Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on local authorities and farmers to achieve a quick summer grain harvest.
Mechanical engineer Zhou Ji was Friday elected president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), one of China's top honorary bodies which advises the government and industry on key scientific and technological issues.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday called for enhancing cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), urging new cooperation models and proposing identifying non-resource sectors as a new priority for economic cooperation.
Chinese and Russian senior officials agreed to further promote the development of China-Russia relations of strategic cooperation and partnership at a reception here Friday.
Leaders of the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization concluded their annual summit here Friday, agreeing to enhance cooperation and maintain regional stability.
Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov met in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent Friday to exchange views on further deepening friendly cooperation between the two countries and other issues of common concern.
Medical experts are calling for universal screening on thyroid-related diseases among pregnant women in China as their prevalence is rising sharply among the people.
A man who injured 16 children and a teacher in a primary school knife rampage was sentenced to death at a court in south China's Guangdong Province Friday.
Huang made the green-haired leopard mascot and some football stars from 1.4 kilograms of discarded hair, in an effort to celebrate this year's World Cup opening. Huang finished the projects in two months, which included the process of cleaning, color fading and dyeing the hair.
The death of Nelson Mandela's granddaughter cast a shadow over the opening day of the World Cup on Friday. South Africa ready for World Cup party 
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan vowed to deepen Japan-US alliance in his first policy address Friday, saying the alliance is the "axis" of Japan's foreign policy.
A volley of U.S. missiles killed 15 alleged militants in an extremist stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, the second such strike in less than 12 hours, officials said.
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