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PYONGYANG puma rihanna creepers uk , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A senior diplomat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) left Monday for Moscow to hold talks with Russian officials on unspecified issues, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.


Choe Son Hui, director general of the North American Department of the DPRK Foreign Ministry and her delegation were invited by Oleg Burmistrov, roving ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said the report.


"Talks with the roving ambassador are due in Moscow," it said.


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Choe, who is known for her experience in dealing with the DRPK-U.S. relations, held an informal meeting with former U.S. officials and scholars in Norway in May.


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Workers set up large flower terrace on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing


Scenery of high-speed rail networks in south China's Guangxi


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Autumn scenery of paddy fields in SW China's Guizhou


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Scenery of high-speed rail networks in south China's Guangxi


Autumn scenery of Kanas scenic area in NW China's Xinjiang


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BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Putting children first in national poverty alleviation efforts is the most effective way of breaking the cycle of poverty, supporting children to reach their potential and driving national development and growth.


"The physical and mental health in childhood is of utmost importance in one's life," said Zuo Changsheng, director of the international poverty reduction center in China, at the child poverty session of the Global Poverty Reduction and Development Forum on Monday.


"If one lives in poverty in childhood puma staple pigeon uk , the experience will have a great influence on the future," he added.


Jillian Popkins, chief of social policy and reform for children at UNICEF China started working in China in the early 1990s when poverty was much more prevalent than it is now.


"At that time, parents had to pay school fees and they couldn't provide children with many opportunities," she said.


Since reform and opening up began, about 700 million people have left poverty behind puma suede classic black womens , a figure that represents more than 70 percent of global poverty reduction. At the end of last year, 43 million impoverished people remained in rural areas with the country committed to taking all rural people out of poverty by 2020.


Popkins told Xinhua of the importance of left-behind children. "The most important change I would look for in the next ten years is the numbers of children who are able to live with their parents and access services they need in the places where their parents can find jobs," she said.


She also talked about early child care. "There are still some areas where parents have to pay fees in the first 1,000 days," she said. As a result, some babies do not get the services they need.


Song Wenzhen puma suede classic uk , an official with the National Committee on Women and Children under the State Council, said that children in their first 1,000 days are a key group in a child nutrition project.


"Malnutrition in early stages of life leads to higher risks of child mortality and morbidity," she said, adding that 30 percent of child deaths are related to malnutrition, while deficiency of protein and energy knocks 10 to 15 points off IQ puma suede crafted gum black , while deficiency of iron and iodine causes a drop of five to eight points.


Each year the government provides 2.3 billion yuan (347 million U.S. dollars) as nutrition payments for 1.6 million children under five years who are impoverished. According to the National Plan for Action for Children (2011-2020), the under-five anaemia rate must be kept below 12 percent, the under-five stunting rate to below 7 percent and the low weight rate to below 5 percent.




DHAKA, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has predicted that Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to reach 6.2 percent in the 2014-15 fiscal year (July 2014-June 2015).


The World Bank in an updated report also said that total domestic employment increased from 51.9 million in 2009-10 fiscal year (July 2009-June 2010) to 56.5 million in the 2013-14 (July 2013-June 2014) fiscal year.


"The poverty incidence, based on national poverty line (1600 taka or about 21 U.S. dollars per person per month), projected to decline from 31.5 percent in 2010 to 24.47 by 2014 puma suede crafted pack uk ," it said.


"A resurgence of political unrest could depress private investment, push up inflation and put reserves under pressure," Zahid Hossain, lead economist of the World Bank's Dhaka office, told a press conference on Tuesday.


According to the report, Bangladesh Bank's inflation target puma rihanna bow sneaker uk , which is set at 6.5 percent for the current fiscal year, remained so far on track.


It said reserve accumulation jumped to 21.6 billion U.S. dollars at the end of June, sufficient to cover nearly 6 months of projected goods and services imports.


Domestic consumption growth boosted by remittance recovery and wage increases