Hello, and welcome to  Reports from Developing Countries on China Radio International. I'm Qi Zhi in Beijing.

In this edition:

Rwanda uses information and communication technology to improve lives.

The 2008 Kathmandu International Theater Festival kicked off in the Nepali capital.

Indonesia launched a sophisticated tsunami early warning system nationwide.

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Rwanda is to adopt information and communication technology to improve people's lives in areas including health, education and wealth creation. Meanwhile, the country's president also called for an online health environment for children. UN Radio reporter Gerry Adams has more:

(UN Report)

Back anchor: That was Gerry Adams from United Nations Radio.

Now, let's hear some other news from the developing world.

The 2008 Kathmandu International Theater Festival has kicked off in the Nepali capital.

The festival started with the Nepali play "Dreams of Peach Blossoms," a poetic play written by one of the country's well-known poets, Abhi Subedi.

Theater groups from countries including Great Britain, the United States, Thailand and India will perform plays from their respective countries for Nepali audiences.

The festival will last through Nov. 27.

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Indonesia has launched a sophisticated tsunami early warning system nationwide, which can downgrade the threat of a possible tsunami in just five minutes.

Indonesia is vulnerable to tsunamis since it sits on fault line known as the Pacific Ring of Fire.

The absence of a tsunami early warning system has been blamed for previous high death tolls in Indonesia.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno said the government would keep improving the system, including an acceleration of data collection and accuracy.

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The United Nations Human Settlements Programme recently released a report saying that the urban population in Africa will more than double by 2030.

The report predicts that the number of urban residents in Africa will rise to about 759 million by 2030.

It indicates that the greatest growth would occur not in Africa's largest urban agglomerations, but in the so-called "intermediate cities," which currently have fewer than 500,000 inhabitants each.

The UN organization urges African policymakers to be aware of the implications of this swift urban growth and take measures to control population growth.

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A total of 105 countries have participated in the Iraq International Fair for Construction and Investment.

Iraqi Trade Minister Falah al-Sudani said Iraq is looking forward to establishing regional and international relations in a way that suits the goals of the new democratic Iraq.

The minister said 2008 has been a year of rebuilding in Iraq, and he expressed the hope that the fair will become an international commercial center during the next few years.

And that concludes this edition of Reports from Developing Countries on CRI. For more, please visit us online at crienglish.com. I'm Qizhi in Beijing. Thanks for listening. 

And that concludes this edition of  Reports from Developing Countries on CRI. For more, please visit us online at crienglish.com. I'm Qi Zhi in Beijing. Thanks for listening.