RIGA Stivali Ugg Classic Bassi 5825 Chestnut , May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Latvian anti-corruption bureau has started a criminal probe against several employees at one of Latvia's leading hospitals who are suspected of soliciting and accepting bribes, the local media reported on Tuesday.


The graft suspects work at the Oncology Centre of Latvia and the Centre of Diagnostic Radiology of Riga East Clinical University Hospital (RAKUS), said Laura Dusa, a representative of the Latvian Corruption Prevention Bureau.


In her words, the anti-corruption bureau has obtained sufficient evidence to believe that the hospital's employees have been accepting bribes from patients who wanted to jump the queue and receive diagnostic services faster.


RAKUS representative Inguna Potetinova said the hospital's administration was informed of the criminal probe and was cooperating with the Corruption Prevention Bureau to provide investigators with all the necessary information.

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BEIJING, May 31 -- Small and medium-sized cities will play a major role in driving China's consumption growth in the coming decade Stivali Ugg Classic Bassi 5825 Grigi , according to a Morgan Stanley economist.


Robin Xing, the investment bank's chief China economist, predicted on Wednesday that national annual consumption will rise to 9.7 trillion U.S. dollars in 2030 from last year's 4.4 trillion dollars on the sidelines of the Morgan Stanley China Summit in Beijing.


""Third- and fourth-tier cities will contribute nearly two thirds of the increase,"" Xing said.


The proportion outshines the 9 percent from megacities such as Beijing and Shanghai, and the 21 percent for second-tier cities. Consumption in rural areas is expected to reach 400 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 7 percent of the total.


Personal consumption in such cities will grow the fastest at 8.7 percent year on year from now to 2030 Stivali Ugg Classic Bassi 5825 Neri , according to Xing.


The economist, who has headed Morgan Stanley's research team in China for a year, said the promising prospects are based on the rapid population growth in smaller cities and a closing income gap with large cities.


""In contrast with dawdling first-tier cities, the number of permanent residents in smaller cities will see robust growth thanks to higher birth rates, relaxed household registration control and cheaper living expenses,"" Xing said.


The combined registered population in smaller cities is predicted to rise 2.5 percent each year throughout the 2017-2030 period Stivali Ugg Classic Alti 5815 Marroni , faster than 2 percent and 0.6 percent in second- and first-tier cities, respectively.


Xing also expects people living in smaller cities will have deeper pockets as the rapid urban development will boost incomes. Moreover, tame home prices and an improved environment will allow diminished precautionary savings and more money to be used for consumption, he added.


The rise of small and medium-sized cities is likely to push China's ongoing economic shift from industry to services and from investment to consumption. In the first quarter, consumption contributed 77.2 percent of the GDP increase.


Xing remained bullish on the outlook for the world's second-largest economy, predicting continued growth momentum and ruling out the possibility of a hard landing or a cash crunch in the money market.


He cited more flexible regulation on the yuan's exchange rate Stivali Ugg Classic Alti 5815 Neri , well-managed financial tightening, robust exports, recovering private investment, and a more stable property sector.


However, he believes the GDP growth has peaked after a strong start in 2017, and the slowdown will likely resume in the next quarters.

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CARACAS Stivali Ugg Classic Alti 5815 Sabbia , July 19 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's Defense Minister, Vladimir Padrino Lopez, reiterated Wednesday the support of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), the full name of Venezuelan army, for the government of President Nicolas Maduro, after the U.S. published a statement on Tuesday Stivali Ugg Classic Alti 5815 Grigi , threatening economic sanctions against the country.


At a press conference, Padrino Lopez read a statement from the army, vowing that "the FANB categorically rejects interfering acts...and repudiates the damaging declaration of U.S. President Donald Trump who...has dared to cruelly threaten the Venezuelan people."


The U.S. statement was a repudiation of Maduro's planned National Constituent Assembly (ANC), which would rewrite the Constitution. Venezuela's opposition has called this a power grab by the Maduro regime and the U.S. seemed to agree.


Trump's statement on Tuesday said that "if the Maduro regime imposes its Constituent Assembly on July 30, the United States will take strong and swift economic actions."


In response, Padrino Lopez called this "a vile and cowardly statement...customary of North American imperialism."


On July 30 Stivali Ugg Bailey Button Bassi 5803 Grigi , Venezuela will hold elections for the ANC. However, last Sunday, the opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable held an unofficial referendum, in which it said over 7 million Venezuelans participated and largely rejected the idea of the ANC.


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LOS ANGELES Stivali Ugg Bailey Button Bassi 5803 Marina , Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The girlfriend of Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas shooter who killed at least 59 people and injured more than 500 others in the deadliest shooting in U.S. history, said here Wednesday she was not aware that Paddock was planning violence against anyone.


"It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.