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Premier1 Wen calls for closer regional ties
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has proposed greater cooperation with Shanghai Cooperation Organization members and said China will continue to offer funding for key projects.
Addressing the SCO prime ministers' meeting in St. Petersburg, Wen Jiabao said China hopes to help boost cooperation in trade, finance, transport, agriculture and health.
The prime ministers of the six member countries adopted a joint2 declaration on the economic situation, both globally and in the SCO. They also signed several agreements, including a mid-term development strategy of SCO Union Pay.
The SCO groups China, Russia and the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
7.0-magnitude quake hits East China Sea: CENC
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the epicenter was at a depth of 220 km.
The quake was felt in cities in east China's Fujian and Zhejiang Provinces.
Australia's carbon tax passes parliament
The Australian federal government's carbon pricing legislation has been passed by the Senate, clearing the way for the plan to take effect from July next year.
The carbon laws will force the top 500 polluting companies to pay a 24.5-US-dollar a tonne price for carbon emissions5 in an effort to fight climate change.
Australia accounts for 1.5 percent of global emissions, but is the developed world's highest emitter per capita due to a reliance on fossil-fuel coal to generate electricity.
Jury reaches verdict in Michael Jackson doctor's manslaughter case
Michael Jackson's personal physician has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a jury in California.
Conrad Murray showed no emotion as the guilty verdict was read out in court in Los Angeles.
"Doctor Murray's reckless conduct in this case poses a demonstrable risk to the safety of the public. If doctor Murray remains6 out of custody7 on bond and even though doctor Murray is a medical doctor and even though he has been practicing, public safety demands that he be remanded."
The jury has determined8 that Murray acted recklessly in administering a sedative9 to Michael Jackson which ultimately led to his death in the summer of 2009.
Murray could face up to 4-years in prison, and has been remanded into custody to await sentencing.
Nicaragua's President Ortega wins re-election
Nicaragua's incumbent10 president Daniel Ortega has won a landslide11 re-election in Sunday's polls.
Election authorities say Ortega, candidate of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front, obtained nearly 63 percent of the votes, with ballots12 counted in 86 percent of polling stations in the Central American nation.
His closest rival Fabio Gadea of the Independent Liberal Alliance had 31 percent.
Gadea has refused to concede defeat, calling the elections an "unheard-of fraud."
Italian Prime Ministger Silvio Berlusconi is denying reports that he is about to step down, saying the rumors were "baseless."
Earlier, two journalists close to Berlusconi had reported that he was set to resign in hours.
Berlusconi's government faces a possible defeat in a procedural vote on last year's budget report later on Tuesday.
Meanwhile he is also scrambling14 to gain enough support to pass urgent economic reforms demanded by the EU.
U.S., Bolivia agree to resume full diplomatic relations
Bolivia and the United States have agreed to resume full diplomatic relations three years after the Bolivian government expelled the U.S. ambassador and anti-drug personnel for allegedly inciting15 anti-government sentiment.
The two sides have signed a joint statement to establish a framework for restoring relations at ambassadorial level.
They agreed to return ambassadors to the respective capitals as soon as possible.
China moves to beef up lending to small firms
China's banking16 regulator says 28 percent of all outstanding loans by September went to the country's small and micro-sized enterprises.
This came as China implemented17 a slew18 of measures to guide banks to loan more to those cash-strapped companies.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission says such loans totaled 14.75 trillion yuan or 2.3 trillion US dollars by the end of September.
Small and micro-sized firms create about 80 percent of the nation's jobs.
China has over 48,000 centenarians
China has more than 48,000 centenarians, according to a survey published by the China Gerontological Society.
It shows on July 1, the number of people over 100 years old living on the Chinese mainland stood at 48,921, an increase of more than 5,200 from last year's figure.
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adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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5 emissions | |
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6 remains | |
n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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8 determined | |
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9 sedative | |
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10 incumbent | |
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的 | |
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11 landslide | |
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利 | |
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12 ballots | |
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 );选举;选票;投票总数v.(使)投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 ) | |
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n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 );[古]名誉;咕哝;[古]喧嚷 | |
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14 scrambling | |
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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15 inciting | |
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n.银行业,银行学,金融业 | |
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