From Reuters:A global coalition of rights groups urged China on Monday to curb use of the death penalty ahead of the Olympics, but noted that judicial reforms had led to a "significant" drop in the number of executions since last
From BusinessWeek:When glimpsed from afar, the huge wind turbines look impossibly silent. Eleven machines, with 34-meter-long rotor blades, have been erected on the fringe of a large recreational park in Shanghai's Nanhui district, about 34 kilometers from the international airport
AP reports on the floods in Foshan, the third major natural disaster to hit China this year:The floods killed 57 people, collapsed tens of thousands of homes, damaged crops across more than 2.12 million acres and causing more than an
Blogging for China translates a Southern Metropolis Daily report about the lives of African traders living in Guangzhou's so-called Chocolate City:Religion and business are the two things that most closely bind Africans and Guangzhou. Catholicism and Islam are the two
Open and transparent cooperation with Iran should not arouse concern of our partners, according to Armenia's Foreign Minister. "Armenia wants normal relations with all states in the region, including ...
Faced with a difficult dilemma due to the ongoing closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, the United States should underscore its strong support for Turkish democracy, according ...
Today the Yerevan City Hall is discussing the venue of an opposition's June 20 rally. "The Yerevan City Hall will likely prohibit the opposition to hold the rally near the Matenadaran as well," said Le...
The parliament has adopted the amendment to the law on rallies, public assemblies and demonstrations by 86 votes for, 6 votes against and 1 abstained vote. The members of Heritage faction and independent ...
The much-awaited maiden flight of Tejas LSP-2 took place today at HAL airport Bangalore. Even though the aircraft was ready for its maiden flight last week itself, the flight could not take place because of the pre-monsoon weather prevailing over
Vienna special police forces prevented an attempt by Austria fans to start a brawl with Germans as both countries faced each other in the Group B game on Monday. Around 70 Austria supporters had tried to "pick a fight" with
ArmInfo. The UK government today announced the introduction of a new system for assessing highly skilled migrants wanting to come to the UK to work. Tier 1 of the new points based system (PBS) will come into effect on 30
ArmInfo. The Armenian parliament started hearings on the National Assembly's draft statement on implementation of PACE Resolution 1609 by Armenia, Monday.MP Hranush Hakobyan, one of the statement's authors, said that the Armenian public has been discussing PACE Resolution 1609 for
ArmInfo. The Swedish parliament rejected the bill while 245 votes against and 37 for the proposal. As the Turkish daily Hurriet reports, Turkey welcomed the decision. Turkish Prime minister's advisor Agemen Bagis is grateful to all the political parties represented
Beloved writer, Chingiz Aitmatov, was buried Saturday with great pageantry in Kyrgyzistan. The interment of Aitmatov, the classic 20th century scholar whose works were translated into more than 160 languages and totaled over 60 million copies in print, became a
Kyrgyzstan has introduced export duties on wheat, flour, vegetable oil and some seeds. Additionally, measures to soon restrict sugar and rice exports are being considered. These export duties are being implemented to alleviate the effect of the general price-rise and
June 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama after a recent official visit to Thailand said that Thailand government has agreed to provide 50,000 MT of rice to Sri Lanka.
June 16, Colombo: Week commenced operations negatively as All Share Price Index slumped 10.46 points or 0.43% to end the day at 2444.91 and Milanka Price Index lost 18.35 points or 0.62% to close the day at 2924.40
June 16, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Marxist Party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) backed National Trade Union Centre today announced that it would go for an island wide strike on July 10 to win over 3 demands.
June 16, Colombo: Striking a blow to LTTE's fund raising activities abroad, Canadian Cabinet has outlawed the Toronto-based LTTE front organization, World Tamil Movement under the Anti-Terrorism Act, reports said.
