Premier Wen expounds 'real China' at UN debate

China remains a developing country and will stick to the path of peaceful development for the common good of mankind, Premier Wen Jiabao said here Thursday.
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Premier Wen urges Japan to release captain

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged Japan to release the detained Chinese captain immediately and unconditionally during his meeting with overseas Chinese and students in New York on Sep 21.Wen will not meet Japan PMJapan calls for high-level talks with China

China makes outstanding achievements in millennium goals

China has earlier than schedule accomplished the objectives of halving the population stricken by poverty and hunger, popularizing elementary education, and reducing child mortality.

Peres resists Gul's call for an apology on raid

Israeli President Shimon Peres said Monday that a planned meeting with his Turkish counterpart was scrapped because of Peres' refusal to apologize for the deadly commando raid on a Turkish-led flotilla that tried to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Stevie Wonder urges UN bring light to the blind

And the singer-musician, himself sightless since just after birth, warned negotiators at the United Nations intellectual property and copyright agency WIPO that he would write a sad song about them if they didn't act on his appeal.

Homeless children in poverty

Millennium Development Goals Summit

UN opens summit on anti-poverty goals

About 140 world leaders on Monday kicked off a three-day high-level meeting here to accelerate the implementation of UN anti-poverty goals, or the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).