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Zimbabwe's government has misused millions of dollars meant to fight Aids and other diseases, an international aid agency said as it demanded 7.3 million dollars (£4.6 million) of its donation back. The dispute threatens another request by President... Read More

The is pleased to announce its 34th Annual Congress. Venue would be at the British Council Hall, Tower Hill. Opening Ceremony would take place on the 5th November at 10am, Chaired by Professor Aiah Gbakima, Vice Chancellor University of Sierra Leone. Our... Read More

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) invites bids for the sale of the undermentioned motor vehicle on, as is, were is basis Quantity Make/type ModelOne Toyota van Hilux 2.8DvanOne Toyota van Hilux 2.8DvanOne Toyota mini bus Hiace van The... Read More

EU ministers to discuss sending forces as UN brings relief supplies to people displaced by fighting... Read More

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, where four million people died in civil wars between 1996 and 2003, is once again as a military conflagration between President Joseph Kabila and Tutsi rebel chief Laurent Nkunda threatens to transform into a full-blown... Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo, where four million people died in civil wars between 1996 and 2003, is once again as a military conflagration between President Joseph Kabila and Tutsi rebel chief Laurent Nkunda threatens to transform into a full-blown... Read More

Georg Doerken, 55, is an experienced man. Since 1994 he has spent a lot of time in eastern Congo. The program director of aid group German Agro Action (Deutsche Hungerhilfe) has been evacuated a dozen times and has helped others escape the country when...Read More

JOHANNESBURG, South AfricaZimbabwean officials say they have sold almost 4 tons of ivory for over $450,000 and the money will go to the country's cash-strapped wildlife authorities.Monday's sale in the Zimbabwean capital Harare is part of a series of...Read More

RUTSHURU, Congo (Reuters) - Aid workers in east Congo were trying to locate and help tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting after they found refugee camps in a rebel zone on Monday empty, their occupants vanished into the bush. The...Read More

MARSEILLE, France (AFP)--The U.N. force in Congo needs different soldiers and rules of engagement to tackle unrest in the country's east, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday. 'Do we need more soldiers? Possibly. In any case we need...Read More

Nairobi - US presidential election favourite Barack Obama's life is being depicted in musical form in his ancestral homeland Kenya in the last days before the US election. Obama the Musical opened Sunday at the Kenyan National Theatre in Nairobi on...Read More

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP)--The leader of a rebel group which seized 10 oil workers off the Cameroon coast complained Monday that the Cameroon government had still not made contact over the hostages. The Bakassi Freedom Fighters, or BFF, said it seized the...Read More

GOMA, Congo (AFP)--U.N. peacekeepers will 'do the maximum' to protect civilians in rebel-threatened Goma, U.N. peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy warned during a visit to the eastern Congo city Monday. Le Roy said U.N. forces were continuing to reinforce...Read More

Johannesburg - The new party of breakaway African National Congress members that is generating huge excitement in South Africa in the run-up to elections has finally been given a name. One of the party's founders, the former premier of the richest...Read More

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP)--The leader of a rebel group which seized 10 oil workers off the Cameroon coast complained Monday that the Cameroon government had still not made contact over the hostages. The Bakassi Freedom Fighters, or BFF, said it seized the...Read More

A fragile cease-fire between government troops and rebels threatening the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma is holding but the situation remained tense Monday, a U.N. official said. 'The forces on the ground are still very close to each other,'...Read More

RUTSHURU, Congo (Reuters) - Aid workers in east Congo were trying to locate and help tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting after they found refugee camps in a rebel zone on Monday empty, their occupants vanished into the bush. The...Read More

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(Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) -- AXMIN Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AXM) is pleased to report that it has concluded a joint venture with Sabodala Mining Company SARL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Deposits Limited (TSX:MDL) whereby Mineral Deposits...Read More

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RUTSHURU, Congo (Reuters) - Aid workers in east Congo were trying to locate and help tens of thousands of people displaced by fighting after they found refugee camps in a rebel zone on Monday empty, their occupants vanished into the bush. The...Read More

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2008) - AXMIN Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AXM) is pleased to report that it has concluded a joint venture with Sabodala Mining Company SARL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mineral Deposits Limited (TSX:MDL) whereby Mineral...Read More

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar on Monday as fears of a global slowdown kept investors cautious towards the currency while stocks and bonds ended in positive territory. The Johannesburg's Top-40 index of...Read More

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 3 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar on Monday as fears of a global slowdown kept investors cautious towards the currency while stocks and bonds ended in positive territory. The Johannesburg's Top-40 index...Read More

HIV positive activist Lamine Ceesay goes village to village raising awareness of HIV/AIDS BANJUL, 3 November 2008 (IRIN) - President Yahya Jammehâ??s traditional herbal treatment for HIV has had an unanticipated side-effect, say HIV experts in the...Read More

MONTREAL, Nov. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Reporters Without Borders condemns a violent attack on leading journalist Amare Aregawi on 31 October in Addis Ababa, in which he sustained serious head injuries. Aregawi edits The Reporter, a big-circulation newspaper...Read More

HIV positive activist Lamine Ceesay goes village to village raising awareness of HIV/AIDS BANJUL, 3 November 2008 (IRIN) - President Yahya Jammehâ??s traditional herbal treatment for HIV has had an unanticipated side-effect, say HIV experts in the...Read More

Zimbabwe will introduce a $1 million note this week as the country tries to ease the effects of hyperinflation, the country's central bank said Monday. In August, the highest note in the once prosperous southern African country was Z$100 billion. The...Read More

This Day (Lagos) President of God's Kingdom Society (GKS), Brother Emmanuel Aighalua, has said the reason why most people in Africa are not feeling the impact of governments because of the unbridled greed and insensitivity of their leaders. Aighalua, who...Read More

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MELBOURNE, Fla., BUSINESS WIRE -- AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH), the world's leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced that its small form factor AES1610 is integrated as a standard feature on the first Samsung consumer notebook to...Read More

South Korea Monday announced a 14-trillion-won ($11-billion) stimulus package as it faces its worst economic turmoil since it needed an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout a decade ago. Public spending is to rise next year by 11 trillion won and...Read More

LONDON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure(R), the largest breast cancer advocacy organization in the world, is teaming with Samsung Electronics Europe, a leading corporate supporter of breast cancer charities in Europe, in a...Read More

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Prague - South Korean carmaker Hyundai started production at a new factory in the Czech Republic Monday. The new company in Nosovice, which lies about 320 kilometres east of Prague, is expected to produce about 200,000 vehicles annually, Radio Prague...Read More

SEOUL -- South Korea said on Monday it plans to pump an extra $11 billion into its economy next year to help soften the impact of the global financial storm, which is beginning to hit exports - the country's economic lifeblood. The pledge coincided with...Read More

NANCHANG, Nov 3 (GCTL) - The Jiangxi branch of China Eastern Airlines has opened a new nonstop route from Nanchang to Seoul - the first international route through the Nanchang Changbei International Airport. There are two flights a week, on every...Read More

Moscow, Nov 3 (RIA Novosti) The South Korean government said Monday that the latest photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il released by Pyongyang do not prove he is in good health. North Korean state media released several images over the weekend...Read More

Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $60 million in South Korea over the next three years, President Lee Myung-bak's office said Monday. In a statement, the presidential Blue House said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the plan during a meeting with Lee...Read More

SEOUL, South Korea - Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $60 million in South Korea over the next three years, President Lee Myung-bak's office said Monday. In a statement, the presidential Blue House said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the plan during...Read More

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- South Korean exporters filed a class action suit Monday against major banks, saying the currency options they hold should be nullified amid huge losses caused by the Korean won's steep decline, Agence France-Presse reported...Read More

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South Korea faces its biggest economic challenge since the crisis of the late 1990s. Photo: Seyoon Kim, Seoul SOUTH Korea plans to inject a 14 trillion won ($A16.6 billion) to boost its economy next year as the nation tackles the biggest crisis since...Read More

Seoul, South Korea South Koreans are waiting for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election with mixed emotions hoping for changes but wary about new disputes, especially with Democratic Senator Barack Obama...Read More

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Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $60 million in South Korea over the next three years, President Lee Myung-bak's office said Monday. In a statement, the presidential Blue House said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the plan during a meeting with Lee...Read More

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19:13 IST India's largest exporter of passenger cars plans to effect a price hike of about two per cent across its range of passenger vehicles. Also Read News Now Also Read Also Read 'We intend to hike prices in the coming months,' says HS Lheem, MD and...Read More

Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $60 million in South Korea over the next three years, President Lee Myung-bak's office said Monday. In a statement, the presidential Blue House said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the plan during a meeting with Lee...Read More

SEOUL, South Korea -- Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $60 million in South Korea over the next three years, President Lee Myung-bak's office said Monday. In a statement, the presidential Blue House said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spoke of the plan...Read More

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AuthenTec (AUTH), the worlds leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions, announced that its small form factor AES1610 is integrated as a standard feature on the first Samsung consumer notebook to leverage the convenient security of fingerprint...Read More

South Korea has announced an economic package worth around 14 trillion won ($10.9bn; 6.6bn) to boost the economy. The stimulus plan, announced by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, is meant to help avert a recession. Eleven trillion won is aimed at...Read More

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He appears in a restaurant, picks up everyone's tab, then vanishes with his many guards. He stars in his wedding, government officials among the guests. He is captured, then released. Twice. Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, Mexico's most-wanted...Read More

Many who come to the United States from El Salvador and elsewhere say it's easier to adopt the language habits and customs of Los Angeles' largest Latino population. Others fiercely stick to their own traditions...Read More

Bazbaz said that many of the suspects were from the neighboring state of Michoacan, a hotbed of drug violence dominated by a drug gang known as 'The Family.' But he said evidence indicates that low-level traffickers and criminals, rather than organized...Read More

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The inauguration has taken place of Italy-based Stevanato?s packaging production facility in Cienega de Flores, Mexico. Stevanato claims the facilities is one of the most advanced for production of glass tube containers for pharmaceutical applications...Read More

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2008) - West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX:WTM - News; the 'Company') announced today that it has made its final instalment payment and has now fully vested its 100% interest in the 93 square kilometre former...Read More

0 VANCOUVER (Marketwire) - West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX:WTM) (the 'Company') announced today that it has made its final instalment payment and has now fully vested its 100% interest in the 93 square kilometre former Montana de Oro-Baboyahui National...Read More

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2008) - West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX:WTM) (the 'Company') announced today that it has made its final instalment payment and has now fully vested its 100% interest in the 93 square kilometre former...Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After meetings last week with Mexican government officials on market access issues, the National Pork Producers Council urged the U.S. government to make a top priority completion of risk assessments for Classical Fever in a number...Read More

(Marketwire via COMTEX News Network) -- West Timmins Mining Inc. (TSX:WTM) (the 'Company') announced today that it has made its final instalment payment and has now fully vested its 100% interest in the 93 square kilometre former Montana de Oro-Baboyahui...Read More

Fine Gael Sport Spokesman and Mayo Deputy John O'Mahony today (Monday) congratulated Ray Moylette for his boxing gold medal at the World Youth Championships in Mexico at the weekend. 'Ray Moylette delivered a stunning 3-1 defeat to his opponent in this...Read More

Rodrigo Huerta and Luis Bustamante, founders of Red Rentals Mexico, knew that filmmakers and agencies are looking for more economical methods for creating and producing high-quality films, documentaries, and TV commercials. With the advent of RED's 4K...Read More

MADRID, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Spanish builder OHL's Mexican concessions unit has secured a 6 billion Mexican peso ($474 million) loan to refinance debt and build part of a ring road in Mexico City, the company said on Monday. In a statement OHL said the loan...Read More

MADRID, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Spanish builder OHL's Mexican concessions unit has secured a 6 billion Mexican peso ($474 million) loan to refinance debt and build part of a ring road in Mexico City, the company said on Monday. In a statement OHL said the loan...Read More

Giving investigators a free hand: Gerardo Garay, one of Mexico's top police officers, is seen in this file photograph released by Fedetral Police office Saturday. Picture: Reuters MEXICO CITY ONE of Mexico's top police officers has quit after an aide was...Read More

Mexican Manuel Uribe, the world?s fattest man in the 2007 Guinness Book of Records, married his friend?s widow. The US Discovery Channel called it ?My Big Fat Mexican Wedding.? Despite losing 230kg from 590kg early on this year, Uribe, 43, had to...Read More

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for '5th of May') is a regional holiday in Mexico, primarily celebrated in the state of Puebla. It is not an obligatory federal holiday. The holiday ... Tells the story of the battle which Cinco de Mayo commemorates. Explains the...Read More

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Panama will always be with you. Mexico way beyond imagination. Colombia: the problem is you might want to stay. These are some of the slogans that the 32 countries in the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe and also Africa, including Egypt, Cameroon and...Read More

MEXICO CITY The axolotl, also known as the 'water monster' and the 'Mexican walking fish,' was a key part of Aztec legend and diet. Against all odds, it survived until now amid Mexico City's urban sprawl in the polluted canals of Lake Xochimilco, now a...Read More

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Juan Carlos Rivera knew that if he wanted to get a dishwashing job at the MacArthur Park hamburger stand, he would have to pretend to be Mexican. But the thought of lying made the Salvadoran anxious. He paced outside the restaurant, worried that his...Read More

Stevanato Group, a global producer of glass tube containers for the pharmaceutics industry, recently inaugurated a new production facility in Monterrey, Mexico. As announced by the company, the new facility is one of the most advanced factories in the...Read More

U.S. citizens living in Yucatan Peninsula, east of Mexico, have already cast ballots ahead of the U.S. presidential election day on Nov. 4, U.S. consul in Mexico Karen C. Martin said on Sunday. During a press conference in the city of Merida, capital of...Read More

Mexican soldiers seized nearly 900,000 U.S. dollars from four people trying to enter the United States in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, northeastern Tamaulipasstate, Mexico's National Defense Ministry said in a communique Sunday. The seizure took...Read More

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SAN JOSE ITURBIDE, Mexico /BUSINESS WIRE/ -- , a tier-one supplier of automotive lighting and electronic equipment, recently celebrated the grand opening of its first electronics plant in San Jos Iturbide, about 155 miles north of Mexico City. The...Read More

Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico He appears in a restaurant, picks up everyone's tab, then vanishes with his many guards. He stars in his wedding, government officials among the guests. He is captured, then released. Twice.Or maybe not.Joaquin 'El Chapo'...Read More

Mexican restaurant Sol Aztecas will open in about 4,200 square feet at 2350 Frankfort Ave., previously home to Sweet Peas Southern Bistro, which closed earlier this year. The owners said they expect to host a VIP opening on Monday, Nov. 10, and open the...Read More

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HANOI: Floods have killed 55 people in northern and central Vietnam including 18 in the capital Hanoi, which has been hit by the worst flooding in almost 25 years, emergency services said Monday. Victims have drowned, been struck by falling trees and...Read More

MALAYSIA: The vice-president of Malaysian political party,Gerakan, has been found dead. Dr S Vijayaratnam was found dead outside his medical clinic in Seremban this morning. Malaysian media say police are investigating the death of the 58 year old...Read More

CILACAP, Indonesia: Lawyers for the three Islamists facing execution for the Bali bombings which killed 202 people filed a desperate last-minute appeal Monday to save them from the firing squad. But prosecutors said the appeal was invalid as the bombers...Read More

BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat headed to Laos for his first official visit on Monday, where he said he intended to strengthen existing ties with one of the kingdom's key regional allies. 'The visit to Laos is to introduce myself, as...Read More

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JAKARTA: The three Bali bombers facing execution over an attack which killed 202 people are frustrated at delays to their executions, a family member was quoted as saying in media reports on Monday. The condemned men - Amrozi, 47, Mukhlas, 48, and Imam...Read More

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to restart talks aimed at resolving a long-running border dispute which claimed four lives in October, the Cambodian foreign ministry said on Sunday. Foreign ministers and border negotiators from the two...Read More

Danish wind turbines manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S (OMX Copenhagen:VWS) said on Monday (3 November) that it has opened the Vestas regional R&D Hub for Asia at Fusionopolis, Singapore. The opening marks the first milestone of the company's 10-year...Read More

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SINGAPORE: The world's biggest supplier of wind power technology is pumping in S$500 million into Singapore over the next ten years. Vestas Wind Systems on Monday opened its largest research facility on Monday outside its home country, Denmark. The...Read More

SINGAPORE: Singapore has improved its world ranking for customer service, jumping five places to clinch the 10th spot this year, said Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong. The ranking is in the Global Competitiveness Report, which is a yearly report...Read More

SINGAPORE: Singapore share prices closed 5.0 percent higher on Monday, lifted by gains in heavyweight property and banking stocks, dealers said. The main Straits Times Index went up 89.55 points to finish at 1,883.75. Volume totalled 1.64 billion shares...Read More

ST-LOUIS, Missouri: Singapore's first F-15 SG fighter plane has rolled off the Boeing factory production line. It is the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) latest acquisition, replacing its fleet of A-4 Super Skyhawks. Singapore has ordered 24 F-15...Read More

SINGAPORE: The Alliance of Small Island States is meeting in Singapore from Monday until Thursday. This is a preparatory meeting for countries in the Alliance to coordinate and agree on issues to be discussed at the 14th Conference of the Parties of the...Read More

SINGAPORE, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Singapore set up a new energy research and development (R&D) fund on Monday to realize new energy technologies. This 25 million Singapore dollars (17 million U.S. dollars) fund, to be spent over the next five years, will...Read More

SINGAPORE: Locals could be catching some of the slick action of NBA legends in Singapore in about three years' time, as plans are afoot to set up an ASEAN Basketball League as early as 2009. The NBA ? always a hit with fans ? has been making its...Read More

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia will host the inaugural ASEAN Infrastructure Financing Mechanism (AIFM) here next week, local reports said on Monday. Leading regional policy-makers and global experts in infrastructure would attend the one-day...Read More

Total has made a a significant gas and condensate discovery in Block B offshore Brunei, in a water depth of 62 meters, around 50 kilometers from the coast. Total operates the block with a 37.5% interest, in association with Shell Deepwater Borneo Ltd...Read More

The world's largest oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. and Japan's largest explorer Inpex Corp. pledged a total investment of at least 144.5 million U.S. dollars in new blocks in Indonesia over the next three years, with their newly won exploration rights, an...Read More

The Indonesian men who were convicted of killing 202 nightclubgoers have called for revenge attacks against Westerners. With the execution of three of the Bali bombers imminent, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, and the US have issued warnings to their...Read More

PARIS: Total has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in Block B offshore Brunei, in water depths of 62 metres (203 ft). The find was made around 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the coast. The ML-4 well was drilled to a final depth of 5,227...Read More

Vietnam?s Nam Hai Resort will host exclusive holiday events to celebrate the season in traditional style and luxury. Festivities begin with a Christmas Eve dinner, featuring decorations, mulled wine, mince pies and carols performed by the local Da Nang...Read More

$all $id $enr $utl $min $col JAKARTA, Nov 3 Asia Pulse - State-owned electricity company PLN said it will acquire five holders of coal mining license (KP). PLN President Fahmi Mochtar said PLN's subsidiary PT PLN Batubara, will handle the acquisition of...Read More

DAVAO CITY, Nov. 3 Asia Pulse - Philippine Airlines (PAL) has announced two additional flights and giving fare discounts on a roundtrip flight that will serve the Davao-Manila route in time for the peak season. PAL vice president for Mindanao, lawyer...Read More

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Two residents of Sidoarjo in eastern Java wade through chest-deep mud in search of possessions lost to the mud volcano. Photograph: Dimas Ardian/ Tens of thousands of Indonesian villagers battling for compensation after a mud volcano swamped their homes...Read More

By Steve Jackson BBC News Karpal Singh was described as a 'big monkey'. The Malaysian government is launching a campaign to try to improve the behaviour of members of parliament. It follows incidents of name-calling and abuse during debates. The...Read More

The Nation A drastic decline in physical and intellectual development among children over the past few years has prompted the Public Health Ministry to speed up new family care centres across the country, according to Public Health Department...Read More

Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat will join his Cambodia counterpart Hor Namhong in Siem Reap on November 12 for another round of talks on resolving the Preah Vihear border dispute. It would be the third such meeting following the two in July and...Read More

The Nation Special confinement cells, equipped with devices to jam mobile phone signals, have been built at a drug rehabilitation prison to separate drug convicted inmates and minimise their chances of further drug dealings, Corrections Department...Read More

TAIPEI, Nov 3 (GCTL) - China Airlines has increased its service between Kaohsiung to Manila from five daily flights to seven, reports Logistics Week. The two new flights, deploying E190s, depart from Kaohsiung International Airport at 0905 hrs and arrive...Read More

TAIPEI, Nov 3 (GCTL) - Ahead of the expected announcement of expanded direct flights across the Taiwan Strait this week, the nation?s two largest international air carriers reported record losses for the first three quarters, hit by slowing transport...Read More

CHONGQING, Nov 3 (GCTL) - Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport together with unnamed airlines have launched new routes to Taipei in Taiwan and Cambodia. The airport and the airlines have also added several additional services to provincial capital...Read More

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TAIPEI (Reuters) - A top Chinese negotiator began China's first high-level visit to political rival Taiwan in 60 years on Monday to pursue agreements on direct flights, food safety and the economy despite protests against warming ties. Chen Yunlin is the...Read More

The Chinese mainland's chief negotiator on Taiwan affairs, Chen Yunlin, visited Koo Yen Cho-yun, the widow of Koo Chen-fu, former chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), here on Monday afternoon. 'It was regrettable that Wang Daohan, the...Read More

A top Chinese negotiator began China's first high-level visit to political rival Taiwan in 60 years on Monday to pursue agreements on direct flights, food safety and the economy despite protests against warming ties. Chen Yunlin is the highest-level...Read More

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TAIPEI The highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Taiwan since the two sides split nearly six decades ago arrived Monday for economic talks he said were crucial for building trust between the long-time rivals. The five-day trip by Chen Yunlin began...Read More

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Photo Gallery>>> Photo Gallery>>> TAIPEI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's chief negotiator on Taiwan affairs, Chen Yunlin, visited Koo Yen Cho-yun, the widow of Koo Chen-fu, former chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), here on...Read More

Subject: Top China Negotiator Says No Political Issues on Agenda Return to Table of contents China's top cross strait negotiator says he's here to discuss practical issues of mutual benefit to both sides ... not political issues. Chen Yun-lin ... head of...Read More

11/03/2008 (Liberty Times) Retired Tongmen Elementary School principal Wu Hsun of Hualian County had always been a stranger to the tree species and forests of Taiwan. But when her husband, whose passion was collecting and cataloging the 'odd trees' of...Read More

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In a hugely symbolic gesture, Chen Yunlin, China's top negotiator on Taiwanese affairs, led an entourage of 60 officials in the first talks between Beijing and Taipei on the island. Relations between the two sides have thawed since March, when the...Read More

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TAIPEI: The highest-ranking Chinese official to visit Taiwan since the two sides split in 1949 arrived yesterday for economic talks that he said were crucial for building trust between the longtime rivals. The five-day visit by Chen Yunlin was seen to be...Read More

Wang Yi, Taiwan affairs chief of the Chinese mainland, said here on Monday that cross-Straits consultations should follow a step-by-step pattern. The two sides should first tackle issues that are relatively easier to solve, said Wang, director of both...Read More

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TAIPEI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's chief negotiator on Taiwan affairs, Chen Yunlin, visited Koo Yen Cho-yun, the widow of Koo Chen-fu, former chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), here on Monday afternoon. 'It was...Read More

TAIPEI (AFP)--Taiwan and China reached agreement Monday on tripling direct passenger flights to 108 per week and expanding services to 16 more Chinese cities, Taiwan's state-run news agency said. The Central News Agency reported that the deal was struck...Read More

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TAIPEI (Reuters) - A top Chinese negotiator began China's first high-level visit to political rival Taiwan in 60 years on Monday to pursue agreements on direct flights, food safety and the economy despite protests against warming ties. Chen Yunlin is the...Read More

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A top Chinese negotiator began China's first high-level visit to political rival Taiwan in 60 years on Monday to pursue agreements on direct flights, food safety and the economy despite protests against warming ties. Chen Yunlin is the...Read More

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Chen Yunlin arrived in Taipei on a charter flight from Beijing for talks on strengthening economic ties, even as supporters of independence for the island staged demonstrations and planned mass rallies against his visit. He landed amid tight security at...Read More

hrs XIAMEN, China: With nearly 250 outlets in China, the Taiwan-founded Sunmile bakery chain has found success selling bread products in a primarily rice-eating nation. It has done so by adapting to and helping expand the mainland's bread market in an...Read More