7 dead in Afghan suicide blast: officials
A teenage suicide bomber killed seven people in central Afghanistan on Wednesday when he targeted local fighters who battle against Taliban insurgents, officials said.
The attacker detonated himself in a market place in Ghazni province, two [...]
6 people indicted for officials’ sex video scandal
Six people have been prosecuted for allegedly working together to blackmail government officials in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing with secretly recorded sex videos, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Lei Zhengfu, former Party secretary [...]
UN officials urge to implement peace framework for DRC
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (Xinhua) — The UN Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region on Tuesday called for implementation of framework agreement for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), while voicing concerns over renewed clashes [...]
China: New Bird Flu Virus Is Controlled, Officials Say
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The H7N9 virus appears under control in China largely through restrictions at bird markets, but it caused $ 6.5 billion in losses, United Nations experts said Tuesday.
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3 officials held for wiretapping Party chief
Three public officers, who allegedly placed hidden cameras in a Party chief’s office and then tried to blackmail him, have been held for illegal wiretapping and photographing in Huaihua City in central China’s Hunan Province.
Hu [...]
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Taiwan sends officials to investigate slaying
Taiwan dispatched a large investigative delegation to the Philippines, among other punitive measures, after Manila’s fence-mending efforts failed to quell escalating tension over the Philippines’ killing of a fisherman from Taiwan.
Taiwan [...]
Officials Seek Career Shortcuts With Feng Shui
At The New York Times, Dan Levin reports that some officials, eager to ward off career pitfalls ranging from protests to vengeful mistresses, are turning to feng shui and other alternative strategies for guidance and protection.
In all this [...]
China Officials Seek Career Shortcut With Feng Shui
[unable to retrieve full-text content]China’s ambitious civil servants are increasingly — if discreetly — seeking supernatural shortcuts to wealth and power, much to the dismay of the Communist Party.
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China’s cabinet appoints officials
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) — The State Council, or China’s cabinet, on Friday announced a number of government official appointments.
Cai Mingzhao was appointed director of the State Council Information Office (SCIO), while Lu Wei [...]
China’s cabinet appoints gov’t officials
The State Council, or China’s cabinet, on Friday announced a number of government official appointments.
Cai Mingzhao was appointed director of the State Council Information Office (SCIO), while Lu Wei held onto the post as director of [...]
China’s cabinet appoints officials
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) — The State Council, or China’s cabinet, on Friday announced a number of government official appointments.
Cai Mingzhao was appointed director of the State Council Information Office (SCIO), while Lu Wei [...]
Family Planning Officials Investigate Chinese Film Director
[unable to retrieve full-text content]China’s most celebrated film director, Zhang Yimou, could face a hefty fine if he is found to have fathered more children than allowed by law.
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21 Chongqing officials in sex scandal punished
The Chinese Communist Party has punished 21 officials in the Chongqing sex tape scandal that went viral over the Internet last year, officials said yesterday.
Lei Zhengfu, the then secretary of the Party committee of Chongqing’s [...]
Ammonium nitrate causes U.S. fertilizer plant explosion: officials
HOUSTON, May 7 (Xinhua) — Investigators have determined that a stockpile of ammonium nitrate at a fertilizer plant in the U.S. town of West was the source of a deadly April 17 explosion that virtually leveled the town, media reports said [...]
21 Chongqing officials punished over sex video
A total of 21 government officials and executives of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality have been punished over a sex video scandal, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Of the 21, 15 are government [...]
N. Korea removes missiles from launch site: US officials
North Korea has moved two missiles from launch sites on the country’s eastern coast, US officials said Monday, signaling lowered tensions following worries Pyongyang was ready to test-fire the weapons.
The Musudan missiles had been ready [...]
Officials Market French Economy to China
[unable to retrieve full-text content]French efforts to woo China as an investor reflect the changing balance of power in the global economy.
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Live cross: Abbas to hold talks with Chinese officials
Syria has deployed missile defense batteries toward Israel in response to the Israeli attack that targeted a Syrian army facility in the capital Damascus earlier Sunday, security sources said.
The ruling coalition has achieved a parliamentary [...]
China’s cabinet appoints, removes officials
[unable to retrieve full-text content]The State Council, or China’s cabinet, on Saturday announced a number of appointments and removals of government officials.
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