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Chinese PM calls for an Asia security cooperation framework
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is urging Asian countries to actively explore the establishment of a regional security cooperation framework.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2014 annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia, Li Keqiang called on Asian nations to promote security dialogue and consultation and strengthen cooperation on non-traditional security issues.
The premier reiterated that China is firm in its resolve to uphold its territorial sovereignty and will respond firmly to provocations that undermine peace and stability in the South China Sea.
"We Chinese believe in repaying kindness with kindness and meeting wrongdoing with justice. We value friendship and never treat friends unfairly, and we also stand by principles and firmly uphold our fundamental position."
China takes open position toward TPP: premier
In his speech, Premier Li Keqiang also said China has an open attitude to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.
He said China is happy to see the TPP's conclusion as long as it's conducive to the development of global trade and the fostering of an equitable and open trading environment.
The US-led TPP intends to enhance trade and investment among its 12 partner countries.
It's seen as the centerpiece of Washington's push to increase its Asian presence.
Malaysia plane hunt resumes amidst optimism over 'pings'
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner continues with a renewed sense of optimism, after two new signals that may have come from the plane's black boxes were detected.
Up to 10 military aircraft, four civil aircraft and 13 ships are involved in the search today.
The Australian vessel Ocean Shield has so far detected four signals from the same broad area.
An Australian surveillance plane is deploying sonobuoys in the area to assist the Ocean Shield to look for more signals so that the search area can be narrowed down further.
But time is running out, as the batteries in the black box beacons have already reached the end of their 30-day expected life.
Car bomb explodes outside Greece's central bank
A car bomb has exploded outside a Bank of Greece building in central Athens, smashing windows in nearby shops but causing no injuries.
Police say an anonymous caller warned a newspaper of the attack about 45 minutes before the explosion.
The blast struck hours before Greece planned its first foray into the international bond markets since it plunged into a debt crisis four years ago.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but police believe leftist or anarchist groups were behind it.
6 dead, 26 injured in Brazilian prison fire
Rioting inmates at a Brazilian prison has set off a fire in a cell, killing 6 and wounding another 26.
Officials at the prison in Belem, northern Brazil, say the inmates set fire to mattresses in the cell holding 32 people.
Eleven severely injured inmates remain in a critical condition.
Bus overturns killing 8 Chinese pupils
A bus carrying 46 primary school students has overturned in southern China's island province of Haian, killing 8 and injuring more than 30 others.
The students were on an outing to the city of Wenchang when the accident happened.
Two teachers were among the injured.
The cause of the accident is being investigated.
Big gaps remain between U.S. and Japan in trade talks
Big gaps remain between the United States and Japan after two days of top-level talks on a bilateral trade deal.
The two sides are seeking a two-way trade deal, regarded as a key part of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, before U.S. President Barack Obama visits Japan later this month.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman has reported some progress, but said considerable differences remain on key issues.
Washington wants Tokyo to open its rice, beef and pork, dairy and sugar sectors, which are politically powerful sectors that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to defend.
Israeli President launches his Weibo account
Israeli President Shimon Peres has launched his account in Chinese social media website, Weibo, in Beijing, on the last day of his three-day state visit to China.
He knocked a gong to officially launch his account in the headquarters of China's biggest social media website, Sina Weibo.
"I am really excited and happy to join the family of Weibo. I feel myself is almost like a Chinese, not young, but Chinese."
Peres is the first foreign state head who launches a social media account in Weibo in person in China.
Sina data shows he has nearly 136,000 followers already.
Other foreign dignitaries who have opened a Weibo account include British Prime Minister David Cameron and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
