LONDON, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with visiting Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo on Monday at the Downing Street No. 10.
Brown said Britain-China relations is intensifying. Britain attaches great importance to bilateral ties, makes contribution to improving strategic partnership with China and deepens cooperation Read More
NANNING, The China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA) will be established as planned on Jan. 1, 2010, setting up a significant milestone in regional economic cooperation, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said here Tuesday. ...
PHNOM PENH, - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will lead a delegation to attend the 15th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Hua Hin, Thailand scheduled from Oct. 23-25, at the invitation of his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva. ...
LONDON, - Spokesman of the European Union (EU)naval force John Harbour confirmed on Monday that 25 Chinese people were taken hostages by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and they seem to be fine. ...
MANILA, - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said Tuesday it has deployed hundreds of its forces to help rescue kidnapped Irish priest Michael Sinnott in the Lanao provinces. ...
SUVA,- Fiji will benefit from Australia’s provision of 9.2 million Fiji dollars (4.9 million U.S. dollars) over the next six years as part of its continued support to the work of the Fiji Women’s Crisis Center (FWCC) as more women experience violence in their homes. ...
CANBERRA, - Australian Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard told federal parliament on Tuesday the government would provide disaster assistance to bushfire-ravaged communities near Rockhampton in the north of Queensland. ...
CANBERRA, — Australia’s former immigration minister Kevin Andrews on Tuesday called for a debate on how many people the nation needs as he questioned the reasoning of bringing more people into the country. ...
CANBERRA, Australia will follow the letter of the law on where 78 asylum seekers intercepted in Indonesian waters will be sent, acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the Parliament on Tuesday. ...
SEOUL,- Officials from South Korea and the United States are expected to meet next month to coordinate positions on Seoul’s plan to expand its “peaceful and commercial” use of nuclear energy, local media reported Tuesday. ...
SEOUL, - South Korean President Lee Myung-bakon Tuesday left for Vietnam, the first stop of his three-nation Southeast Asian tour during which he will also visit Cambodia and Thailand. ...
SRINAGAR, India-controlled Kashmir, - Chairman of the hardline faction of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani Monday called for an agitation against the land occupied by the Indian troopers in India-controlled Kashmir. ...
SINGAPORE, Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said on Monday that the growth of China and India will result in a new world order. ...
KUALA LUMPUR, - The Asian economic model needs to be redefined by considering the ongoing global changes if the economic progress is to be sustained, said Malaysian central bank governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz Monday. ...
PHNOM PENH, - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday blamed the wealth and advanced countries for climatechange and global warming that pushed the planet to have weather change, irregular rainfall, flooding, disasters and storms. ...
SINGAPORE,- Traffic disruption will be minimal during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ week meeting in November, local media reported on Monday. ...
MANILA, - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will push through with her trip to Bangkok on Friday to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Summit despite the forecast of a potential super typhoon striking the country in the next few days. ...
SINGAPORE, - More than 300 international delegates gathered on Monday in Singapore for the 3rd International Electronic Chart and Display Information Systems (ECDIS) Conference and Exhibition. ...
BANGKOK, - Thailand’s railway labour union members threatened Monday morning to close the country’s principal railway terminal, the Hualampong station in Bangkok, on Monday afternoon if the responsible officials refuse to negotiate, the Thai News Agency reported. ...
HANOI, — Laos and Thailand expected to boost further cooperation in cultural conservation for the sake of the national socio-economic development of the two countries, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Monday. ...
NEW DELHI, - India Monday said the situation in neighboring Pakistan is “very serious,” but claimed for the first time that it is prepared to handle any threat to its security from the Taliban. ...
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