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Chinese Premier1 leaves for East Asian leaders' meetings in Bali
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has left Beijing to attend a series of meetings for East Asian leaders in Bali, Indonesia.
The premier will attend the 14th China-ASEAN summit commemorating2 the 20th anniversary of China-ASEAN dialogue relations, as well as the sixth East Asia Summit.
Wen Jiabao will also pay an official visit to Brunei, the first by a Chinese premier in some 20 years.
19th ASEAN Summit kicks off in Bali, Indonesia
Heads of state or government of southeast Asian nations are gathering3 in Bali, Indonesia for a summit to solicit4 cooperation on reaching the ASEAN Community by 2015.
The 19th ASEAN summit is attended by leaders from its ten member states.
The meeting is set to address a broad range of issues impacting the region such as global economy, disaster management, climate change, food and energy security and regional integration6, among others.
U.S. seeks more cooperation opportunities with China: Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama says that the U.S. sees future in the Asia-Pacific region and wants more cooperation opportunities with China.
When addressing Australia's Parliament in Canberra, Obama says Asia is critical to achieving his highest priority: creating jobs and opportunity for the American people.
Obama has also reaffirmed that the US is not increasing its military presence in Australia due to the threat from the rising China.
Education authority urges inspection7 of school buses after deadly accident kills 20
The announcement comes after a severely9 overloaded10 school bus collided with a truck in the northwest Gansu Province, killing11 20, including 18 pre-schoolers.
The bus, designed to carry 9, was packed with 64 when the accident happened.
The emergency notice issued by the central authorities calls for a safety review of all the school buses across the country.
Any of them found to be at risk are to be pulled off the road.
The death toll from an explosion that ripped through a restaurant in northwest China's Xi'an early this week has risen to 10 following the death of a hospitalized victim.
32 people are still receiving medical treatment, including two in critical condition.
The blast, triggered by gas leak, struck the first floor of the Jiatian International Mansion13, a commercial building.
Shenzhou-8 departs from in-orbit lab, ready for return
China's unmanned spaceship Shenzhou-8 is getting ready to return to earth.
The spacecraft has decoupled from the Tiangong-1 prototype space lab, and is due to return to earth later tonight.
As part of its time in space, Shenzhou-8 has successfully docked twice with Tiangong-1.
The experiments are critical to help establish a manned Chinese space station by 2020.
Lucas Papademos government wins confidence vote
The vote should now pave the way for the government to ratify17 the new eurozone bailout for Greece, which is critical to keeping the country from defaulting.
Prime Minister Papademos.
"The European mechanisms18 that were created for the financial support and to deal with the crisis do not have the firepower. And its operational flexibility19 is also required to avert20 the spreading of the crisis."
Papademos is trying to build up support to try to secure its new 130 billion euro bailout deal.
He is also faced with the daunting21 task of trying to rally support for the country's highly unpopular austerity measures.
Explosions from at least three rockets were heard at the venue of Afghanistan's grand assembly Thursday morning.
Witnesses say at least one person was injured.
The four-day traditional gathering, known as Loya Jirga, is attended by more than 2,000 tribal23 elders, lawmakers and government functionaries24. They are discussing the proposed strategic partnership25 with the U.S. and government-initiated peace talks with Taliban militants26.
The Taliban have threatened to attack the gathering.
China proposes tighter air quality index from 2016
China's environment watchdog says PM 2.5, a new and tighter air quality index, is going to be implemented27 nationwide in 2016.
The move comes amid mounting public criticism of the current air pollution monitoring standards.
The current standard being used only calculates particles 10-micrometers or higher.
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1 premier | |
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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vi.勾引;乞求;vt.请求,乞求;招揽(生意) | |
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5 unity | |
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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n.检查,审查,检阅 | |
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8 ministry | |
n.(政府的)部;牧师 | |
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9 severely | |
adv.严格地;严厉地;非常恶劣地 | |
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a.超载的,超负荷的 | |
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11 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟) | |
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13 mansion | |
n.大厦,大楼;宅第 | |
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14 passersby | |
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15 coalition | |
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合 | |
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17 ratify | |
v.批准,认可,追认 | |
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18 mechanisms | |
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19 flexibility | |
n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性 | |
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20 avert | |
v.防止,避免;转移(目光、注意力等) | |
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25 partnership | |
n.合作关系,伙伴关系 | |
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26 militants | |
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v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效 | |
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