Posts Tagged ‘former’

Sweden: the assassin of former Foreign Minister sentenced to life imprisonment

July 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Swedish Supreme Court decided Thursday to a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder of former Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anna Lindh, rejecting the decision of the Court of Appeal that psychiatric care should rather be given.
The decision of the Supreme Court, taken by a panel of five judges is the final award [...]

The rare species of deer former moves

June 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
China planned to relocate between 500 and 600 deer older, a rare species endemic to Hainan Province in southern China, their original habitat in the Datian Nature Reserve to other protected areas on the island before the end of the year.
Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Hainan inspected areas of the Changjiang [...]

Former French Prime Minister again before the justices

May 30th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Alain Juppé, former Prime Minister and former president of the UMP (the party of right to power in France) appeared Wednesday before the Court of Appeal of Versailles in the case of fictitious employees of the Gaullist party RPR.
Mr. Juppe, 59, was convicted at trial before the correctional court of Nanterre sentenced to 18 months [...]

The former residence of Deng Xiaoping attracts many visitors

May 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Bristling these days was finally arrested Sunday at Guang’an in Sichuan province in China’s southwest, leaving room for fresh air and a gray sky.
From the early morning, the streets leading to the former residence of Deng Xiaoping were encumbered by the crowd. For the locals, visit the childhood home of Deng on the occasion of [...]

Fire at the former residence of Mao Zedong

March 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The former residence of late Chairman Mao Zedong in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, caught fire Sunday at noon.
The building burnt down called Meiling, the residence was the most frequented by the leader of the CCP in his later years after Zhongnanhai, the party headquarters in Beijing.
The architectural Meiling was built in 1960 near the [...]

Qurei designates former minister to coordinate with the Palestinian factions

January 10th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei was nominated on Saturday former Minister of Communications Emad Falouji as his coordinator with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Islamic Jihad (Holy War).
According to Palestinian sources, the decision was taken at the last meeting between Qurei and the high level committee to monitor the intifada in Gaza City.
“The aim [...]

Shanghai: Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Huangpu Military Academy

January 9th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
On June 16, 2004, the Huangpu Military Academy was 80 years. A hundred people, including former comrades from the United States, Canada, Taiwan and Shanghai and specialists in history and military affairs, gathered in Shanghai to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first military academy type new and revolutionary of modern China.
80 years ago, Sun [...]

Le Monde publishes criticism of former U.S. diplomats and military against Bush

January 8th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The French newspaper Le Monde published on Wednesday a letter from former diplomats and military leaders who denounce American foreign policy of U.S. President George W. Bush and call on Americans to vote against him for the next presidential election. The 26 signatories, Democrats or Republicans “believe that the policy of the current administration has [...]

China: explosion in a former armory oilfield in Jilin

January 6th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
An explosion occurred Sunday around an hour in a former armory oil field Songyuan City of Jilin Province (northeast China), 5 people were injured and houses endammagées, according to local sources.
Residents nearby were woken by a huge bang and the windows of their houses were shattered. The wounded were mostly scratched by ice have been [...]

A former German chancellor made a speech in Beijing

January 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
At a seminar organized by the Institute for Studies on International Strategy in Beijing Sunday, Helmut Kohl, former German Chancellor to visit China, delivered a speech on the prospects and challenges concerning European integration.
Some 120 Chinese scientists and researchers attended the seminar which was chaired by Xiong Guangkai, deputy chief of General Staff of the [...]