New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday renewed his call urging President Barack Obama and Congress to impose tougher restrictions on guns following a horrific shooting rampage an elementary school in Newtown, the U.S. state of Connecticut, Friday, which left 28 people dead, including 20 children aged 6 to 7.
Obama said the United States, as a country, is not doing enough to stop such violence.
China's Nobel literature winner Mo Yan on Thursday called for more attention on Chinese literature from readers around the world, and said he would produce more quality works in the future.
Upon his return from Stockholm after being awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, Chinese writer Mo Yan on Friday said he does not consider himself to be a "literary master."
A string of Chinese officials are being investigated for corruption by netizens - China's increasingly vocal online population - who are blowing the whistle, on officials.
Indonesian Labor Minister Muhaimin Iskandar on Tuesday urged laborers to avoid violence and convey their aspiration peacefully as the ministry has strived to comply with their demands.
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