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BANGKOK, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Initial results show that a national referendum Sunday on Thailand's new constitution draft has been approved, the country's Election Commission announced shortly before m...
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German hostage freed in Kabul
2019-04-08KABUL, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A German woman kidnapped two days ago in Kabul was rescued in a police operation early Monday, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zamarai Bashari said. A...
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Photo taken on Aug. 16, 2007 showstwo workerswith China's Chery Automobileis testing a newly-produced car. Chinese automakers saw their total profits grow 65.8 percent in the first half of the year as...
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BEIJING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China investigated and dealt with 24,879 commercial bribery cases in first half 2007, with 6.156 billion yuan of illicit money involved. About 5,523 commercial bribery cas...
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French FM makes surprise visit to Iraq
2019-04-08BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Sunday, French foreign ministry said in a statement. Iraq's Prime Minister...
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BERLIN, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- The German Foreign Ministry confirmed Sunday that a German woman taken hostage Saturday in the Afghan capital of Kabul has been set free. The 31-year-old woman, who works f...
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BEIJING, Aug. 20 -- The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) on Sunday announced new rules for stock trading to prevent and curb irregularities. The new rules, targeted mainly at “abnormal price fluctuatio...
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned on Sunday night that the recent turbulence in global financial markets may affect economies in the United States, Europ...
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Hurricane Dean hits Jamaica(1)
2019-04-08A resident walks in the rain, as Hurricane Dean passes close to Jamaica, in Kingston August 19, 2007. Jamaica declared a curfew and troops patrolled the streets on Sunday as fiercely powerful Hurrican...
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Heat wave kills 49 in Southeast, Midwest, US
2019-04-08BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Two more persons in Memphis, Tennessee, were killed by the two-week heat wave, bringing the number of heat wave victims in Southeast and Midwest of the United Sates to ...