TRIPOLI, (PNA/Xinhua) — Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was freed on Thursday morning, a few hours after being seized by armed men, Libyan News Agency reported. Zeidan was rescued by the Libyan…
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(Roundup) Vietnam’s power sector attracts more foreign investors
HANOI, (PNA/Xinhua) — Vietnam’s power sector is attracting more foreign investors, reported local VietnamNet online newspaper on Thursday. In late September, the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and Samsung C&T…
China-ASEAN trade to bloom on new target
BEIJING, (PNA/Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vowed to “plant more flowers, no thorns” with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and it appears trade is set to bloom between the…
Zimbabwe to package ‘land reform’ into tourism plans
HARARE, (PNA/Xinhua) — Zimbabwe’s tourism minister on Wednesday said the country will package its “land reform” into tourism plans by making the tour to selected black-owned farms a unique excursion experience for…
Backgrounder: World Media Summit in Hangzhou Thursday
HANGZHOU, (PNA/Xinhua) — The Second Presidium Meeting of the World Media Summit will be held in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Thursday. Media leaders from Xinhua News Agency, News Corporation,…
Feature: Italy launches advanced biofuels facility
By Marzia De Giuli CRESCENTINO, Italy, (PNA/Xinhua) — An advanced plant for the production of second generation biofuels from plants not suitable for food consumption was inaugurated in northern Italy on Wednesday…
Backgrounder: Chronology of East Asia Summit
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, (PNA/Xinhua) — The Eighth East Asia Summit (EAS) will open in the Bruneian capital of Bandar Seri Begawan on Thursday, back-to-back with the 23rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
US Detects additional security threats in Mindanao Michaela del Callar
MANILA, (PNA) –- The United States has detected additional security threats in Southern Mindanao as certain individuals associated with known extremist or insurgent groups may be planning attacks in several areas, a…
(Lead) Small passenger plane crash-lands in Malaysia, injuring 2
KUALA LUMPUR, (PNA/Xinhua) — At least two people were seriously injured after a small passenger plane crash landed in Malaysia’s Borneo State of Sabah on Thursday, the authorities said. The Twin Otter…
Exports rise 11.15 % in Sept, trade gap at 30-month low
NEW DELHI, (PNA/PTI) — India’s exports grew 11.15 per cent in September and imports declined 18.1 per cent amid a sharp fall in inward shipments of gold and silver, taking the trade…
Trial shows malaria vaccine effectivity
LONDON, (PNA/Bernama) — The latest results from the clinical trial of the RTS,S malaria candidate vaccine, show that it protects African infants and young children against malaria, Mozambican news agency (AIM) reported….
Ex-minister of Bangladesh opposition sentenced to life in jail for war crimes
DHAKA, (PNA/Xinhua) — An ex-minister of Bangladesh’s main opposition party has been sentenced to jail until death for war crimes including mass killings. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounced the verdict in…
Bangladesh sees robust rise in Q1 exports
DHAKA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s export earning in the first quarter of the current 2013-14 fiscal year (July 2013-June 2014) grew 21.24 percent year on year to 7.63 billion U.S. dollars, official data…
(Lead) B’desh tribunal sentences BNP leader to life imprisonment
DHAKA, (PNA/PTI) — A special Bangladeshi tribunal today sentenced opposition BNP’s 83-year-old leader Abdul Alim to jail until death for committing large-scale killings and other war crimes during the 1971 liberation war…
WFP Executive Director urges to help Yemen to combat malnutrition
ROME, (pna/Saba) –The World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director has called for helping Yemen find sustainable solutions to combat malnutrition. Ms. Ertharin Cousin made the statement in the meetings of the 40th…