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China urges for more consensus1 with Vietnam
Chinese Premier2 Li Keqiang has met with visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang.
The premier has suggested the proper handling of issues in the
Li Keqiang has also told Sang the two sides need to avoid "internationalizing" the issue.
For his part, the Vietnamese President has repeated his contention4 the two countries should manage and resolve their sea-related issues through friendly consultation5.
The Chinese government has issued a new call for the resumption of the six-party talks.
The call has been made at meetings between Chinese and North Korean officials here in
The Chinese side has told the DPRK delegation6 denuclearization, peace and dialogue are conductive to the interests of all involved.
For its part, the North Korean side says it's ready to join in any form of talks, including the six-party format7.
Meanwhile, the U.S,
The mainland's negotiator for cross-Strait ties has started talks with his
It is the first time Chen Deming and Lin Join-sane have sat a negotiation8 table since they took office as their side's chief negotiators.
The service trade agreement is one of the follow-up agreements included in the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement signed in 2010.
ECFA is designed to reduce tariffs9 and commercial barriers between the mainland and
Over 111,000 affected10 in
One person is missing after a series of heavy rainstorms in
Around 27-hundred others have been forced from their homes by the heavy rains around the city of
Heavy rains have been pounding the region since Tuesday.
Forecasters are warning of more heavy downfalls today in the region, which is home to over 100-thousand people.
Flood and landslide11 alerts are currently in place.
Flooding in southwestern
This brings the death toll12 from the flooding in the
The latest victim drowned after her car was swept away in flooding.
Thousands have been forced from their homes in the region.
The flooding has also done millions of euros of damage around the Roman-Catholic commune of
An Egyptian court has upheld a previous court order to release ex-president Hosni Mubarak in connection with allegations of illicit gains.
A Cairo Criminal Court has declined an appeal by the prosecution14 to temporarily release the former president.
However, the ex-president will have to stay in custody15 in connection with other charges, including the looting of public funds.
Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison a year ago.
However, he successfully appealed.
His retrial on that original conviction is due to begin on July 6th.
New Palestinian PM submits resignation: source
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has reportedly offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas.
It's unclear if Abbas is going to accept the resignation.
This reportedly comes just two weeks after he was first sworn in.
It's being reported Hamdallah wants to resign because of "attacks on his power."
Hamdallah, a long time academic, was tapped to replace Salam Fayyad.
Fayyad quit over differences with members of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party.
Obama to nominate new FBI director: media
It's being reported
Media reports say Obama is going to nominate former Deputy Attorney General James Comey to replace Robert Mueller.
Mueller is due to leave office in September.
Comey is a former number
He has been in the
Mueller is retiring after taking over the FBI shorly before the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
A former school principal and a government clerk in
The former principal of a local Primary School has been sentenced to 13.5-years years in prison for raping18 primary school girls last month.
A former clerk at the property administration bureau in the city of
Appeals are expected.
The case involved the men spending the night with groups of primary school girls in hotels.
Six stand trial over officials' sex video scandal
6 people have stood trial in
All are facing extortion charges.
Prosecutors21 say two of the suspects conspired22 to lure23 officials into having sex with women.
They would then secretly record their encounters in order to blackmail19 them and to gain profits for their business.
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n.设计,版式;[计算机]格式,DOS命令:格式化(磁盘),用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据;v.使格式化,设计,安排 | |
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n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利 | |
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17 rape | |
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸 | |
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19 blackmail | |
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胁迫,尤指以透露他人不体面行为相威胁以勒索钱财( blackmail的现在分词 ) | |
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检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人 | |
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