¡¤He called for more efforts on three major tasks of agricultural work.
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the promotion of stable agricultural and rural economic development and said issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers should continue to be the top pBEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's government has allocated 100 million yuan (14.6 million U.S. dollars) to help wheat farmers in areas stricken by drought.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission said on Friday it had approved the acquisition of joint control over Samsung Mobile Display by Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Friday lowered the nation's growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 7.1 percent, reported Indo Asian News Service.
BEIJING, Jan. 23 -- Hong Kong action movie supremo John Woo's historical epic "Red Cliff" Wednesday grabs nominations for both best film and best director at the Asian Film Awards.
A model displays creations by Jean-Paul Gaultier of his Fall/Winter 2009/2010 men's collections during Paris Fashion Week, on Jan. 22, 2009. The 7-day fashion week kicked off on Thursday here.
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UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here Friday that he expects the Group of 77 (G-77) and China to "play a strong and constructive role" as the world at large is dealing with the global financial crisis, the climate change, and global health.
A Palestinian speaks on telephone in a smuggling tunnel as he works to repair the tunnel in Rafah, near Gaza's border with Egypt, Jan. 23, 2009. Hundreds of Palestinians came to the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt to help repair the tunnels bombed by Israel during the 22-day offensive and rBEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- About 90 percent of the families of the victims in the country's tainted milk scandal have been compensated, the China Dairy Industry Association said Friday.
BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and new U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a telephone conversation Friday on relations between their two countries and major international issues of common concern.