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No matter how many people were detained and arrested after mass disorders, it is much more important how grounded are the accusations against them An interview with Prosecutor General of

02.04.2008 11:08    arminfo.info
A number of international organizations levered criticism at the actions by the authorities on the day of mass unrest in Yerevan and on the following days. Do you think the criticism is grounded?Criticism based on facts must be welcomed. Moreover,


Another round of "planned" inflation reported in Uzbekistan

02.04.2008 09:24    enews.ferghana.ru
Salaries of budget sphere employees, scholarships, pensions, and grants went up in Uzbekistan on April 1. And so did bread prices, transport fees, and gas tariffs. In accordance with the decree President Islam Karimov signed, a minimum monthly wage now
Another round of "planned" inflation reported in Uzbekistan

China, U.S. hold talks on bilateral economic ties

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan began talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson here Wednesday morning, exchanging views on advancing the process of China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and bilateral economic ties. ...

China, U.S. to cooperate on pollution reduction

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Scientists from China and the U.S. are teaming up to launch researches on environmental science and technology. "We already have some small projects in the pipeline, but we are talking about major action." Wednesday's China Daily qu ...


U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson arrives for SED preparation

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Henry M. Paulson, special representative of U.S. President George W. Bush and the U.S. Treasury Secretary, arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to start his two-day China trip for preparation for the fourth round of China-U.S. Strategic Economic ...

China Welfare Lottery sales up 16.6% year-on-year

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
By the end of March 31 this year, the sales from the Welfare Lottery tickets had reached 15.685 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6% over the same period last year, according to the news form China Welfare Lottery Management Center.A

Chinese shares surge 3.78% in morning trade

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Chinese shares went up 3.78 percent on Wednesday morning trade as heavy weight stocks respond to a Wall Street rally. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,455 points, up 3.78 percent, aft ...

Chinese urbanites find it unaffordable to die

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
As people around China are to visit their ancestors' tombs this Friday on the Qingming Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day, many are complaining they can't afford to die in cities, China Daily reported on Wednesday. Soaring funeral costs ...

Urban employee annual wages near 25,000 yuan last year

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
In 2007, the average annual wage of urban employees reached 24, 932 yuan; and the average daily wage was 99.31 yuan, according to information released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website on Tuesday.By People's Dail ...

Expressway accident kills seven, injures 25 in NW China

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Seven people were confirmed dead and25 others were injured when a bus hit a truck on an expressway in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Tuesday night, the local traffic police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred at 9:30 p.m ...

HK appropriates 1.29 million HKD to mainland disaster areas

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), at the suggestion of the Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee, appropriated 1.29 million Hong Kong Dollars (HKD), from the disaster relief fund given by the Hong Kong ...

Western media's false coverage of Lhasa riots irritates netizens

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Some western media's false coverage of the recent Lhasa riots has triggered protests from netizens at home and abroad. Some netizens have even set up a website called anti-cnn (http://anti-cnn.com). On the website's home page, the f ...

Passengers can fly non-stop to Europe from Nanjing

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
On the morning of April 1, Lufthansa flight LH780, flying from Frankfurt, Germany, arrived in the Nanjing Lukou International Airport, in Jiangsu Province. This was the beginning of non-stop, direct flights between Nanjing and Europe. In th ...

China Everbright Bank to launch IPO before Olympics

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
China Everbright Bank (CEB), Everbright Group's banking unit, is to go public before the Beijing Olympic Games, company source said. "We don't have the timetable for a Hong Kong listing, and we decided to postponed inviting strategi ...

Chinese stock-related funds saw net redemption of 17 bln yuan in 1st quarter

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Chinese stock funds and mixed-typed funds, which together attracted millions of investors with their outstanding performance on the Chinese stock market last year, are losing buyers. These funds reported a net redemption of 17 billi ...

Chinese shares closed 0.56% higher, led by financial and energy caps

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
Chinese shares ended 0.56 percent higher on Wednesday, boosted by financial and energy heavyweights. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,347.88 points, up 0.56 percent, with an intra-day ...

China and France train emergency doctors for Olympics

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
On March 31, the overall training for senior Olympic emergency medical practitioners was kicked off by China and France, in order to reserve high-level medical personnel for emergencies during the Beijing Olympics.The project was jointl ...

Beijing to set up 24-hour anti-hacking department during Olympics

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
In order to meet the city's demand for information security during the Olympic Games, the first municipal Information Security Emergency Response and Disposal Centre was set up in Beijing on April 1; and it will operate 24 hour a day,

Cruise SuperStar Virgo arrives in Hong Kong, eyeing China market

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
SuperStar Virgo, one of the world's largest and most extravagant cruises, arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday, kicking off the company's strategic re-deployment program on the booming China market. Speaking at a welcoming ceremony held h ...

Yangtze River delta GDP exceeds 4.6 trillion

02.04.2008 09:10    english.people.com.cn
According to the statistics departments in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the 16 cities in the Yangtze River delta region have achieved a total GDP of 4.67 trillion yuan in 2007, accounting for 18.9% of the nation's total. The average grow

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