Tough economic measures could harm the implementation of social welfare programs, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
During the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m. on Sunday, China confirmed six new cases of human H7N9 avian influenza, including five in Zhejiang and one in Jiangsu.
At least 123,000 people have been affected by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday morning, according to the prefecture government.
A postgraduate student in Shanghai died Tuesday, more than two weeks after he drank water that was allegedly poisoned by his roommate.
Pakistani army said Wednesday that rescue and relief operations in the earthquake-hit areas of southwestern Balochistan province are in progress.
During the 24-hour period ending at 6 p.m. on Monday, China confirmed three new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with one more death reported in Jiangsu Province.
A seven-year-old girl in Beijing has become infected with the H7N9 bird flu strain, the first such case in the Chinese capital, local health authorities said Saturday.
A total of 20,536 chickens, ducks, geese and pigeons from a live poultry trading zone in Shanghai were slaughtered after the H7N9 virus was detected there, Shanghai authorities said Friday.
Rescue work at the site of a landslide that buried 83 miners in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region was suspended on Monday for fear of further slides. By Monday afternoon, rescuers had retrieved 36 bodies from the site of the massive landslide, which happened on Friday.
An international organized crime syndicate was dismantled by the Australian federal and state police, resulting in the arrest of 27 people.
Thirty people have been confirmed injured, including three seriously, after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday afternoon.
Tap water for 60,000 people was cut off Monday due to the pollution of a water source in east China's Jiangxi Province, government sources said.
Firefighters on Friday are continuing their efforts to contain a mountain fire that has been raging for more than 30 hours in Dali, a mountain resort area in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have beefed up security apparatus and sounded caution Thursday, two days ahead of Indian Republic day.
A Syrian opposition group at home has warned of a Kurdish-Arab civil war due to the raging battles between Syrian Kurds and armed rebels in northern Syria, at a time when the Human Rights Watch blamed the rebels of infringing upon minorities' properties.
At a Thursday news conference on the outlook of global economy in 2013, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief struck a cautiously optimistic tone on global economic recovery, but warned against any complacency in efforts to spur economic growth.
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.
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