Saudi deputy FM meets Sudan's Sovereign Council chief in Port Sudan    Kuwait, India to elevate bilateral relations to strategic partnership Sheikh Mishal awards Mubarak Al-Kabir Medal to Modi    MoH to penalize 5 health practitioners for professional violations    Al-Samaani: Saudi Arabia to work soon on a comprehensive review of the legal system    Environment minister inaugurates Yanbu Grain Handling Terminal    Germany's attack suspect reportedly offered reward to target Saudi ambassador    U.S. Navy jet shot down in 'friendly fire' incident over Red Sea    Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 20 people, including five children    Trudeau's leadership under threat as NDP withdraws support, no-confidence vote looms    Arabian Gulf Cup begins with dramatic draws and a breathtaking ceremony in Kuwait    GACA report: 928 complaints filed by passengers against airlines in November    Riyadh Season 5 draws record number of over 12 million visitors    Fury vs. Usyk: Anticipation builds ahead of Riyadh's boxing showdown    Saudi Arabia to compete in 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments    Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Oscars buzz for playing 'difficult' woman    PDC collaboration with MEDLOG Saudi to introduce new cold storage facilities in King Abdullah Port Investment of SR300 million to enhance logistics capabilities in Saudi Arabia    Al Shabab announces departure of coach Vítor Pereira    My kids saw my pain on set, says Angelina Jolie    Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73    Eminem sets Riyadh ablaze with unforgettable debut at MDLBEAST Soundstorm    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

Articles of the author Dhu BEIJING
Chinese navy to conduct Pacific drill
AlHijjah 28, 1432, Nov 24, 2011, SPA -- The Chinese navy will hold exercises in the Pacific Ocean this month, UPI cited the defense ministry as saying. The ministry's brief announcement, carried by the official Xinhua news agency, described the (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Seventeen die after truck plunges into river
AlHijjah 28, 1432, Nov 24, 2011, SPA -- At least 17 people died and two were injured after an overloaded light truck plunged into a river in a mountainous area of south-western China's Sichuan province, dpa quoted reports as saying on (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Turkmenistan, China Sign Gas Deliveries Accord
AlHijjah 27, 1432, Nov 23, 2011, SPA - Turkmenistan will boost natural gas deliveries to China by two-thirds under an agreement signed Wednesday in Beijing. The agreement will increase annual gas deliveries by 25 billion cubic meters a year, bring (...)

23 - 11 - 2011
Turkmenistan to boost China gas deliveries
AlHijjah 27, 1432, Nov 23, 2011, SPA -- Turkmenistan will boost natural gas deliveries to energy-hungry China under an agreement signed Wednesday that will see the central Asian nation supply about half of China's gas needs, AP reported. The (...)

23 - 11 - 2011
Chinese Vice Premier Urges Cooperation For Global "Economic Health"
AlHijjah 25, 1432, Nov 21, 2011, SPA - A Chinese vice premier is calling at talks with U.S. officials for cooperative efforts to ensure global "economic health." Wang Qishan said Monday the global crisis is "very serious" during a meeting of the (...)

21 - 11 - 2011
14 Dead In Chinese Chemical Plant Explosion
AlHijjah 24, 1432, Nov 20, 2011, SPA - Fourteen people died Saturday after a chemical plant explosion in the eastern Chinese city of Xintai, state media reported. The state-run news Xinhua news agency reported the explosion occurred Saturday (...)

20 - 11 - 2011
Olympic weightlifting champion Liao Hui banned for doping offence
AlHijjah 22, 1432, Nov 18, 2011, SPA -- Olympic weightlifting champion Liao Hui of China has been suspended for a doping offence until 2014, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, according to dpa. Xinhua said that Liao failed a doping (...)

18 - 11 - 2011
School Bus Crash Kills 19 in China
AlHijjah 20, 1432, Nov 16, 2011, SPA - Nineteen people, including 17 children, were killed early Wednesday when their overcrowded school bus crashed head-on into a truck in north-western China early Wednesday, a news report said. The small bus (...)

16 - 11 - 2011
Canada Says Europe Should Use Own Resources
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - Canada's finance minister says Europe should use its own resources to resolve its debt crisis before other countries contribute. Jim Flaherty said Monday he discussed the issue with Chinese officials in (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
Seven Dead, 31 Injured In Gas Explosion in China
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA - Seven people were killed and 31 injured in an explosion at a fast-food restaurant in north-western China Monday, state media reported. The explosion was caused by a liquefied petroleum gas leak, Xinhua news (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
China completes second space docking
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA -- Eleven days after the first Chinese space rendezvous, unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 redocked with a module of the country's planned space lab, Tiangong-1. The docking was seen as an important step in China's (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
China Quake Center Reports 6.5-Magnitude Quake in Molucca Sea
AlHijjah 18, 1432, Nov 14, 2011, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Molucca Sea at 12:05 p.m. Beijing Time (GMT 0405) Monday, Xinhua quoted the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying. The epicenter, with a depth of (...)

14 - 11 - 2011
China Mine Deaths At 34, Separate Incident Traps 7 - Xinhua
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA - The death toll from a gas explosion in a coal mine in China's southwestern Yunnan province has risen to 34, rescue workers said on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua reported. Initial reports after the (...)

13 - 11 - 2011
34 dead, several trapped in separate Chinese mining accidents
AlHijjah 17, 1432, Nov 13, 2011, SPA -- 34 miners died, while nine were trapped, and feared dead, after a gas leak in an illegal mine in the south west of China, dpa cited Xinhua news agency as reporting Sunday. Rescuers said the chances of (...)

13 - 11 - 2011
Infectious Diseases Kill 1,360 on Chinese Mainland in October
AlHijjah 15, 1432, Nov 11, 2011, SPA -- Infectious diseases killed 1,360 people on the Chinese mainland in October, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Health as saying Friday. More than 530,000 infections were registered in the month, including two (...)

11 - 11 - 2011
43 Miners Missing After Accident in China
AlHijjah 14, 1432, Nov 10, 2011, SPA - Forty-three miners were trapped on Thursday in China at a pit in the south-western province of Yunnan, media reports said. The accident occurred early Thursday at the Sizhuang Coal Mine near the city of (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Natural Disasters Kill 17 Chinese in October
AlHijjah 14, 1432, Nov 10, 2011, SPA -- Natural disasters killed 17 people and caused a direct economic loss of 2.63 billion yuan (405 million U.S. dollars) in October, according to a report by the office of the national disaster reduction committee (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Magnitude Quake Hits East China Sea
AlHijjah 12, 1432, Nov 8, 2011, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted East China Sea at 10:59 a.m. Beijing Time (GMT 0259) Tuesday, Xinhua quoted the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying. The epicenter, with a depth (...)

08 - 11 - 2011
China's tech firms back Beijing in controls on Internet
AlHijjah 10, 1432, Nov 6, 2011, SPA -- The heads of China's largest technology companies have endorsed Beijing's aim to intensify controls of online social media, pledging to "stop the spread of harmful information" on the Internet, state news (...)

06 - 11 - 2011
Eight killed in coal mine collapse, 45 trapped
AlHijjah 9, 1432, Nov 5, 2011, SPA -- At least eight miners died and 45 were trapped in an accident at a coal mine in central China, state media quoted rescue officials saying Saturday, dpa reported. A shaft collapsed Thursday evening in the (...)

05 - 11 - 2011
Last 45 Chinese miners in cave-in pulled out alive
AlHijjah 9, 1432, Nov 5, 2011, SPA -- Forty-five grimy, exhausted Chinese coal miners trapped by a cave-in were rescued Saturday, ending a 36-hour ordeal in the world's most dangerous country for the industry. Eight miners were killed in the (...)

05 - 11 - 2011
Four dead, 50 missing in Chinese mining accident
AlHijjah 8, 1432, Nov 4, 2011, SPA -- Four coal miners have been killed in an accident in central China, which left 50 trapped, dpa cited a news report as saying Friday. A total of 75 miners were in the Qianqiu mine in Sanmenxia, Henan Province, (...)

04 - 11 - 2011
China completes first space docking test
AlHijjah 6, 1432, Nov 2, 2011, SPA -- China successfully carried out its first docking exercise on Thursday between two unmanned spacecraft, a key test of the rising power's plans to secure a long-term manned foothold in space, according to (...)

02 - 11 - 2011
28 Killed, One Trapped By China Coal Mine Gas Explosion
AlHijjah 3, 1432, Oct 30, 2011, SPA - A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China killed 28 miners and left one trapped inside, state media reported rescuers as saying Sunday. Thirty five miners were inside when the explosion occurred Saturday (...)

30 - 10 - 2011
China's President Hu travels to Austria ahead of G20 summit
AlHijjah 3, 1432, Oct 30, 2011, SPA -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday departed forAustria for a three-day visit that would mark 40 years of diplomatic relations. The visit would see the signing of seven agreements covering economics and (...)

30 - 10 - 2011
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