TORONTO Lawrence Taylor Giants Jersey , Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Canada's main stock index closed at the highest Friday in more than two years, taking its cue from fresh all-time highs hit on Wall Street and positive development in Japan.


After being closed for Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&PTSX composite index rose 69.96 points, or 0.52 percent, to 13,587.98 at the close Darian Thompson Giants Jersey , logging a two-week winning streak since Dec. 13. And it recorded the highest closing since June 1, 2011, when the index closed at 13527.88 points.


The record run in the past 10 days in New York and the positive developments in Japanese stocks indicated that investors were confident in the world economy recovery.


U.S. stock indexes closed slightly lower on Friday, but recorded solid weekly gains. The Dow closed higher for a sixth consecutive session on Thursday, and is on track for its best yearly gain since 1996. And the S&P 500 also hit a record high on Thursday and the Nasdaq Composite ended at its highest level since September 2000.


Besides, the Nikkei 225 average rewrote its highest closing level in six years Friday. The key market gauge inched 4.50 points up to 16 Wayne Gallman Giants Jersey ,178.94, its best finish since Nov. 6, 2007. On Thursday, the Nikkei gained 164.45 points.


Base metals led the gains on the TSX. Shares in HudBay Minerals Inc., a Toronto-based producer of copper concentrate and zinc metal, climbed 1.64 percent Kyle Lauletta Giants Jersey , to 8.67 Canadian dollars, while copper and zinc giant, Teck Resources Ltd., gained 2.35 percent to 27.44 Canadian dollars.


Energy shares were up 0.64 percent. Imperial Oil added 0.86 percent to 47.11 Canadian dollars, while Suncor rose to 37.24 Canadian dollars. The financials and the telecom shares rose 0.41 percent and 0.85 percent respectively.


BlackBerry shares dipped 5.1 percent to 7.83 Canadian dollars, which pulled down the info tech sector by 1.21 percent. It was reported that co-founder Mike Lazaridis of the struggling Canadian smartphone maker had cashed in 26 million Canadian dollars' worth of shares. The transaction would bring Lazaridis' stake in the tech maker to 5 percent.


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TEHRAN, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) struck bases of the Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria with drones, Iranian state television reported on Monday.


It said vehicles, military equipment and ammunition were destroyed in the attack near the Syrian-Iraqi border.


Iranian forces fired missiles into eastern Syria, targeting bases of IS, which had claimed responsibility for attacks in Tehran that killed 18 people.


The IRGC are fighting in Syria against militant groups which oppose Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.


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


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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) --Cao Wenxuan, one of China's most popular authors of children's fictions, received the Hans Christian Andersen Award here on Saturday, becoming the first Chinese writer for the most distinguished international honor for children's literature.


Cao shared the prize Ereck Flowers Giants Jersey , handed out every other year, with German illustrator Rotraut Susanne Berner who was absent from the grand prize-giving ceremony was attended by some 300 readers, publishers and members of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).


""Cao Wenxuan's books don't lie about the human condition,"" Patricia Aldana, president of the Hans Christian Andersen Award jury told the audience, ""They acknowledge that life can often be tragic and that children can suffer.""


Except for Cao Sterling Shepard Giants Jersey , other shortlisted competing writers are from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. He has won all the hearts of 10 jurors and was voted unanimously the winner of this year's prize.


""Cao writes beautifully about the complex life of children facing challenges. He's a deeply committed writer whose own child life has been deeply influential on his writing,"" she said.


The host of the event, New Zealand TV presenter Miriama Kamo pointed out a coincidence that Margaret Mahy, a New Zealander writer received here Anderson Award a decade ago in China while a Chinese writer receives one for the first time in New Zealand.


Chinese writers have been involved with Anderson Award decades ago when another writer Jin Bo was nominated for the prize in 1992. A few others have been nominated afterwards Eli Apple Giants Jersey , but none has won the prize.


Zhang Xiaonan, chief editor of China's leading publication group of children's literature recalled that insufficient application materials were to blame at the time.


IBBY president Wally De Doncker lauded efforts by Zhang and her China Children's Press and Publication Group, which launched special program to promote better translation and overseas publishing of Chinese authors' works.


Cao, one of the best of his peers in China, sailed with wind and anchored his merit in history with a strong belief that the best authors and their works in China can speak for the best literature in today's world.


""As a matter of fact, we have been there for some 15 years Dalvin Tomlinson Giants Jersey ,"" he told the press after receiving the award. ""The world had just not realized it then.""

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