Posts Tagged ‘former’

Former Chinese foreign minister criticizes auctioned by Christie’s Chinese relics looted

March 12th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Former Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Li Zhaoxing on Wednesday criticized the auction by Christie’s Two Chinese bronze coins looted, indicating that the auction “will bring no glory to the country house auction .
“Whatever...

Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian appeared in court for corruption

January 5th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian appeared in court before a court in Taipei on Tuesday morning in a corruption case.
Mr. Chen and his wife are accused of misuse of public funds of 104 million new Taiwan dollars (3 million U.S. dollars) and fo...

Former Albanian Minister of Defense charged with the explosion of a military depot

December 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Former Albanian Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu, was indicted Wednesday for abuse of power after the fatal explosion of a military depot outside Tirana in March.
The Albanian prosecutors have brought similar charges against the former Chief of ...

Mini-government reshuffle in France

November 25th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The French presidency announced Thursday a mini cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Labor Minister Xavier Bertrand by former Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux.
Mr. Bertrand was appointed Acting General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Moveme...

Meeting between Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Beijing

November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday met a delegation led by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the occasion of celebrations of the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
“The establishment of ...

Chinese President meets Jimmy Carter

November 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Chinese President Hu Jintao met here Monday with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
“As old friends of Chinese people, you have played ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at a photo exhibition on China-US relations in Beijing

November 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has relived a moment in history when he reviewed a video of thirty years ago Monday in Beijing.
The film showed him shaking hands with Deng Xiaoping on the lawn of the White House during the first official visi...

Former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian again detained for corruption

October 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
The district court in Taipei has issued its verdict on Tuesday morning to surrender custody of the former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian after noon hearing that began Monday afternoon.
Chen was released from custody at 03:50 am Tuesday but the cou...