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BUDAPEST Jessie Bates Bengals Jersey , Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Hungarian Parliament Speaker Laszlo Kover agreed here Tuesday that China and Hungary will further expand people-to-people exchanges.


China is willing to work with Hungary to consolidate the two countries' traditional friendship and expand cooperation in various fields so as to let China-Hungary ties bear more fruits that will benefit the two peoples, Li said during his meeting with Kover.


For years, legislatures of China and Hungary have kept good exchanges and cooperation, playing an important role in promoting bilateral relations, said Li.


The Chinese premier said he hopes that the two countries will continue to strengthen exchanges at more levels and expand people-to-people exchanges in Chinese language education and tourism, so as to inject intellectual impetus in boosting bilateral relations and cooperation in the future.


Kover congratulated Li on his successful visit to Hungary and attendance at the annual meeting of heads of government of China and 16 Central and Eastern European countries.


Noting that it is the consensus widely held by political parties of the Hungarian Parliament to develop Hungary-China ties, Kover said Hungary admires China's development achievements and long-standing and brilliant culture.


The popularity of Chinese language among Hungarian youth demonstrates that more and more Hungarian people, the youth in particular, have recognized the importance of Hungary-China relations, Kover said, adding that it is these young people who bear the future of Hungary-China friendly cooperation.


Kover said he hopes that the two sides will further expand people-to-people exchanges in the fields of culture, education, tourism, and youth, and boost inter-party and subnational interactions so as to bring Hungary-China ties to a higher level.


BAGHDAD, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Thursday launched a new offensive against the Islamic State (IS) militants and recaptured a total of 19 villages as they are advancing to free the city of Hawijah in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said.


The army's 9th Armored Division and two paramilitary Hashd Shaabi brigades freed 11 villages as they advanced in the rural area in north of the city of Hawijah, some 230 km north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah, from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC), said in a brief statement.


Meanwhile, a security source told Xinhua that the Iraqi troops freed eight more villages near the eastern bank of the city of Shirqat, some 280 km north of Baghdad, among which were the IS redoubts in the villages of Gan'ous and Imam Sharqi.


At least seven IS militants were killed during the advance in the eight villages near Shirqat, while the troops will continue push to approach the nearby major IS stronghold in Hawijah, the source said.


Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Hashd Shaabi brigades, said Thursday that the offensive will be conducted in two phases: the first is to retake control of areas in east of Shirqat and approach to Hawijah; the second is to dislodge IS militants from their stronghold in Hawijah.


Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the launch of a new offensive to drive out IS militants from Hawijah in the western part of Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk province.


"With a new Iraqi dawn, we announce the launch of the first stage of an operation to liberate Hawijah," Abadi said in the morning in a brief statement.


Also in the morning, Yarallah said in a separate statement that the army forces, federal police, the interior ministry's elite forces of Rapid Response and the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi brigades began an operation to liberate the areas in east of the city of Shirqat and Hawijah.


The eastern part of Shirqat and the surrounding villages and rural areas, which stretch to the city of Hawijah, have been under IS rule since June 2014.


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CANBERRA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory (NT) have called for a ban on commercial fishing in their waterways.


Traditional owners of Arnhem Land, the region in the far northeastern corner of the NT, claim that commercial fishing has restricted their ability to feed their families.


"We're just upset, they've been doing this for too long, and our catch rate is going right down especially for barramundi," Julius Kernan, a member of Maningrida community, told Australian media on Thursday.


"I've got three sons who hunt every day, they're having problems (catching fish) and it's happening right in front of us.


Arnhem Land is 500 kilometers east of Darwin, the NT's capital, and is home to the iconic Kakadu National Park.


The Australian High Court in 2008 granted exclusive coastal water rights to native land owners but the decision has not yet been implemented with the Northern Land Council in May extending free access to the waterways.


"We've always heard what's coming out of Maningrida: that Aboriginal people want to be involved in the management of fish stocks, they want to be comforted by the fact that any marine mammal impacts are taken care of, and that sacred sites are looked after," Joe Morrison, leader of the Northern Land Council, said.


Australia's Seafood Council.