China

Xi to attend Boao Forum

President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the 2013 meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia and deliver a keynote speech, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Monday. The meeting in Boao, a coastal resort in South China's Hainan province, will take place from April 6 to 8, Hong said.

Cyprus

Last-minute bailout received

Cyprus on Monday secured a 10-billion euro ($12.9 billion)bailout in return for a radical reform of its banking sector, in a last-minute deal with international creditors to save the island from bankruptcy and prevent further turmoil across the eurozone.

Indonesia

6 killed, 18 missing in slide

Six people were killed and 18 were missing on Monday after they were buried in a landslide caused by heavy rain on Indonesia's Java island, a disaster official said. "Heavy rains early this morning in West Bandung district triggered a landslide," national disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.

Australia

New Cabinet selections

Prime Minister Julia Gillard emphasized loyalty over experience in new Cabinet selections named on Monday. Five ministers resigned or were sacked from their executive jobs for promoting a challenge by Gillard's predecessor Kevin Rudd that failed when he decided against running on the ballot within the ruling Labor Party.

Somalia

Radio journalist shot dead

Somali gunmen killed a female radio journalist in Mogadishu, the latest in a string of reporters murdered in the war-ravaged capital, colleagues and witnesses said on Monday. Two men shot dead Rahmo Abdukadir, who worked for the private Radio Abduwaq station, late on Sunday.

China Daily-AFP-AP

(China Daily 03/26/2013 page12)