GENEVA Air Max Womens Online , Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Delegations from the DPRK and South Korea will march together under the name "Korea" and the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony of the upcoming PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Saturday.
The announcement came from IOC President Thomas Bach after a four-party meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday that was attended by delegations from the National Olympic Committees (NOC) of the DPRK and South Korea, the organization committee of the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, and members of the IOC.
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The IOC will grant accreditations to 22 athletes from the DPRK who will compete in three sports and five disciplines, including figure skating, short track speed skating, cross country skiing, Alpine skiing, and in a united women's hockey team. Accreditations will also be given to 24 officials and 21 media representatives from the DPRK.
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In addition, for the first time in the Olympic history of the two countries, a unified women's ice hockey team will be created by adding 12 players and one official from the DPRK to the existing South Korean Olympic squad of 23 players, but it's up to the head coach from South Korea to select the players for each match.
The unified women's ice hockey team will be represented by the Korean Unification Flag and compete as Korea, with the anthem being the song "Arirang". In all other sports, the athletes will compete for their respective NOC in their respective uniforms.
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The PyeongChang Games have "opened the door for peaceful dialogue on the Korean peninsula," and shown that "Olympic sport always builds bridges" and "never erects walls," Bach said.
PARIS, March 18 (Xinhua) -- In a regular assessment of global economy, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday saw improved growth prospects in major advanced economies thanks to low inflation and easy monetary policy.
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In the world's leading power, strong domestic demand combined with dollar appreciation, helped to bolster the American economic activities, the Paris-based think tank confirming its previous estimate of 3.1 percent this year and 3.0 percent in 2016.
Hailing "courageous decisions" of the European Central Bank to tackle deflation risks, the OECD raised its growth forecast in the eurozone by 0.3 percentage points for each year to stand at 1.4 percent in 2015 and 2 percent a year after.
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According to the OECD's latest Interim Economic Assessment, Japan's growth is expected to increase by 1.0 percent this year and 1.4 percent next year, up 0.2 points and 0.4 percent respectively as "monetary and fiscal stimulus provide the impetus for faster near-term growth, but longer-term challenges remain."
As to China, it lowered its forecast by 0.1 percentage point to 7.0 percent this year.
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ISLAMABAD Nike Air Max Womens Shoes , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The latest U.S. unilateral drone attack in Pakistan would possibly enlarge the gaps between the two countries in their common course of anti-terrorism war, experts and analysts here said , expressing their concerns as the strikes are usually condemned by Pakistan as a violation of its sovereignty.
The latest U.S. strike took place on Friday, killing at least three people who were reportedly the members of Afghan Taliban in Pakistan' northwestern tribal region of Kurram Agency that bordering Afghanistan.
The unilateral U.S. military move came after Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's call for joint efforts against militants in both Pakistan and Afghanistan earlier this week. Abbasi said that any one-sided move will be counter-p.