Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged all official organs to keep a frugal lifestyle and resolutely oppose extravagance.
The latest round of military clashes over the weekend between the Malian army and radical Islamist groups have sparked a new wave of displacement and led to a worsening of the humanitarian situation in the West African country, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.
An estimated 30,000 people may have been displaced due to the eruption of fighting between the Mali government and the rebel group, Ansar Dine, in central and northern parts of the country last week, the United Nations said here Monday.
The death toll from a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday rose to eight as more bodies were retrieved from the debris, local authorities said.
The national political and legal work conference which concluded here on Tuesday announced that four major reforms, including changes to the "laojiao" system, or re-education through labor system, will be pushed forward this year.
The United States on Sunday dismissed the latest initiative by Syrian President Bashar al- Assad for ending the protracted conflict in his country, reiterating the call for his ouster.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has extended New Year greetings to people in a quake-hit area in Qinghai Province and urged the local government to finish the reconstruction program "without regret."
China and Myanmar signed two documents here Monday on providing aid for resettlement of homeless people in western Rakhine state and victims in the quake- hit northern Myanmar.
China's first generation of resident ID cards will expire on Jan. 1, 2013, the Ministry of Public Security said Thursday.
Visiting Chinese State Councilor said here Wednesday the comprehensive cooperative relationship between China and Australia had made fresh progress.
Cambodia will restart its annual Water Festival celebration on Nov. 27-29 after last year's cancellation due to flood devastation, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday. "This year's Water Festival will be celebrated on schedule at any cost after last year's halt,"he said during a graduation ceremony of students at the Human Resources University.
Eight people, including two policemen, were wounded following an explosion near a regional police camp in southern Philippines on Wednesday, authorities said.
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