China, Macedonia pledge to further enhance ties
The leaders of China and Macedonia are promising to work more closely together in the future.
The pledge comes amid a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov here in Beijing.
Xi Jinping says the Chinese side wants to expand cooperation with Macedonia in the areas of infrastructure, agriculture, education, culture, arts and traditional Chinese medicine.
For his part, Ivanov says the Macedonian side will help promote overall European-Chinese ties, with a focus toward Central and Eastern Europe.
Ivanov is in China to attend the Western China International Fair in Sichuan's capital, Chengdu.
Manmohan Singh to arrive in China today
India's Prime Minister is set to arrive here in China for an official visit today.
Manmohan Singh's time here is expected to be dominated by discussions surrounding trade, economics and border issues.
Singh's visit comes in the wake of a trip to India earlier this year by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.
This is the first time in close to 60-years the Prime Ministers of India and China have met within the same calandar year.
Manmohan Singh is expected to remain in China until Thursday.
Mozambique troops attack opposition camp, leader flees
The over-two decade long peace in Mozambique could be in jeopardy.
Government troops have launched a raid against the main bush camp of the country's main opposition leader.
Afonso Dhlakama managed to escape the assault on his camp.
However, the assault has prompted the opposition to declare an end to the 21-year old peace agreement.
Government forces contend the opposition's fighters had been provoking Mozambique military forces.
The Renamo opposition is what's left of a group of splinter fighters which were supported by colonial Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, and Apartheid South Africa.
Renamo fought a 16-year civil war following Mozambique's independence from Portugal in 1975 until the peace deal was signed.
Renamo forces took back to their bush camps after failing to make any political headway in Mozambique, which has led to spuratic clashes with government forces in the lead-up to this raid.
New election date set in Maldives
A new round of voting in the disputed presidential elections in the Maldives has been set for November 9th.
This comes after a planned poll this weekend was shut down by police.
The first round of voting, in September, was annulled by the courts.
Incumbent president Mohamed Waheed was hammered in the original vote, only garnering around 5-percent support.
His main opposition, Mohamed Nasheed, who took around 45-percent of the vote.
The opposition in the Maldives has been demanding Waheed's resignation.
Female suicide bomber blasts bus in south Russia, seven killed
There's been a terrorist attack in southern Russia.
A woman blew herself up while boarding a bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, leaving at least 7-people dead.
Of the 32 others on the bus who survived the initial explosion, 8 of them are said to be in grave condition.
The attacker has been identified as a 30-year old woman from the restive region of Dagestan in Russia's southern Caucuses.
She's believed to be the wife of a reputed gang member.
Russian authorities say it was the woman recruited her husband to become a gang member in Dagestan while the two were studying in university in Moscow.
Dagestan in the southern Caucuses is home to a growing insurgency among radicalized members of the region's Muslim population.
School shooting kills 2, injures 2 in Nevada
Two people are dead and two others hurt following a shooting at a school in the United States.
The shooting took place Monday morning at a middle school in the city of Reno, Nevada.
One of the victims is belived to be the shooter, who has been described as a student.
The other fataility is reportedly a popular math teacher at the middle school.
The two others wounded, two young males, are said to be in critical condition.
It's unclear at this point what led to the shooting, which took place as classes for the week were just getting underway.
Classes at the middle school have been cancelled for the week in the wake of the shooting.
Egypt's court adjourned Mubarak retrial to Nov. 16
The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned until the middle of next month.
The trial against Mubarak, his two sons, his former Interior Minister and six of his aides has been adjourned until November 16th.
The court is citing the vast amount of documents as the reason for the delay.
Mubarak is back on trial for allegedly inciting the violence which led to the death of numerous demonstrators during the uprising in 2011 which eventually led to his ouster.
He was originally convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year.
However, an appeals court has since granted him a new trial.
The 85-year old Mubarak is currently being held under a house-arrest order at a military hospital in southern Cairo.
The former Egyptian strong-man has been struggling with health problems after nearly dying of a heart attack shortly after first being taken into custody following his ouster as President. |