From vision to framework: Egypt moves to regulate fractional real estate Investment as Nawy Shares leads way    Egypt signs $1.6bn in energy deals with private sector, partners    Pakistani, Turkish leaders condemn Israeli strikes, call for UN action    Egypt's NBE, EIB sign investment grant deal to support green industry drive    EGX plunges on Sunday    Egypt's Al-Sisi, IFC Managing Director discuss boosting private sector investment    Scatec signs power purchase deal for 900 MW wind project in Egypt's Ras Shukeir    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt's President stresses need to halt military actions in call with Cypriot counterpart    Egypt's GAH, Spain's Konecta discuss digital health partnership    Environment Minister chairs closing session on Mediterranean Sea protection at UN Ocean Conference    Egypt deploys over 2,400 ambulances to support high school exams nationwide    Egypt nuclear authority: No radiation rise amid regional unrest    Grand Egyptian Museum opening delayed to Q4    Egypt delays Grand Museum opening to Q4 amid regional tensions    Trump faces MAGA backlash as Israel-Iran conflict tests non-interventionist promise    Egypt slams Israeli strike on Iran, warns of regional chaos    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's EDA joins high-level Africa-Europe medicines regulatory talks    US Senate clears over $3b in arms sales to Qatar, UAE    Egypt discusses urgent population, development plan with WB    Egypt reaffirms commitment to ocean conservation at UN conference    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Egypt, Serbia explore cultural cooperation in heritage, tourism    Egypt discovers three New Kingdom tombs in Luxor's Dra' Abu El-Naga    Egypt launches "Memory of the City" app to document urban history    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Egypt's FM inspects Julius Nyerere Dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

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Tibetan dies in latest self-immolation protest
Beijing (dpa) – A Tibetan monk has died in the latest self-immolation protest against the Chinese government in the south-western province of Sichuan, reports said on Thursday. Lobsang Sherab, 20, set fire to himself late Wednesday in Cha (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
China allows relatives to visit jailed rights lawyer
Beijing (dpa) – China has allowed relatives to visit leading rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng for the first time since he was imprisoned in a remote western region, his brother and wife said on Wednesday. Gao Zhiyi confirmed that he had visited his (...)

28 - 03 - 2012
Tibetan monks stage new protest despite crackdown
Beijing (dpa) – Dozens of Tibetan Buddhist monks staged an anti-government protest despite heavy security and long prison sentences for Tibetans who demonstrated earlier in nearby areas of western China, reports said Wednesday. About 100 monks (...)

21 - 03 - 2012
China approves law allowing secret detentions
Beijing – China on Wednesday approved a legal revision to allow secret detentions by police, despite widespread opposition by lawyers, activists and international rights groups. The revised Criminal Procedure Law was endorsed by 92 per cent of (...)

14 - 03 - 2012
Tibetan teenager dies after 26th self-immolation in China
Beijing (dpa) – An 18-year-old Tibetan man died after setting fire to himself in a restive area of south-western China's Sichuan province, in the 26th self-immolation reported in China's Tibetan areas since 2009, reports said on Tuesday. The (...)

06 - 03 - 2012
Tibetan girl, woman die after self-immolation protests
Beijing (dpa) – A Tibetan teenage girl and a widowed mother died after separate self-immolations in restive areas of western China, reports said Monday, following 22 other self-immolations in Tibetan areas of China in recent months. The (...)

05 - 03 - 2012
China raises military budget by 11 percent
Beijing (dpa) – China announced an increase of 11.2 percent in its annual military budget Sunday, following international concern over its growing defense spending in recent years. The draft defense budget for 2012 was set at 670 billion yuan (...)

04 - 03 - 2012
Chinese court hears iPad trademark appeal
Beijing (dpa) – A provincial court in southern China on Wednesday heard an appeal by Apple against a lower court's decision that Proview Technology (Shenzhen) owned the iPad trademark for the country. The Guangdong provincial higher court opened (...)

29 - 02 - 2012
At least 12 dead in ethnic clash in western China
Beijing (dpa) – Ethnic violence and a clash with police left at least 12 people dead in a restive area of China's far western region of Xinjiang, reports said on Wednesday. State media said “a few rioters” killed at least 10 people and injured (...)

29 - 02 - 2012
China scales back secret detentions draft law
Beijing (dpa) – China has scaled back a draft law that would legalize secret detentions, a legal expert said on Tuesday, following widespread criticism by lawyers, activists and international rights groups. The latest draft of the revised (...)

28 - 02 - 2012
Chinese chemical plant blast leaves 13 dead, 43 injured
Beijing (dpa) – An explosion killed at least 13 people and injured 43 at a chemical plant in northern China's Hebei province on Tuesday, the government said. The blast ripped through a workshop at a chemical plant run by the Hebei Keeperchemical (...)

28 - 02 - 2012
Chinese protester heckles World Bank president
Beijing (dpa) – A Chinese protester who said he was an independent economist shouted his opposition to the World Bank's recommended reforms of China's state sector on Tuesday, interrupting a press conference by the bank's president. “This report (...)

28 - 02 - 2012
Chinese officials urged to buy Chinese-made cars
CAIRO (dpa): China is considering restricting government and Communist Party officials to buying cars from a list of about 400 domestically-made models, according to a draft list of approved vehicles seen on Monday. The list of vehicles suggested (...)

27 - 02 - 2012
Shanghai court hears petition to suspend iPad sales
Beijing (dpa) – A Shanghai court on Wednesday began hearing a petition to ban Apple Inc from selling iPads in the city filed by a Chinese company that claims it still owns the iPad trademark for China. Proview Technology (Shenzhen), a subsidiary (...)

22 - 02 - 2012
Tibetan monk dies after self-immolation protest
Beijing (dpa) – An 18-year-old Tibetan Buddhist monk died after a self-immolation protest in south-western China's Sichuan province, Tibetan exiles and rights groups reported Monday. Hundreds of other monks and lay Tibetans prevented police from (...)

20 - 02 - 2012
Another Tibetan monk self-immolates, hundreds protest
Beijing (dpa) – A teenage Tibetan monk has set fire to himself in a restive town in south-western China, while some 200 Tibetans protested in another town, reports said on Tuesday. Lobsang Gyatso, 19, set fire to himself on Monday in Aba town, or (...)

14 - 02 - 2012
Tibetan nun dies after self-immolation protest, China says
Beijing (dpa) – A 19-year-old Tibetan Buddhist nun died en route to a hospital following a self-immolation protest in south-western China's Sichuan province, state media said on Monday. Tenzin Choedron set herself alight Saturday evening in (...)

13 - 02 - 2012
China jails dissident for 7 years over “subversive” poem
Beijing (dpa) – China on Friday sentenced veteran dissident Zhu Yufu to seven years in prison after convicting him on subversion charges linked to a poem he published online, rights groups said. His wife and daughter attended Zhu's sentencing at (...)

10 - 02 - 2012
Chinese police reportedly shoot dead two Tibetans
Beijing (dpa) – Two Tibetan brothers died after they were shot by police in south-western China, and another Tibetan self-immolated in a separate incident, reports said on Friday. Police opened fire after surrounding the fugitive brothers on (...)

10 - 02 - 2012
Sudan rebels free 29 Chinese workers
Beijing (dpa) – Sudanese rebels have released 29 Chinese workers who were kidnapped on January 28 in the South Kordofan area, Chinese state media said on Tuesday. “The 29 Chinese workers kidnapped last month in Sudan have boarded a plane (...)

07 - 02 - 2012
China defends veto of Syria resolution
Beijing (dpa) – State media on Monday defended China's decision to join Russia in vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, a move that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a “travesty.” A commentary in People's (...)

06 - 02 - 2012
China orders airlines not to pay EU carbon tax
Beijing (dpa) – The Chinese government on Monday ordered its airlines not to pay a carbon tax imposed by the European Union, saying the EU's move had breached international civil aviation rules. Chinese airlines must not pay the carbon tax to the (...)

06 - 02 - 2012
Torture, kidnap reports meet defiance from China
Beijing (dpa) – China has rebuffed a series of reports of torture, kidnapping and other grave abuses this month by attempting to discredit the victims and attacking international critics of its human rights record. Western critics of China's (...)

30 - 01 - 2012
Sudanese rebels seize 29 Chinese workers
Beijing (dpa) – Rebels in Sudan's South Kordofan area have seized more than 20 Chinese employees of a road construction company, China's Foreign Ministry and state media reported Sunday. The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement said it was (...)

29 - 01 - 2012
China Internet users soar to 513 million
Beijing (dpa) – China's estimated number of Internet users soared to 513 million at the end of last year, up 12 percent from the end of 2010, the government said Monday. Internet users via mobile telephones hit an estimated 356 million by (...)

16 - 01 - 2012
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