Egypt's new Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab urged on Sunday the Egyptian people to stop strikes and protests in order for the production process to continue in a country hit by a three year turmoil.
An initiative to send a delegation of Russian lawmakers for direct talks with their U.S. colleagues on Syrian problem is timely and correct, President Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Jordan has asked the United States for manned surveillance aircraft to help it prevent the Syrian conflict spilling across the border, according to a top U.S. military officer.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,"recalling on the dark days fighting SARS a decade ago, Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, a renowned "SARS hero" in Hong Kong, always refers to British novelist Charles Dickens's wisdom.