and pledges to boost cooperation
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting Swiss President Ueli Maurer on Thursday respectively, and pledged to boost cooperation between the two countries in an all-around way. During his meeting with Maurer, Xi said the China-Switzerland relationship has been in the vanguard of ties between China and the West. He…
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East Asia
Panama charges N. Korean ship crew with carrying weaponry from Cuba
Panama has filed charges against the crew of a North Korean ship seized as it tried to pass through the Panama Canal while carrying obsolete weaponry from Cuba hidden under bags of sugar, possibly in violation of U.N. sanctions. Ramon Lopez, operations director for Panama’s National Aeronautics Service, said authorities…
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East Asia
High-Level Forum on South-South Cooperation kicks off at Hong Kong
Photo taken on July 18, 2013 shows the scene of High-Level Forum on South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development in south China’s Hongkong, July 18, 2013. The forum kicked off on Thursday, with the theme “Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Innovation, Culture & Sustainable Urbanization”. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Peng> Francis Lorenzo (C), president…
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East Asia
Chinese President Xi visits Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility lab
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), talks with scientists of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility lab in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2013.…
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East Asia
24th Hong Kong Book Fair attracts 560 exhibitors from 30 countries
Tsang Tak-sing (L), secretary for Home Affairs in south China’s Hong Kong, presents a souvenir to Chan Koonchung, the Author of the Year for the 24th Hong Kong Book Fair in Hong Kong, July 17, 2013. The seven-day book fair, which kicked off Wednesday at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition…
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South East Asia
Myanmar’s President Thein Sein visits France to seek support and investment
French President Francois Hollande met his Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein for talks to cement ties between their two countries here on Wednesday. Thein Sein is paying his first state visit to France after ending his official trip to Britain, with an aim to seek further support and investment from western…
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South Asia
21 children confirmed dead due to food poisoning of shool meal in eastern India
At least 21 children, all below 12 years, are now confirmed dead due to food poisoning after eating a free mid-day school meal in the eastern Indian state of Bihar Tuesday, a senior police official said Wednesday. “Some 100 children consumed the free meal at state-run Navsrijit Primary School in…
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South Asia
Visitors look at jade artworks of China at renowned Mumbai musuem(CSMVS)
A visitor looks at the jade artworks of China at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai, India, July 17, 2013. The CSMVS, formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, is the largest and most well known museum in Mumbai. Its collection comprises not only various forms…
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