Egypt Monday reported three more death cases of influenza A/H1N1, bringing the nationwide death toll to 109, said the Health Ministry in a statement.
A 61-year-old man in Cairo, another 40-year-old man and 34-year-old man in Giza died of A/H1N1 virus, said the statement.
Up till now, Egypt has reported more than 10,056 cases of the novel [...]

Early results from a Fiji eye health survey by The Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand revealed alarming levels of diabetes amongst people over 40.
A staggering four out of every 10 people screened were found to have diabetes, and more worryingly, a third of these were unaware of their condition, showed the survey released on Monday.
Fijian [...]

Macao saw its resident deposits reached 206.2 billion patacas (26.1 billion U.S. dollars) in October, an increase of 1.3 percent over the previous month, according to the figures released on Monday by the Monetary Authority of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).
Of the resident deposits, pataca and Hong Kong dollar deposits grew at respective rate of [...]

More than 11 million urban residents are expected to become employed this year, almost the same level of last year, a government think tank forecast Monday.
The country’s massive economic stimulus package of 4 trillion yuan (585.6 billion U.S. dollars), and a series of proactive employment policies and measures including special training for the unemployed have [...]

China’s grain output is expected to top 500 million tonnes for the third consecutive year in 2009, said an official from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) Monday.
The country’s planting area was expected to increase 34 million mu (2.27 million hectares) this year, the biggest rise since 2006,which was a major contributor to this year’s grain [...]

China and France signed Monday two agreements on aviation cooperation during French Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s China visit.
According to the deals, the aerospace giant CFM International is to build an assembly line in China to supply engines to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China for the country’s home-grown jetliner C919.
The two countries altogether signed 12 [...]

South Korea is planning to bid to host a global climate summit in 2012, local media reported on Sunday (Dec 13).
The government delegation, which is attending an United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, told media that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will deliver a keynote speech on Thursday at the [...]

Chinese President Hu Jintao met in Ashgabat on Sunday (Dec 13) with Uzbek President Islam Karimov to exchange views on bilateral relations and other issues of common concern, and both leaders agreed to push forward bilateral ties.
Hu is in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan, for a working visit at the invitation of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.
As guests [...]

Conveniently located in the Initiation District of Guangzhou New Town, Guangzhou Asian Games Town goes beyond the concepts of any previous “Asian Games Village”. With the functions of competition, working and living, it will be a bright spot for the Guangzhou Asian Games.
On December 9, Governor Huang Huahua and other provincial officers examined the progress [...]

Some members of China’s 26th exploration team arrived at the country’s Zhongshan Station in eastern Antarctica Sunday.
They were flown there by helicopter from the icebreaker Xuelong (or the Snow Dragon), which was still breaking ice from nearby toward the station, one of three Chinese research stations in Antarctica.
The members arrived there to prepare for unloading [...]