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Top Economic Conference Concludes
最高经济会议结束
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The three-day central economic work conference has come to a close. The biggest annual meeting on China's economic calendar has set the goal of making progress while maintaining stability in economic and social development next year.
Su Yi has more.
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At the conference, China pledged to maintain its prudent monetary policy and proactive fiscal policy in 2012 in order to seek stable and relatively fast economic growth.
Analysts say under the target of achieving stable growth next year, monetary polices are expected to gradually and marginally relax. A further cut of the RRR will be necessary to increase banks' credit lending capacities.
A government think tank has predicted China's economy to grow 9.2 percent this year before gliding to 8.9 percent in 2012.
For CRI, I'm Su Yi.
South Korean stabbing "isolated incident": China's foreign ministry
韩国称孤立事件不应上升到国家高度
Chinasays the death of a South Korean coast guard is an "isolated incident".
Earlier, South Korea said one of their coastguards was stabbed to death by a Chinese fisherman. Another coastguard was injured in the conflict.
China's foreign ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin.
"China has already expressed regret regarding this incident. We believe this is an isolated incident."
A South Korean news agency reports that, some 440 Chinese fishing boats were caught illegally fishing in South Korean waters during the first 11 months of this year.
China Eyes More Guarantee Measures for Blood Safety
我国提高血液检测水平
China's Health Ministry says the country will take more advanced measures to improve blood test quality and ensure blood safety.
Health Minister Chen Zhu notes that it is unnecessary to worry about the safety of blood donation.
"This won't cause any damage to our health. Some people would worry about infection. It's totally unnecessary, because the safety in blood collection and supply is absolutely guaranteed."
The assurances come, as recent lab tests confirmed that 86 people have been infected with hepatitis C in central China.
Police in Belgium still in the dark on why gunman opened fire
比利时警方仍然在调查枪手开火原因
Police in Belgium are trying to determine what motivated a local man to open fire on a busy Christmas market in Liege.
33-year-old Nordine Amrani fired bullets and hurled grenades before killing himself, and in the process, he killed two teenage boys and a toddler of just 18 months. More than 120 others were injured.
Michel Born, a psychology professor at Liege University, says Amrani's behavior reflects his view of life.
"He probably developed some kind of paranoid way of looking at life, and to have a collection of something like weapons is certainly a way for him to compensate for something, so that makes him a very singular person."
Officials have ruled out organized political terrorism or a known mental illness as Amrani's motives.
Egypt: Islamist parties to do well in the second round of elections
埃及：伊斯兰政党在第二轮选举中势头强劲
The second round of voting for Egypt's parliamentary elections is now underway.
Voters from nine provinces are going to the polls, which is the country's first since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in February.
"We need a balanced parliament coalition government of a balanced parliament were almost all people should be represented. I think that even minority and very small groups should have some sort of representation in the parliament."
This round of voting is expected to end later today. It will decide 40 percent of the seats in the lower house of parliament.
The third and final round is scheduled for early January.
OPEC keeps oil production at current level
欧佩克石油生产保持当前水平
Members of the OPEC oil cartel say, they will stick to the current level of output, despite an increasing production from Libya.
OPEC members have agreed to keep crude oil output at 30 million barrels per day after their talks in Vienna.
Angela Agoa-wike, OPEC Public Relations and Information Department head, says the figure has included Libyan oil production.
"In light of the foregoing and given the demand uncertainties, the conference decided to maintain current production level of 30 million barrels per day, including production from Libya now and in the future."
OPEC officials say the agreed output limit for the first half of next year is in line with the world oil demand they estimated.
Obama marks the end of Iraq war
奥巴马称伊拉克战争结束
US President Barack Obama says the 9-year conflict in Iraq is now drawing to a close.
In a speech given in North Carolina, Obama pays tribute to the soldiers who served and died in the war.
"We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making."
The last US soldiers are expected to withdraw from Iraq within days.
奥巴马称伊拉克战争结束
美国总统巴拉克·巴马称伊拉克9年的冲突现在即将接近尾声。
在北卡罗莱那州的一次演讲中,奥巴马向在战争中曾经服役和牺牲的将士们致敬。
“我们留下一个主权、稳定、自力更生的代表性的伊拉克，其政府由它的人民选举而成。这是一个非凡的业绩，将近九年的努力。”
最后的美国士兵预计几天内从伊拉克撤军。
词语解释：
- conflict n. 冲突
- tribute n. 贡品
