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macao police seized seven kilograms of illegal drugs and some arms here friday , the `` macao daily news '' reported today . | macao police seize # kilograms of illegal drugs |
a #,###-year-old bronze sword has been found at the construction site of a reservoir in donghai county in east china 's jiangsu province . | bronze sword found in reservoir construction site |
england and mexico will play a soccer friendly at london 's wembley stadium next march , the english football association -lrb- fa -rrb- announced on friday . | england mexico to play soccer friendly |
a celadon kiln dating back to the northern wei dynasty -lrb- ###-### -rrb- has been found in a mountainous area in xuzhou city in east china 's jiangsu province . | ancient UNK kiln site found in jiangsu |
lesotho prime minister ntsu mokhehle has dismissed as `` blatant lies '' south african media reports alleging he was involved in former security police activities at the UNK base near pretoria . | lesotho premier denies involvement in UNK |
jan zelezny has been voted the best athlete of the year of the czech republic . | jan zelezny voted czech republic 's best athlete |
a group of tombs from the early eastern han dynasty -lrb- ##-### -rrb- have been discovered at a construction site in shaoyang city in central china 's hunan province . | #,###-year-old tomb group discovered in hunan |
the philippines ' gross national product -lrb- gnp -rrb- registered an increase of #.# percent for the first three quarters of this year , though it slowed down to #.# percent during the third quarter , a senior official said here today . | philippines gnp sustains healthy growth |
three zambian opposition parties have once again challenged president frederick chiluba 's nationality in a bid to seek his removal . | zambian opposition challenges chiluba 's identity |
the UNK parliamentary dialogue conference opened here today with the participation of delegates from ## arab and european countries . | UNK parliamentary conference opens in amman |
the gold price in hong kong today fell five hk dollars to close at #,### hk dollars a tael , according to po sang bank , one of the major gold dealers in hong kong . | gold price in hong kong down |
lebanon will present an ambitious reconstruction scheme to a donors forum in washington next month , but political and bureaucratic constraints may slow down the drive to get substantial aids , according to lebanese foreign minister farez boueiz . | lebanon to table reconstruction plan at |
south korean foreign minister yoo chong-ha left here today for lisbon , the capital of portugal , to attend a summit meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe -lrb- osce -rrb- to be held between december #-# . | south korean foreign minister leaves for osce summit |
south korean foreign minister yoo chong-ha left here today for lisbon , the capital of portugal , to attend a summit meeting of the organization for security and cooperation in europe -lrb- osce -rrb- to be held between december #-# . | south korean foreign minister leaves for osce summit |
malaysia airlines -lrb- mas -rrb- today launched its first charter flight service from kota kinabalu , capital of sabah state , east malaysia , to shanghai and sanya in china . | malaysia airlines launches #st charter flight |
yongzhou city in central china 's hunan province has succeeded initially in developing its red soil resources . | hunan succeeds in development of red soil |
the u.n. information center has held a meeting here to mark the international day of solidarity with the palestinian people , urging the new israeli government to implement the peace agreements . | solidarity day with palestinians marked in |
the central bank of kenya -lrb- cbk -rrb- expects pressure on interest rates to ease early next year as the government reduces its domestic borrowing , bank governor micah cheserem said . | pressure on interest rate to ease in kenya |
french foreign minister herve de UNK has said here that his government is satisfied with the peace process in angola . | french foreign minister in angola |
indonesian president soeharto and malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad have agreed to speed up the settlement of their island dispute . | indonesia malaysia to speed up settlement of island dispute |
the decision of the turkish government to expand gasoline imports from iraq by trucks has raised hopes for an economic revival in the east and southeast of turkey . | iraq 's oil flow to raise hope of reviving economy in |
moves are to be accelerated to improve the infrastructure along china 's golden waterway , the yangtze river . | infrastructure construction accelerates on yangtze river |
uganda has announced its policy toward the sudan people 's liberation army -lrb- spla -rrb- fighting khartoum , saying it only backs it morally but does not provide it with arms , `` the monitor '' paper reported today . | uganda makes known its policy on spla |
indonesian president soeharto and malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad have agreed to speed up the settlement of their island dispute . | indonesia malaysia to speed up settlement of island dispute |
zambian health communities and family planning providers are urged to continue responding to the people to facilitate them with family planning programs . | family planning stressed in zambia |
bulgarian soccer coach iordan UNK has signed with shanghai shenhua to guide the chinese first division runner-up for the #### season . | bulgarian coach signs with china 's soccer club |
the newly-built eldoret international airport has received its first aeroplane which did a test run from nairobi to the airport in western kenya . | kenya 's new airport receives first plane |
a team of archaeologists from chengdu and a university in southwest china 's sichuan province have unearthed ruins of an ancient city dating back more than #,### years . | chengdu has a history of over #,### years |
fermented milk is an essential part of mongolian herdsmen 's hospitality when welcoming guests , but until very recently , the drink was made at home by housewives , using mare 's or cow 's milk . | inner mongolia distillery makes first UNK drink |
the kuala lumpur stock market -lrb- klse -rrb- ended this week firmer . | weekly report on kuala lumpur stock market |
german president roman herzog left here today for home after paying a six-day state visit to nepal at the invitation of king birendra . | german president leaves for home after visit to nepal |
at least ## people have died while ## others were still missing and feared dead in flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in southern philippines in the past few days , local press reported today . | ## killed ## missing in philippine flash floods |
bulgaria enjoyed a foreign trade surplus of ### million u.s. dollars in the first nine months of this year , commerce and foreign economic cooperation minister UNK UNK said today . | bulgaria enjoys trade surplus |
the united nations security council has approved extending the mandate of u.n. preventive force in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia . | u.n. extends mandate of preventive force in macedonia |
sri lankan leading tamil political parties are opposed to the government 's decision to hold local elections in the north in december , according to political sources here today . | sri lankan tamil parties oppose elections |
the first asean -lrb- association of southeast asian nations -rrb- informal summit opened here this morning by indonesian president soeharto . | asean informal summit opens in jakarta indonesia |
brazilian president fernando henrique cardoso thursday returned from a five-day visit to angola and south africa , bringing home the two african countries ' commitments to stronger political and economic links with brazil . | brazilian president returns from africa visit |
college students in shanghai have shown that they have hearts of gold - by helping needy children . | ### UNK families in shanghai |
china has opened its domestic telecommunications equipment market to foreign investment . | minister on opening china 's telecom market |
ukraine 's economy continued to slide on the negative growth track in the first nine months of this year but the pace of decline was slowing down , a senior official said today . | ukraine 's economy still on negative growth track |
argentine president carlos menem will attend the summit of the americas on sustainable development to be held on december # in bolivia . | menem to attend summit on sustainable development |
east china 's nanjing municipal government is spending over three million yuan extending the exhibition hall of the `` nanjing treaty '' exhibition hall at UNK temple . | nanjing treaty exhibition hall under extension |
portuguese prime minister antonio guterres said today he hoped the upcoming lisbon european summit set out to build a new pan-european security mechanism could be a success amid mutual trust and sincerity . | portuguese premier wishes upcoming osce summit success |
northeast china 's liaoning province , one of the country 's major industrial bases , has closed nearly ## small businesses with severe pollution problems . | liaoning closes polluting companies |
thomas enqvist beating arnaud boetsch of france to bring host sweden to a #-# tie at the first-day of the davis cup final in malmo . | sweden and france split opening singles matches |
beijing municipality collected #.## billion yuan in personal income tax in the first ## months this year , according to beijing economic daily . | beijing collects more personal income tax |
the guatemalan government and the guerrillas ended their week-long round of talks here today with agreement on a series of accords to end this central american country 's ##-year-old civil war . | peace accords almost ready to end guatemalan civil war |
china 's economy for the fourth quarter of this year will see a moderate growth over the third quarter , a survey by the state economic and trade commission shows . | china 's economy predicted to be stronger |
hunan province is planning on putting some #.# billion yuan into ### environmental protection projects in the coming five years in an attempt to halt further deterioration in the province 's environment by the end of the century . | central chinese province trying to stop environment 's deterioration |
chinese ambassador wang xuexian today urged israel and the palestinians to achieve concrete results in their talks so that the peace process will return to the track of healthy development at an early date . | china urges return to peace process in middle east |
russian prime minister viktor chernomyrdin , who paid an official visit to france earlier this week , said today that the UNK relations had entered into a new level . | russian-french ties at new level premier says |
south american prawns have been successfully bred in north china 's hebei province . | south american prawns bred in north china |
the state duma , the lower house of the russian parliament , called on president boris yeltsin friday to reconsider the issue of the complete withdrawal of russian troops from chechnya . | duma urges yeltsin to reconsider troop pullout from |
the u.s. justice department today rejected a third request to immediately turn over to an independent counsel an inquiry into democratic fund-raising , particularly by and from people with links to wealthy foreigners . | us justice department rejects special probe of |
the united nations is calling for ### million dollars in #### for its humanitarian programs in bosnia and herzegovina , croatia , the federal republic of yugoslavia and the former yugoslav republic of macedonia . | un seeks fund for programs in former yugoslavia |
president jacques chirac today won a present of a ##th century terracotta statuette from his friends on his ##th birthday , reported agence france presse . | chirac gets birthday gift of ##th century african |
the united nations tribunal for war crime in former yugoslavia today handed down its first sentence , jailing for ## years a young bosnian croat involved in the massacre committed when the bosnia serbs captured the UNK srebrenica in july last year . | war crime tribunal passes #st sentence |