02/09/2012INDIA India accelerating arms build-up against China New Delhi is spending tens of billions of dollars to lease a nuclear sub from Russia, buy 126 fighter planes from France and build its first aircraft carrier. As the world’s top arms importer, India wants to contain China along their shared border and in the Indian Ocean. However, Indian External Affairs minister expresses full support to China over Tibet. New Delhi (AsiaNews/Agencies) – With 126 fighter jets from France, a nuclear-powered submarine from Russia and its first aircraft carrier, India is spending tens of billions of dollars to strengthen its position in the...
02/09/2012CHINA Pushed by food prices, China’s inflation accelerates Consumer prices increased 4.5 in January. Chinese New Year celebrations push prices up by 10.5. The trend is a serious and constant threat to the Communist regime.
02/09/2012EGYPT Alexandria: forced eviction of 62 Coptic families by the Salafis Muslims in the area of el-Amerya, with the complicity of police and state authorities, set fire to Christian homes and shops, and forced several families to leave the country, under the threat of further violence.
02/09/2012CHINA-TIBET Monk sets himself on fire against Chinese occupation of Tibet. 21st case since March 2009 The incident happened in Ngaba, Sichuan Province, theater in the past weeks of protests and violent clashes, which have killed at least six people and left 60 others injured, some of them seriously. Identity of man, immediately taken away by soldiers and officers, unknown.
02/08/2012INDIA India’s growth rate slows, courtesy of the Reserve Bank India’s GDP growth drops to 6.9 from 8.4 per cent over last fiscal year. The Reserve Bank of India says it will lower interest rates unless the government reduces the deficit and begins economic reforms.
02/08/2012PALESTINE-ISRAEL Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem in favour of Fatah-Hamas agreement Reconciliation responds "to the Palestinian aspirations for unity and we must be happy." Amazement at the criticism voiced by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. In any case, Msgr. Twal remains committed to a "peace for all, a good understanding with Israel and unity between the Palestinian brothers. "
02/08/2012SYRIA Battle in Homs. A more "Islamic" revolution; growing violence against Christians The Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Serghey: Assad's fate "must be decided by the Syrians." Local sources inform AsiaNews of the growing violence, on the part of the regime's opponents, towards the Alawis, Christians and those alleged to be on the government's side.
02/08/2012CHINA Chemicals in the Yangtze River, a “drinkable water” alert in Shanghai Experts claim there is no "immediate threat". The Department for the environment is preparing action plans in case of "abnormal" levels. But panic has already spread throughout the population, which races to buy bottled water. In the China of economic progress, pollution and food contamination continue to strike.
02/08/2012CHINA – SUDAN Sudanese rebels free 29 Chinese workers The militias have handed over the hostages to the International Red Cross, after days of mediation with officials of the governments of Beijing and Khartoum. Workers are now in Nairobi and will be repatriated in the coming days. They were kidnapped last January 28 along with 18 others, who managed to escape. One of them has been found dead by the Sudanese army.
02/08/2012PHILIPPINES Death toll from Negros and Cebu earthquake rises to 48 dead and 92 missing In the island’s east coast city hundreds of people digging with their bare hands in search of hundreds still buried under rubble. Caritas Philippines warns that food supplies are running low. Landslides and mudslides block roads and make it impossible for the arrival of humanitarian aid. The local Catholic Church opens churches, chapels and schools to provide shelter to hundreds of displaced families.
02/07/2012CHINA - GERMANY Guangzhou: Merkel's visit to Msgr. Gan, a way to support the "living Churches " by Paul Hong Although a Protestant, the German Chancellor has for the second time chosen a Catholic bishop to speak of Christianity in China. A very important visit, local sources confide to AsiaNews that "demonstrate the affection and attention of Berlin for our Church."
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Matteo Ricci e Giulio Aleni, due vite incrociate di Giulio Aleni / (a cura di) Gianni Criveller
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Missione Bengala 155 anni del Pime in India e Bangladesh EMI
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La Cina di Mao processa la Chiesa di Angelo S.Lazzarotto pp. 528
Il rovescio delle medaglie di Bernardo Cervellera pp. 240
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