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Gaza rebel leader detonates himself during mosque raid

World
2009-8-16

THE leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip blew himself up during a shootout yesterday with security forces that at least killed 24 people. The jihadis have posed one of the biggest challenges...

Discord said to be incited from abroad

National
2009-7-8

SUNDAY'S violence in Urumqi - "evil killing, fire setting and looting" - was orchestrated from abroad, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday. "Anybody calling the violence a peaceful protest is trying...

China hopes related sides of Korean nuke issue remain calm, restraint

National
2009-7-5

CHINA hopes that relevant parties of Korean nuclear issue stay calm and restraint, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing today. When asked to comment on the reports that the Democratic People's Republic...

China denies cyber spy report

National
2009-4-1

CHINA yesterday denied rumors that it is running an electronic eavesdropping network that hacked government Websites around the world, calling the reports pure fiction. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made...

China hits Pentagon report on its military

National
2009-3-27

CHINA yesterday slammed a Pentagon report on its military power, saying that it could damage military relations between the two countries. "It is a gross distortion of facts and interference in China's internal...

Donors pledge aid to rebuild Gaza, shun Hamas

World
2009-3-2

INTERNATIONAL donors began making aid pledges expected to exceed US$3 billion to the Palestinian Authority today mainly to rebuild Gaza, while shunning the territory's Hamas rulers. But the United Nations and...

Australia offers A$20 million for Gaza reconstruction

World
2009-3-1

THE Australian government announced today that it will offer 20 million Australian dollars (US$12.9 million) to reconstruct Gaza strip which was devastated by the Israeli and Palestinian conflict more than two months...

Hamas rockets threaten efforts to agree a truce

World
2009-2-9

TWO rockets fired by Palestinian militants struck southern Israel yesterday, Israel's military said, violating an informal truce even as Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers appeared to be moving closer to cementing a...

Hamas theft halts UN aid to Gaza Strip

World
2009-2-7

THE UN agency for Palestinian refugees said yesterday that it has halted all aid shipments into the Gaza Strip due to interference by the ruling Hamas militant group. The UN Relief and Works Agency said it made...

Air strike, shelling strain Gaza truce

World
2009-2-3

AN Israeli aircraft struck a car traveling in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, killing a Palestinian militant and further straining a truce with Hamas, as the Islamic militant group sent a delegation to Egypt in...