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ChinesepremiermetwithQatariPMandEmirdiscussbilateral, int'laffairs
VisitingChinesePremierWenJiabaohasnowmetwithQatariPrimeMinisterSheikhHamadal-Thani.
Aspartoftheirtalks, WenJiabaohasQatar'smountinginternationalandregionalinfluence, andsaysChinaisreadytoincreaseitstieswiththecountry.
WenJiabaoalsometwithQatariEmirSheikhHamadbinKhalifaal-Thani.
QataristhelaststopofPremierWenJiabao'scurrentGulftour.
WorldpowersspeakoutaheadofpossiblenewIraniannucleartalks
KeystakeholdersinthePersianGulfregionarenowspeakingoutabouttheirstanceonIran, astheinternationalcommunitypreparesforanotherroundofnucleartalks.
ChinesePremierWenJiabaohastoldreporterswhileonhiscurrenttripinDohathatChina'straderelationswithIranarenormalandjustified, andshouldbeprotected.
Butatthesametime, WenJiabaoalsosaystheStraitofHormuzshouldbekeptopenunderallcircumstances, suggestinganyextrememeasuresonthisissueareagainstthewilloftheentireworld.
NATOcallsforensuringsecurityofoilsupplythroughStraitofHormuz
北约不会介入霍尔木兹海峡局势呼吁伊朗确保海峡通畅
NATOisnowweighingintothegrowingtensionsoverthepotentialclosureoftheStraitofHormuzbyIran.
Thealliance'sSecretary-General, AndersFoghRasmussen, hasissuedastatement, sayingtheStrait "must" remainopen.
HisstatementalsocallsonIranto "behaveresponsibly."
Atthesametime, followingameetingwithTurkey'sforeignministerinBrussels, RasmussenalsosaysNATOhasnoplansofintervention.
IranianofficialshavebeenthreateningtoshutdowntheStraitofHormuz, whichlinksthePersianGulftotheIndianOcean, ifanembargoisbroughtinonitsoil.
Thatcouldpotentiallycutoffatleast 20-percentoftheworld'sship-boundoil.
IranFMlikelytoannouncedatefornewG5+1 talks
伊朗即将宣布新G5+1会谈日期
Iran'sforeignministerisduetoholdanewsconferencelateronthisThursdayinTurkey, whichiswidelyexpectedtooutlineadateforthenextroundoftheso-calledG5-plus-1 nucleartalks.
AliAkbarSalehihasbeenmeetingwithleadingTurkishofficials, includingTurkey'sPrimeMinisteronWednesday.
Uponhisarrival, Salehitoldreportersadateforthenextroundofmeetingswouldbe'determinedsoon.'
TheG5+1 talks, whichincludeChinaandtheotherpermanentmembersoftheUNSecurityCouncil, plusGermany, aredesignedtotrytoeasethetensionsoverIran'snuclearissues.
AnewroundoftalksislikelytobescheduledbeforeaJanuary 30thmeetingoftheEU'sforeignministers, whichiswidelyexpectedtovoteonwhetherornottoimposeanEU-wideembargoonIranianoil.
Onedead, 21 injuredafterbusoverturnsoneastChinaexpressway
Onepersonisdead, and 21 othershurt, afterabusoverturnedonanexpresswayinZhejiang.
TheaccidenthappenedonaninterprovincialexpresswaylinkingtheprovincialcapitalofHangzhouandShanghai.
Thepassengers, allfromaShanghaicompany, hadchartedthebustoreturntotheirhometowninZhejiangfortheChineseLunarNewYear.
Thedriversaysthebusoverturnedafterheveeredtoovertaketrafficaheadofhim.
Chinesevicepremierpressesforfullcoverageofpensioninsurancebytheendof 2012
ThecentralauthoritieshereinChinaarenowpromisingtoclosethegaptogetallthiscountry'sseniorcitizenscoveredunderthenationalpensionprogrambytheendofthisyear.
Vice-PremierZhangDejianghasmadethepromise, despitetherapidlyagingpopulationinthiscountry.
Pilotprogramsthathavebeenrunningforthelasttwoyearshavesofarmanagedtogetaround 60-percentofthiscountry'sseniorscoveredunderthepensionscheme.
MoreChinesepeoplemovedwithinthecountryin 2011
China'sstatsbureauisreportingthatmorepeoplemigratedwithinthecountrylastyear.
TheNationalBureauofStatisticssaysover 270 millionpeoplemadetheirhomesoutsidetheirregisteredcommunitiesforatleast 6-monthsoftheyearthispastyear.
That'suparound 10-millionpeoplefrom 2010.
Atthesametime, theNBSisreportingthelaborforcehereinChinadroppedin 2011, thefirsttimein 10 years, dueinparttolowfertilityratesandarapidlyagingpopulation.
Workersbetween 15 to 64-yearsoldaccountedforlessthanthree-quartersofthecountry'stotalpopulation, down 0.1 percentfrom 2010.
ZhangYimou'sepic "TheFlowersofWar" failedmakeOscars
张艺谋“十三钗”奥斯卡也失利
ChinesedirectorZhangYimou's "TheFlowersofWar" isnotgoingtobeupforanOscar.
ThewarepichasfailedtomakethecutinthefirstroundofvotingbytheAcademyfortheBestForeignLanguageFilm.
"WarriorsoftheRainbow: SeediqBale" byTaiwandirectorWeiTe-shenghasmadetheshort-listof 9 filmsupforconsideration.
Thefailureof "Flowers" tomaketheAcademyAwardslaterthisyearcomesasasecondblowforZhangYimou'shigh-profileepic.
Thefilm, starringChristianBale, alsofailedtogarneranyawardsattheGoldenGlobesthispastSunday.
"TheFlowersofWar" tellsthetaleof 1937-JapaneseoccupiedNanjing, andtheplightofagroupofgirlstryingtoescapethehorrorsofthe "RapeofNanking."
ThefilmhasbeenahugeboxofficesuccesshereinChina.