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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 March 2006 Hundreds of thousands of French poured into the streets Tuesday, in the latest, and largest, demonstration against an unpopular new employment law. The protests incl

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By Gary Thomas Washington 30 May 2006 A sudden eruption of violence in Kabul Monday was sparked by a traffic accident involving a U.S. military vehicle. U.S. officials blame a failure of the truck's brakes for the accident. But, the incident added t

China to Allow Social Capital in Railway Sector

The central government here in China has outlined how it intends to allow social investment into the railway sector. CRI's He Fei has more. A guideline has issued by the central government on how to innovate railway funding and speed up railway const

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Why read, and sometimes even write poetry? That question is not difficult to answer if we change the word poetry to songs. I sing when I feel good. When I sing my favourite songs, I feel even better. Sometimes when I am listening to music and to the

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By Nico Colombant Leaders of the private sector in Ivory Coast have blamed the government for the widespread looting against their businesses earlier this month. They accused the government of encoura

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By Barry Wood Washington 18 October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick, three months into the job, said Thursday his vision for the development lender is to partner with the private sector to promote growth in developing countries. VOA's Barry

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Indonesia's central bank has recently embraced new regulations for Islamic banking, which it sees as key to building on last year's strong economic growth. In a country that is home to more than 200 million Muslims, the potential for expansion is eno

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The United Nations says there must be reforms to Liberia's young, post-war security sector to guarantee peaceful elections next year. Liberian police do not carry weapons because principle responsibility for security still rests with United Nations p

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China to reform prices in energy sector

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Juventus beat Inter 2-0

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China approves foreign firms in growing sector

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CPPCC Standing committee member Chen Xiwen -- who is overseeing China's agricultural reform -- gave us more details on how the country will deal with the supply-side issue in the sector. There are three major areas where we can push forward supply-si