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COLOMBO， June 2 (Xinhua) -- China's Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts has opened its first hotel in Sri Lanka in the southern town of Hambantota.
Sri Lankas President Maithripala Sirisena and several ministers in the government attended the opening ceremony Wednesday together with high-profile local and foreign guests.
Tourism Minister John Amaratunga， speaking at the opening ceremony， said that the hotel will help boost tourism in Hambantota and in Sri Lanka.
This is a milestone for Sri Lankan tourism， the minister said， adding that he expects the hotel to have 100 percent occupancy every year.
Chief Operating Officer of the hotel Greg Dogan said he hopes the hotel will contribute to Sri Lanka tourism and he awaits the opening of the second Shangri-La hotel in Colombo next year.
The 145-acre Shangri-La Hambantota Resort and Spa beachfront location provides front-row seats to views of the sparkling Indian Ocean.
As the first upscale resort on the south west coast of the island， Shangri-Las Hambantota Resort and Spa is set in naturally lush surroundings. Its dynamic range of offerings including golf， water sports， spa and kids club will leave guests relaxed， re-energised and inspired.
The hotel project was launched by the former Sri Lankan government led by then President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The Chinese tourist market is the biggest in Sri Lanka with direct flights operating between major Chinese cities and Colombo.
LONDON, July 27 (Xinhua) -- A new drug developed at the University of Sheffield could become available to patients diagnosed with a wide range of cancers, the university said on Thursday.
Lynparza Air Jordan For Sale Womens , the world's first and leading PARP inhibitor, is currently available for the treatment of some women with advanced BRCA2-related ovarian cancer.
In 2005, Professor Thomas Helleday and his team of researchers at the University of Sheffield demonstrated how PARP inhibitors could be used as a tailored treatment for patients with BRCA2 mutations, which are seen in both hereditary ovarian and breast cancer. PARP inhibitors work by blocking the cancer cell's ability to repair damage.
The discovery was patent protected and licensed to pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Jordan Retro For Sale Womens , which continued the development process and undertook successful clinical trials. Now AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc., have announced a global strategic oncology collaboration to co-develop and co-commercialize Lynparza for multiple cancer types.
"We welcome the announcement that AstraZeneca and Merck are working together to make this groundbreaking treatment available to more patients," said Professor Dave Petley Jordan Shoes For Sale Womens , Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield.
The drug will be developed as monotherapy and in combination with other potential medicines, further increasing the number of treatment options available for patients.
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CAIRO, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The recent increase of Egypt's foreign direct investments (FDI) amid the country's ongoing war against terrorism is a positive indicator that the Egyptian economic reform program is on the right track, said Egyptian economic experts.
The Egyptian ministry of investment said on Friday that FDI in Egypt rose by 26 percent to reach 8.7 billion U.S. dollars in the 20162017 fiscal year that ended in late June, compared to 6.9 billion dollars in the preceding fiscal year.
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