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Old friends in a new world | As the visiting Russian Premier Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh celebrate the deepening of the Indo-Russian bilateral relationship this week with a range of impressive agreements on defence a... China to conduct maiden space docking in 2011: expert | BEIJING -Â China will launch an unmanned space module, Tiangong-1, in the first half of 2011, and the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft in the second half of the year, to carry out the nation's first-ever space docking, ... China mulls legislation of officials' personal asset declaration | BEIJING - A senior Chinese lawmaker said on Wednesday that legislation requiring public officials to declare their personal assets is under consideration and seen as a move to prevent corruption and improve g... 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Senior cadre labels referendum `illegal' Hong Kong StandardA senior mainland official yesterday said holding a referendum in Hong Kong is illegal. | //--> Scarlett Chian...
