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World Leaders Urge Tangible Results in the slow-moving Lima climate talks
The UN sponsored climate talks in Lima, Peru are set to come to a conclusion tomorrow, with world leaders issuing calls for tangible results to be reached.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on big carbon polluters to announce emissions targets for an international agreement in Paris next December.
Negotiators from some 190 countries are trying to define the elements that should go into next year's deal, with disputes over money halting progress.
China's chief climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua says Beijing is resolves to promote low carbon urban development, and pledges to further support other developing counties to contain their gas emission through a south-south fund.
Iran, powers to resume nuclear talks
A new round of nuclear talks among Iran and the world powers is set to begin on Wednesday.
Biliteral meetings are going to take place between Iranian ministers and their counterparts from the P5-countries plus Germany.
Iran and the world powers agreed to extend their nuclear talks for another 7-months in November after failing to reach a comprehensive nuclear agreement last month.
Sri Lanka air force plane crashes
Four people have been killed after a Sri Lankan military plane came down today on the outskirts of the capital, Colombo.
The plane was carrying five crew members.
One managed to survive the crash.
The Sri Lankan Airforce say the pilot reported difficulty in locating the landing strip before losing contact with the tower.
China, U.S. hold new talks on investment treaty
The latest round of China-U.S. investment treaty negotiations has begun in Beijing.
China's Commerce Ministry says the two sides are ramping up discussions on "core issues of the treaty text" in an attempt to try to complete the talks during this current round of negotiations, which will last for 5-days.
The Chinese and US sides are working on the creation of a "negative list," which are sectors and items which will be excluded from investment.
A "negative list" is seen as much more efficient than a list of items and sectors which are deemed "investment-friendly."
Central government supports Hong Kong government's action to clear occupy sites
China's central government says it supports the move in Hong Kong to disperse and clear the Occupy protest sites.
The support for the move has been issued in a statement by the State Council's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office.
The statement says the central government "fully agrees and firmly supports" the Hong Kong government and police move to stop the protests, saying the move will maintain social order and safeguard the rule of law.
Hong Kong authorities cleared occupy sites in Admiralty on Thursday in response to a court order.
Traffic flows are once-again moving through the area.
The statement from the State Council also says the central government is going to maintain the current governance policy of "one country, two systems."
It also says the central government will continue to support the democratic process in Hong Kong.
Middle Route of China's South-North Water Diversion Projects Operates Today
The middle route of the South-North Water Diversion Project has become operational today.
The over 14-hundred kilometer route is bringing water from the Yangtze River to northern China.
The flow of water is expected to reach Beijing just over 2-weeks through a series of canals and pipes.
The construction of the middle route of the massive project took over a decade to complete, at a cost of over 30-billion US dollars.
China's industrial output growth dips in November
Industrial output in China has slid for a 3rd consecutive month in November.
New stats show total output increased 7.2-percent year-on-year last month.
The rate of industrial growth is down from 7.7-percent in October and an 8-percent in September.
Calculations show China's industrial output only expanded 7.3-percent in the third quarter.
This is the lowest level since the 2008 global financial crisis.
Global oil price falls below 60 USD per barrel
Global oil prices have fallen below 60 US dollars per barrel, after Kuwait announced its cutting its sales prices for crude to its Asian clients.
This comes as regulators here in China adjust prices at the pumps.
The National Development and Reform Commission is cutting retail fuel prices at the pumps by 0.13-yuan for regular gasoline.
Diesel prices are coming down 0.3-yuan.
At the meantime, the Finance Ministry is adding 0.2 yuan per liter tax on both regular gasoline and diesel starting tomorrow.
China to tighten supervision on children custody
China's Civil Affairs Ministry is reportedly working on new rules surrounding cases of child abuse.
The director of the Civil Affairs Ministry's social affairs division says they're working on new regulations which could strip parents of their parental rights in cases of abuse or neglect.
Issues connected to parental abuse are being discussed more and more in China.
This follows a number of cases which have shocked Chinese society in recent years.
In one instance last year, a 22-year-old mother intentionally left her two young daughters at home by themselves, leaving them to starve to death.
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