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September 20, 2010 9:12 PM

Russia to cut over one lakh Govt posts during next three years

Russia is to cut over one lakh government posts during the next three years. At a meeting attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin today said cutting the officials by 20 percent would save the federal budget some 37 billion rubles annually. Earlier, Medvedev orde...

September 20, 2010 9:12 PM

Russia to cut over one lakh Govt posts during next three years

Russia is to cut over one lakh government posts during the next three years. At a meeting attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin today said cutting the officials by 20 percent would save the federal budget some 37 billion rubles annually. Earlier, Medvedev orde...

September 20, 2010 8:41 PM

Japan calls for calm in wake of China's apparent decision

Japan has called for calm in the wake of China's apparent decision to suspend top-level ties over a territorial row. A government spokesman said Japan had not yet been formally informed of the move but urged China to act prudently. Yesterday Chinese media said ministerial and provincial-level c...

September 20, 2010 8:41 PM

Japan calls for calm in wake of China's apparent decision

Japan has called for calm in the wake of China's apparent decision to suspend top-level ties over a territorial row. A government spokesman said Japan had not yet been formally informed of the move but urged China to act prudently. Yesterday Chinese media said ministerial and provincial-level c...

September 20, 2010 8:39 PM

Millennium Development Goals achievable by 2015: UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are achievable by its deadline of 2015. Opening a three-day high-level meeting of MDGs, he called on world leaders to exercise political leadership and keep their promise to translate the eight MDGs targets into real...

September 20, 2010 8:39 PM

Millennium Development Goals achievable by 2015: UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are achievable by its deadline of 2015. Opening a three-day high-level meeting of MDGs, he called on world leaders to exercise political leadership and keep their promise to translate the eight MDGs targets into real...

September 20, 2010 8:35 PM

Ranil urges Rajapaksa not to approve 2nd court martial verdict on Fonseka

Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremsinghe has urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa today not to approve the second court martial verdict on Former Army Commander and DNA leader Sarath Fonseka.Mr. Wickremsinghe said that the ruling would affect the parliamentary privileges of MP Fonseka if approv...

September 20, 2010 8:35 PM

Ranil urges Rajapaksa not to approve 2nd court martial verdict on Fonseka

Sri Lankan Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremsinghe has urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa today not to approve the second court martial verdict on Former Army Commander and DNA leader Sarath Fonseka.Mr. Wickremsinghe said that the ruling would affect the parliamentary privileges of MP Fonseka if approv...

September 20, 2010 8:34 PM

Seven held in China over milk tainted milk with melamine

Police in north China have arrested seven people suspected of producing powdered milk tainted with the same industrial chemical that killed at least six babies in 2008.State press today said Wang Zhigang, an official at the Jinfulai dairy company in Shanxi province, was among those arrested for alle...

September 20, 2010 8:34 PM

Seven held in China over milk tainted milk with melamine

Police in north China have arrested seven people suspected of producing powdered milk tainted with the same industrial chemical that killed at least six babies in 2008.State press today said Wang Zhigang, an official at the Jinfulai dairy company in Shanxi province, was among those arrested for alle...

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