"More concerted efforts should be made to accomplish this year's major tasks and create favorable conditions for the coming year."

Premier Li Keqiang pledged to push forward with economic restructuring.

"We should, step by step, create a fair and transparent mechanism for the governance of cyberspace."

Cai Mingzhao, minister of the State Council Information Office, called upon the UN to play a bigger role in leading efforts to protect cybersecurity.

"This trial is illegitimate."

Ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi, on trial for inciting violence that led to the deaths of about a dozen people in clashes outside the presidential palace last year, disrupted proceedings on the first day of court proceedings on Nov 4 in one of several outbursts.

"This important research from a team of international scientists is another significant milestone in this field and provides insights critical for the development of better treatments for HIV."

Dr Helen Pickersgill, contributing editor of the journal Science, following a breakthrough in HIV research by a team comprising Chinese scientists and US experts announced last week.

(China Daily 11/10/2013 page1)