A liver disease research and treatment center was jointly established by Chinese and U.S. medical institutions on Thursday in Hangzhou,

A liver disease research and treatment center was jointly established by Chinese and U.S. medical institutions on Thursday in Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang Province.

The center, which was established by the U.S.'s UCLA Medical Center and China's First Affiliated Hospital of the College of Medicine of Zhejiang University, aims to increase cooperation between the two countries in the area of liver disease research, according to a hospital official.

Many people in China are affected by hepatitis B and liver cancer, including 120 million people with the hepatitis B virus, said Zheng Shusen, an academic from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and head of the hospital.

The center will utilize medical resources and experience from both of its founding institutions, Zheng said.

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Russia opposes further sanctions against Iran

Russia does see any reason to impose additional international sanctions on Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

In an interview with the Bloomberg news agency, Lavrov said world powers should consider easing sanctions against Iran so as to push the country to cooperate in resolving the dispute over its nuclear program.

Iran last June came under a fourth round of UN sanctions, which Russia supported and were followed by tougher unilateral measures by the U.S. and the European Union. Russia won't support new sanctions against Iran, Lavrov said.

"It's a process which can only be successful if we count not on new sanctions and threats, but on negotiations," Lavrov said.

Talks between Iran and the five permanent U.N. Security Council members plus Germany have stalled since January and Russia believes that incentives are needed to kick-start the process, Lavrov said.

"We have to show to Iran that if it cooperates, if it answers satisfactorily the IAEA demands, then it should see the light at the end of the tunnel," Russia's top diplomat said.

The IAEA has been probing Iran's nuclear work since 2003, when it was revealed that the government had hidden atomic research for two decades.

The U.S.has accused Iran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon, while Iran says its program is for energy production. Russia built Iran's first nuclear power plant and plans to start full operations at the facility soon.

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The number of confirmed cases of severe intestinal infection caused by a deadly E. coli outbreak has risen to 17 in Denmark

The number of confirmed cases of severe intestinal infection caused by a deadly E. coli outbreak has risen to 17 in Denmark, authorities said Thursday.

Nearly all the confirmed cases, including nine women and eight men, had recently traveled to Germany, where the outbreak started more than a week ago, according to the National Serum Institute (NSI).

Children are normally the most vulnerable to the infection. But Kaare Moelbak, an expert in epidemiology at the NSI, told Xinhua the outbreak is "very unusual" in that 88 percent of those infected are above the age of 20 years.

Food authorities here declared Danish cucumbers safe Tuesday following laboratory tests.

Germany is struggling to find the exact source of contamination. The outbreak has killed 18 people and sickened more than 1,500 others across Europe, including 470 who have developed a rare kidney failure complication, according to the latest reports.

Researchers have been unable to pinpoint the cause of the illness, which has hit at least nine European countries, and prompted Russia on Thursday to extend a ban on vegetables to the entire European Union.

German officials have warned people not to eat lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. To avoid foodborne illnesses, WHO recommends people wash their hands before eating or cooking food, separating raw and cooked meat from other foods, thoroughly cooking food, and washing fruits and vegetables, especially if eaten raw. Experts also recommend peeling raw fruits and vegetables if possible.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said that the E. coli bacteria responsible for the outbreak is a new strain that has never been seen before.

Preliminary genetic sequencing suggests the strain is a mutant form of two different E. coli bacteria, with aggressive genes that could explain why the Europe-wide outbreak appears to be so massive and dangerous, the agency said.

The outbreak is already considered the third-largest involving E. coli in recent world history, and it may be the deadliest. Twelve people died in a 1996 Japanese outbreak that reportedly sickened more than 9,000, and seven died in a 2000 Canadian outbreak.

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Iraq initially signs deal with S. Korea's KOGAS to develop Akkaz gas field

Iraq signed a preliminary deal with the South Korean firm of KOGAS to develop Akkaz natural gas field in the country's western province of Anbar, an oil ministry official told Xinhua on Thursday.

"The Iraqi Oil Ministry singed Wednesday a preliminary contract with KOGAS to exploit the natural gas in Akkaz field in Anbar province for 20 years," the official from the ministry's media office said on condition of anonymity.

Originally, Iraq awarded a license to a consortium grouping of South Korea's KOGAS and Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas in an energy bidding round last October, but KazMunaiGas withdrew last month, prompting the Iraqi oil ministry to ask South Korea's KOGAS to develop the field alone, the official said.

The deal with KOGAS, which still need to be approved by the Iraqi cabinet, ended seven months of delay over disputes between Baghdad oil ministry and Anbar's provincial authorities.

KOGAS will get 5.5 dollars per barrel of oil equivalent (BOE), with a peak production of 400 million cubic feet (11.2 million cubic meters) per day.

The Akkas gas field has 5.6 trillion cubic feet (156 million cubic meters) of natural gas. The field was one of three gas fields submitted for bidding in Iraq's third energy auction which was held in Baghdad.

Iraq has proven reserves of 112 trillion cubic feet (3.13 trillion cubic meters) of natural gas, but because of the poor infrastructure of the oil and gas industries, the country is only producing 1.5 billion cubic feet (42 million cubic meters) a day.

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The Russian Defense Ministry will resume test launches of the newest submarine-launched ballistic missile Bulava in mid-June

The Russian Defense Ministry will resume test launches of the newest submarine-launched ballistic missile Bulava in mid-June, the Ministry's press service said Thursday.

The missiles will be test-fired from a standard carrier, the Yuri Dolgoruky nuclear submarine, the ministry said.

Russia plans to perform five launches from the White Sea toward the designated district of the Kura range on the Kamchatka peninsula, the ministry added.

The launches would be monitored by a state commission whose members will be on board the submarine.

"In case of successful tests, the Bulava missile might be added to the Navy's arsenal as early as in 2011 or in the beginning of 2012," the Defense Ministry said.

The previous successful launch of the Bulava missile was performed last October. A 15th test launch was originally slated for Dec. 17 but was postponed due to ice conditions in the Barents Sea.

Bulava, which is supposed to become Russia's main naval strategic missile, is capable of carrying 10 warheads with a range of 8,000 km.

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The Chinese mainland has banned its restaurants from selling or using beverages, food products and food additives from Taiwan

The Chinese mainland has banned its restaurants from selling or using beverages, food products and food additives from Taiwan, which are suspected to have been tainted with a cancer-causing plastic additive.

The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) issued an urgent notice Thursday, ordering all restaurants not to purchase or use food and food additives that have been placed on the list publicized by quality suvervision authorities.

Restaurants that have already purchased listed products should immediately stop the use and sale of those products and participate in a recall, the notice said.

The SFDA also asked local food safety authorities to give prompt notice to restaurants within their jurisdictions, intensify their inspections and report any problems to the local government.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) on Wednesday published a list of Taiwanese food companies that are suspected of adding di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP), an organic compound that is used by manufacturers to soften plastic, to their food products.

The GAQSIQ announced that it will suspend imports of listed products.

The food safety commission under the State Council, or China's cabinet, on Wednesday ordered increased inspections and instant recalls for beverages, food products and additives contaminated with DEHP if they are found in factories, stores, or restaurants.

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Myanmar lifts suspension of visa-on-arrival

Myanmar has lifted a suspension of visa-on-arrival arranged through travel agencies for visitors from regions where no Myanmar embassy is set up, the local Biweekly Eleven News reported Thursday.

Myanmar re-granted the visa-on-arrival of its kind, which was halted in last September ahead of Myanmar's general election in November the same year.

At present, as a special case, Myanmar issues such visa to travelers brought back from Cambodia's Siem Reap and China's Guangzhou after the Myanmar Airways International (MAI) launched its maiden flights to the two destinations in February and March this year.

Meanwhile, the report added that Myanmar is deliberating to grant such visa-on-arrival for 10 selected countries phase by phase, quoting the Hoteliers Association.

According to official statistics, the number of tourist arrivals in Myanmar reached 106,795 in the first three months of 2011, up 24 percent from 85,519 in 2010 correspondingly.

In the whole of 2010, a total of 791,505 travelers visited Myanmar, of whom 297,246 arrived through the Yangon International Airport. Most of the tourists came on package tour, business and social purposes.

Visitors from Thailand stood top in Myanmar's tourist arrival, followed by those from China, France, South Korea and America.

Meanwhile, travel companies from Myanmar and South Korea have recently signed a memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation, setting a quota of 1,000 tourists from South Korea to visit Myanmar monthly.

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The Nepali government has aimed to control malaria completely from the disease affected areas by 2016

The Nepali government has aimed to control malaria completely from the disease affected areas by 2016, the National News Agency RSS reported on Thursday.

The Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control under Ministry of Health and Population has prepared the strategy and which aims to wipe out malaria from the country.

According to Chief of the department Dr. Saroj Prasad Rajendra, the government has decided to provide a medicated net to every two persons or insecticide to kill the mosquitoes in the malaria infected areas.

When the cases of certified malaria patients were seen in any villages, the government will search the disease infected people going to the community and suggests them early treatment, he said.

Senior administrator of the department Bishwo Raj Khanal said the sudden rise on the suspected malaria patients was the challenge that the National Malaria Program has been facing. Around 3,500 cases of malaria have been justified from the lab where around 100,000 suspected cases were seen across the country every year, he said.

They were facing the challenges as the medicine to control malaria was not distributed nationwide from the respective health worker and lack of supervision, said administrator Khanal.

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Israeli start-up develops home heart attack test

 Determining if a spasm of chest pain is due to a heart attack or just indigestion will soon be possible without leaving home thanks to the early detection kit, SensAheart, developed by a Jerusalem-based start-up Novamed.

Analyzing a single drop of blood, the SensAheart device determines the presence of troponin, an enzyme that is released before a myocardial infarction (heart attack) as well as a fatty acid protein that appears after heart attacks, company officials told Xinhua on Thursday.

"Most people don't know they are suffering (a heart attack), because they don't know how to tell the difference between a normal chest pain and a mild stroke," said company vice-president Gavriel Shalmiev.

Shalmiev added that the device is more sensitive and offers " much more accurate results after the blood is filtered and analyzed in the machine."

The device is already sold in Russia and China and Novamed is preparing to introduce it in the United States, where almost 250 thousand people die of heart attacks each year.

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Egyptian diplomat stressed that opening the Rafah crossing has not changed

An Egyptian diplomat said that the decision to open Rafah crossing point was unchanged, attributing problems on the crossing this week to technical matters.

"These problems need joint coordination between the Egyptian and Palestinian sides," said Yasser Othman, Egypt's ambassador in the West Bank.

Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said Wednesday that Egypt doesn't let enough people to leave Gaza through Rafah crossing, the only gate for Gazans to the world.

Hamas' accusation came four days after Egypt opened the crossing on permanent basis. On Wednesday, Hamas said the movement of travelers at the crossing was "almost paralyzed."

The opening of Rafah crossing had been very limited since Hamas took over Gaza by force in June 2007. In June 2010, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak decided to open the crossing regularly.

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Turkey plans to open a bank in China

Turkey said here on Thursday that it plan to open a bank in China while it giving a license to Bank of China to open an office in Turkey.

Turkish State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan announced the decision at the opening of the First Turkish-Chinese Business Forum in Istanbul.

Babacan said Turkey and China had agreed to open banks in each other's territories in a bid to launching financial cooperation between the two countries.

"The representative of Bank of China has taken office in Turkey, and we are pleased to learn that the office will be operating soon, " Babacan said.

The deputy prime minister said that China Development Bank and Turkey's Treasury had a fruitful cooperation, and showed finance of high-speed train project as an example of this good cooperation.

He said that Turkish Treasury and the China Development Bank were about to complete talks on a framework agreement, and thus the two countries could facilitate investments in Turkey.

"Our aim is to boost our comprehensive cooperation in every area with a long-term, strong and multi-dimensional strategic partnership perspective," he said.

Babacan also said 2012 would be "The Year of China" in Turkey and 2013 would be celebrated as "The Year of Turkey" in China, which he thought would be an opportunity for the business world.

Turkish-Chinese Industrialists and Businessmen's Association is organizing the forum in cooperation with the Chinese embassy in Ankara. Some 500 business people and government officials are attending the two-day meeting.

Chinese ambassador Gong Xiaosheng said at the forum that the launching of financial cooperation will boost economic and trade relations between the two countries.

He said that China attaches importance to its relations with Turkey. The bilateral trade volume has hit a record of over 15.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2010.

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China's AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Co. confirmed on Thursday that it will deliver eight Y-8 commercial aircraft to Venezuela.

China's AVIC Xi'an Aircraft Industry (Group) Co. confirmed on Thursday that it will deliver eight Y-8 commercial aircraft to Venezuela.

The aircraft will all be delivered to the country by August 2012, a company official said.

The official added that due to customer demands, the planes will undergo several changes before being delivered, including changes to the aircraft's dashboard layout, avionics system, lighting and power distribution systems.

These changes will make the aircraft more adaptable to changing flight conditions, the official said.

The Y-8 is the largest medium-sized multifunction transport plane entirely researched and developed by China.

As a major Chinese commercial aircraft, Y-8 aircraft have been exported to several countries, including Sri Lanka, Sudan, Myanmar and Iran. China has exported a total of 25 Y-8s so far, including the eight aircraft that will be delivered to Venezuela.

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2 protesters, 3 soldiers killed in fire exchange in south Yemen

An outbreak of fire exchange between anti-government protesters with guns and security forces killed at least two protesters and three soldiers Thursday in Yemen's southern province of Taiz, witnesses told Xinhua.

The protesters from local tribes for the first time carried weapons in the demonstration and marched to repel attacks by police, Abdull Rahman al-Azragi, a local resident, told Xinhua.

The security forces used live bullets to disperse thousands of protesters in Jamal street, Rahman said.

The armed tribesmen vowed to protect anti-government protesters from security forces attacks, he added.

Taiz province witnessed deadly crackdown by government forces, resulting in killing and injuring of dozens of protesters.

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China says:Google's groundless accuses hurt global trust on Internet

The following comes from the Xinhua News Agency:

Again, Google complained about China undermining its cyberspace service. Just as its previous accusations, the world's largest Internet search engine provided no solid proof to support its statement.

In a blog post updated on Wednesday, Google said a clandestine campaign originating in China targeted some users of Gmail, its e-mail service, aiming at stealing passwords and monitoring e-mail accounts.

It was the second time that Google arbitrarily pointed its finger at China. Last year, Google groundlessly accused the Chinese government of supporting hacker attack against it and pushed China to abandon legal regulations on the Internet by threatening to withdraw from the Chinese market.

The chimerical complaints by Google have become obstacles for enhancing global trust between stakeholders in cyberspace.

Nobody would doubt Google's leading role on the Internet. Founded in 1998, Google runs more than 1 million web servers in data centers around the world, and processes more than 1 billion online search requests.

However, it was too imprudent for the online giant to lash out at others without solid proof to support its accusation.

Last year, Google invited the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), a spy agency, to help with its inquiry into cyberattacks against it, even though the cooperation was considered to be a serious threat to Internet neutrality.

Then unidentified American security investigators said, they traced the attackers to computers at Chinese Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, according to the New York Times.

The report amused many Chinese at that time since Lanxiang Vocational School enjoys a good fame at training chefs for local restaurants.

But the American investigators suggested that the school had the capacity to stage the cyber attacks and made the world's No. 1 search engine suffer. It is really hard for people with common sense to understand.

Furthermore, it is not appropriate for Google, a profit-first business, to act as an Internet judge.

Google has not always followed business ethics as it says. The American media reported in mid-May that Google had not been vigilant about policing online pharmaceutical advertisements because they are so lucrative. As a result, the Internet search leader distributed online advertisements from illegal pharmacies.

In fact, individual criminals, rather than states, are the major treat to Internet safety, as some U.S. experts say.

China, the United States and many other countries are all victims of hackers. In China, for instance, about 60 percent of the Internet users experienced hacker attacks during the first half of 2010. More than 30 percent of China's netizens had their online accounts or passwords stolen.

Global cooperation is urgently needed to keep the Internet safe.

It is a real pity that Google's baseless complaints have distress mutual trust and the efforts to establish new global governance in cyberspace, letting real online criminals obtain illegal profits without being punished.

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Eleven people were injured overnight Wednesday in a confrontation between Israeli security forces and residents of an Israeli outpost in the West Bank.

Eleven people were injured overnight Wednesday in a confrontation between Israeli security forces and residents of an Israeli outpost in the West Bank.

Police officers, as well as army troops, were attacked at Alei Ayin, an outpost in the Binyamin Regional Council, when they arrived to carry out a court order to demolish several illegal structures.

Settlers blocked routes leading to the outpost. Five were injured in scuffles with police while another three were arrested for hurling stones. A car belonging to the senior police officer in charge of the operation was set ablaze with a Molotov Cocktail.

Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said on Thursday that the police contingency guarded representatives of the Civil Administration, who came to the outpost to carry out a demolition order.

"The officers were met with relatively fierce resistance, with lots of stones thrown at them. Six Border Guard police were injured in the incident," Rosenfeld told Xinhua.

In a separate incident on Sunday night, clashes broke out at Joseph's Tomb, a religious site on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus when security forces were called to confront some 50 Jewish worshipers who barricaded themselves inside the compound.

The worshippers called on the Israeli government to retake full control of the tomb, which is located in Area A - under Palestinian security control, but open to free access for Israelis under the Oslo Accords.

Army officials harshly criticized the group's behavior, saying that their protest risked soldiers' lives, and that it would reassess its decision to allow monthly visits to the site, which are coordinated with Palestinian security agencies.

An Israeli worshipper was shot dead by a Palestinian policeman in a similar incident last month.

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S Korea probes U.S. army Agent Orange dumping

South Korean technicians conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey during investigations into claims of toxic dumping at Camp Carroll, a US army logistics base, in the town of Waegwan in Chilgok county, 216 km (134 miles) southeast of Seoul, June 2, 2011.South Korea and the US are jointly investigating claims by ex-servicemen who said last month they had buried the toxic chemical defoliant Agent Orange at Camp Carroll in 1978.

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Taylor Swift: the enthusiasm of fans in Hong Kong so I was flattered

Taylor Swift is busy with her world tour performing Asian station, and Taylor, with sincere lyrics and smooth fresh confession captured a lot of country music fans in the heart of the United States, and her charm is extended to all over the world, and Taylor She is flattered to find that in Hong Kong has so many loyal fans.

Set foot on the stage in the tour of Hong Kong, before Taylor is the Hong Kong Universal Music Group (Universal Music) received high-level, but also was awarded the "best-selling album" award. And Taylor's last album "Fearless" in Hong Kong received 400,000 good sales results. Her new album "Speak Now" not only in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines also received very good results.

Taylor, 21, told the Associated Press (The Associated Press) of the interview, said excitedly, "Hong Kong's fans really made me feel very surprised. I do not know that each of my first big singles in the Asian region received. My mind is so favorable to it at once shocked. "

Has received four Grammy trophy village princess favorable for fans in Asia have been confirmed by her high popularity in Asia. Taylor in the October release of her third solo album, soon after a huge success in the world. Taylor's latest album, "Speak Now" to stop world tour of Asia, in Asia, Singapore, Seoul, Osaka, Tokyo and Manila and other places.

Taylor said in an interview on her country music has now become an international ambassador the United States are very proud of them said, "I love country music, and I am most happy that country music fans around the world by now accepted. This is me is very excited. I admire those who can be taken to the international country music country singer, like the American country star Jia Sibu Brooks (Garth Brooks) and Shania Twain (Shania Twain). they are really for the rural made a great contribution to music, because they make the world like a country music fans. I am most pleased that I now have the opportunity, I can go to other countries I've never been, and performing in front of them country music. This is what I've been dreaming want to do. "

Among them, Taylor also said: "can really be successful in the international community a wonderful thing and a great surprise. To be and I said countries in different languages ​​is welcomed by fans because of my own native language by creating music that is really a very proud thing. Every time I stood on the stage speaking to the audience, I see all the fans are singing my songs, I write lyrics, I feel very moved, because this is proof of my Music can be non-English speaking countries, and I communicate with fans, which for me is my world. "

In addition, Taylor told reporters that her tour of Asia this has not all work and no play. And Taylor also toured a number of historical sites in Asia, but also a party on a cruise. She toured the Singapore Chinatown, walk the beach in Hong Kong and shopping in the shopping paradise, and in Tokyo she would be dressed up as geishas, ​​shouted interesting.

Taylor said she was very relaxed in this tour, she was very satisfied with the hotel's room service often watch the soap opera "Friends" (Friends) to pass the time, of course, she also closed the gap but also efforts to create new music . Taylor also disclose her new album, "Speak Now" most of the singles were written during her last tour.

It is reported that Taylor would have to go back to the United States until at least March 6 this year, she ended a European tour in Brussels, Belgium. And Taylor will tour in the U.S. on May 27 officially began in Omaha, Nebraska, as of the end of this year arrived in Australia and New Zealand, she will continue her world tour.

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Nokia Siemens Networks global network operations center in Latin America began operations

Nokia Siemens Networks announced today that its located in Sao Paulo, Brazil's Global Network Operations Center (GNOC) * to begin operations. NII Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NIHD) operations in Latin America, the brand is NEXTEL, is the first network operator to use GNOC decentralization to achieve its operators. Nokia Siemens Networks is currently NII in the following five countries to provide multi-vendor network operation and management services: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru. By GNOC, Nokia Siemens Networks will be able to integrate the network operators in five countries affairs, achieve economies of scale, improve network efficiency.

Other operators in the region will be able to expect from the GNOC and remote service delivery model to benefit. The center for future operators of American time zones to provide "near-shore" (near shore) services. The center, covering about 16,000 square feet, at the beginning will be equipped with expert-level technical staff of 150, with up to 300.

Nokia Siemens Networks head of Armando Almeida Global Services, said: "With this new center of global GNOC to join our network, we will be able to help the Latin American regional and global carriers to significantly improve the operational efficiency of their networks. Latin America, particularly Brazil, are growing market. NII is the first in the region GNOC customers, we will use GNOC scale, automated tools and processes to improve the speed carrier networks, quality and efficiency. "

Almeida added: "Select the centers are located in Sao Paulo because of the area because of its ideal location, the region has several potential customers, their high market share in Brazil. Brazil about the telecom market in Latin America 40%. In addition, the region has a large number of experienced and skilled can use multilingual staff, which makes the choice of economic and strategic significance of both St. Paul. "

2010, NII and Nokia Siemens Networks signed managed services agreement, which is Latin America's first such agreement. Nokia Siemens Networks is the largest in the region, multi-country multi-vendor managed services protocols. Under the agreement, Nokia Siemens Networks Q3 2011, through its new Brazilian GNOC, centralized and integrated network of NII operations in five countries affairs.

NII Holdings executive vice president and chief technology officer Alan Strauss, said: "As the first to benefit from Nokia Siemens Networks Latin America GNOC company, NII will be able to significantly improve operational flexibility for our high-value customers in Latin America to provide a better cost efficiency and service quality. By working with Nokia Siemens Networks to maintain this relationship, we not only can continue to provide our customers with excellent service in Latin America, but also enhance our differentiation in the areas of business focus on wireless services. "

In addition to supporting the iDEN ® NII and 3G technology, the center will also be able to support and transfer of IP from multiple suppliers network and the data / value-added services (VAS). All five countries, the migration of network operations and focus will be completed in Q3 2011.

This new GNOC will join the other three existing multi-technology, multi-vendor network of GNOC, two in India and one in Portugal. The center aims to project management around the clock to help customers accelerate speed to market. Through an open and transparent service level agreements, these centers will help ensure superior network and service performance, improve service delivery efficiency while reducing risk.

By centralizing and integrating resources of three GNOC, Nokia Siemens Networks gives customers the economies of scale, promote the network efficiency. The center uses a remote delivery model, using standardized automated IT tools and processes. Currently, GNOC network remote support per month 200 million users worldwide, handling nearly 100 million alarm, failure to resolve 200,000 notes can be generated 127 000 individual reports.

Nokia Siemens Networks services director Arto Vilkman Latin America, said: "The Centre is fully interconnected, so resources can be intelligently optimized and distribution. Our ultimate goal is to provide our customers release more from the network value chain to help them for their excellent service end users. "

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Maradona sue Chinese online game company

Argentine legend Diego Maradona has sued "The9 Limited", a Chinese online games company, for infringement of his portraiture rights.

"I do not accept the apology from The9 Limited, and I will continue to protect my legitimate interests through legal procedures," said Maradona in a statement released on Tuesday.

The9 Limited, an online game operator and developer in China, launched a new online game named "Winning Goal" last year and used the image of Maradona in the game.

According to Zhu Jun, board chairman of The9 Limited, Maradona had agreed to sign the contract of celebrity endorsement for the football-themed game.

However, Maradona claimed that he had never contacted or cooperated with the Chinese company and the using of his image in "Winning Goal" was an act of infringement.

The9 Limited sent an apology letter to the football legend, saying they were cheated by a Chinese football agent, Lu Weiping, who managed to make the company believe that Maradona had already signed in the endorsement contract.

According to Zhu, a total of 250,000 US dollars had been given to Lu as Maradona's reward for endorsement.

However, Maradona believed the apology letter was nothing but an excuse for shirking the responsibility. He reiterated he would not accept such apology which lacks sincerity and that he would urge his representative and lawyers in China to protect his lawful rights and interests in legal means.

"I believe that Chinese court will bring me justice," said Maradona, who also denied any possibility of future cooperation with The9 Limited.

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South Korea acknowledged that it held secret talks with North Korea

 South Korea's point man on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) admitted Thursday the two Koreas held a secret meeting but denied South Korea "begged" for summits.

Last month's clandestine meeting in Beijing was primarily aimed at persuading the DPRK to apologize for last year's two deadly incidents that killed 50 South Koreans, unification minister Hyun In-taek said during a parliamentary interpellation session. His ministry oversees inter-Korean affairs.

"North Korea (DPRK) says the South Korean government contacted them to hold inter-Korean summits, but it's like putting the cart before the horse," Hyun told lawmakers, adding Pyongyang's revelations further "hurt" cross-border relations.

His remark came a day after Pyongyang's National Defense Commission, headed by leader Kim Jong Il, claimed Seoul officials "begged" for three summits during a secret meeting in May.

The unification ministry here, calling Pyongyang's claims "very regrettable" and "unilateral," said it would not make an official response to them.

South Korea has long demanded the DPRK apologize for the fatal sinking of its warship and shelling of an island near the disputed sea border off the west coast of the Korean peninsula last year, which altogether killed 50 South Koreans.

The DPRK has repeatedly denied its involvement in the sinking and claimed its artillery bombardment on the island was provoked by military drills between Seoul and Washington near the disputed western sea border.

The National Defense Commission said Tuesday it will not deal with South Korea, calling conservative president Lee Myung-bak a " traitor" and threatening to cut off a military hotline in the east coast.

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