Indian Prime Minister made speech at CPC Party School
India's Prime Minister has made a stop at the CPC's Party School as part of the last leg of his now-concluded trip here to China.
Manmohan Singh says he believes the relationship between China and India should be determined by cooperation instead of confrontation.
Singh says his time in China, which began Tuesday, gives him confidence about the Chinese relationship with India.
Singh has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang during his 3-day visit.
He's also overseen the signing of an array of documents, including an agreement on border defence.
EU holds high level trade talks with China
Officils from China and the European Union have met for trade talks in Brussels.
European Commission Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht and Vice President Olli Rehn have met with Chinese Vice-Premier Ma Kai.
Ma hails the dialogue as an opportunity to promote China-EU business relations.
For his part, Olli Rehn says they'd like to see more international coordination when it comes to trade within the European Union.
The European Union is China's biggest trading partner.
China vows tougher punishment for child sex offenses
The Chinese authorities are vowing to give tougher punishment to sexual offenders against minors.
It comes following recent high-profile child sex offenses mostly carried out by teachers and government officials.
Under the new guideline, a straining order will be issued to those offenders who are on bail or have been given a suspected sentence.
North Korea's reasonable concerns should be addressed: Chinese FM
The Chinese government has issued a response to the latest demand from North Korea.
The Chinese side says North Korea's 'reasonable concerns' should be addressed in order to properly settle the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
The Chinese response comes on the heels of a North Korean statement which says it will not unilaterally dismantle its nuclear deterrence unless outside nuclear threats are removed.
The Chinese government is also pushing for the possible resumption of the 6-party talks.
Those talks, involving all 5 countries that border North Korea, have been mothballed for the last 5-years.
N.Korea Opens Kaesong to South lawmakers
North Korea has allowed South Korean lawmakers to visit the reopened Kaesong industrial park.
However, it remains unclear who will be invited to visit the major joint project between North and South Korea.
Some 120 South Korean companies are currently running business at the Kaesong industrial park.
Iran appoints sanction experts in nuclear talks, halts high-grade uranium enrichment
Iran has temporarily haulted its high-grade uranium enrichment.
The move comes ahead of another round of talk between Iran and the so-called P5+1 grouping next month in Geneva.
At the same time, four sanction experts have been appointed to be part of the forthcoming talks.
Experts from the banking, trade, oil and transportation sectors will meet with delegations from the P5+1 next week.
The last round of talks among Iran and the 5-permanent members fo the UN security council, plus Germany, failed to yield any substantial breakthroughs.
On top of talks with the P5+1, Iran's new administration is also moving to try to break a deadlock in its talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The latest round of Iranin-IAEA talks are also set to be held next week in Vienna.
Indian police shoot dead Delhi's top criminal, 2 other gang members
Indian police have shot and killed their most wanted suspect.
Neetu Dabodia has been gunned down in New Delhi, along with two other of his alleged accomplices.
Dabodia is linked to a number of murders, kidnappings and other crimes.
He had an over 10-thousand US dollar bounty on his head.
Defense lawyer asks Cambodia's war-crime court to acquit charges against Nuon Chea
One of the defense lawyers for former Cambodian leader Nuon Chea is demanding the UN-backed tribunal aquit his client.
Nuon Chea, better known as Brother Number-2, is accused of facilitating the forced migration of the Cambodian population following the Cambodian revolution in 1975.
The mass migration and relocation is said to be responsible for the deaths of roughly 1.7-million people over a 4-year period from 1975 to 1979.
Prosecutors are demanding a life sentence for Nuon Chea and his co-accused.
The sentence is expected to be handed down next month.
Spain's jobless rate edges down from 26.3 percent to 26 percent during third quarter
Unemployment in Spain is on the decline, though just slightly.
The jobless rate in Spain has fallen from 26.3 percent to 26 percent through the third quarter.
That means about 73 thousand people have been added to the job rolls from July to September.
5.9 million people in Spain are still without a job.
Ahead of the release of the latest employment numbers, the Bank of Spain has forecast the country's economy will grow by 0.1 percent through the 3rd quarter.
If confirmed, this would officially pull Spain out of a recession that has lasted for over two years.
China Unveils Import Tax Policy for Shanghai FTZ
The Ministry of Finance here in China has released a new circular, specifying import tax policies for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
As part of the new rules, Chinese leasing firms registered in the FTZ will receive value-added tax preferences.
Manufacturing and production companies in the zone will enjoy tax exemptions on the import of their machines and other equipment.
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