Chinese leaders are planning a system of national residence permits that could replace the hukou system of household registration, a government source said, Reuters reported March 6.

Iran's currency jumped about 9 percent against the U.S. dollar after positive talks on Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and the P-5+1 group of world powers, Reuters reported March 4, citing currency websites and Iranian media.

Tens of thousands of people protested against poverty and corruption in cities across Bulgaria on March 3, Reuters reported.

The leader of Italy's Five Star Movement, Beppe Grillo, has said he supports the idea of an online vote on Italy's membership in the eurozone because such a decision should be up to the Italian people, Reuters reported, citing German magazine Bild am Sonntag's interview with Grillo.

An envoy for Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and a high official in Russia's Foreign Ministry will meet in Prague on March 1 to discuss restoring air transportation links between their countries, Vestnik Kavkaza reported Feb. 27, citing News Georgia.

A six-member group from Rospotrebnadzor, a Russian supervisory agency for consumer goods, will begin inspecting Georgian companies Feb. 26, Interpress News reported, citing the head of Georgia's national wine agency.

Ukraine has signed a memorandum of understanding with the European Union for a 610 million euro ($811 million) loan from Brussels to Kiev, RIA Novosti reported Feb. 25, citing Ukraine's UNIAN news agency.

Protesters blocked the main entrance to the Mugamma, Cairo's main administrative building, in a demonstration against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, AFP reported Feb. 24.

Thousands of brick workers protesting rising industrial oil prices blocked rail lines by removing tracks near Beni Suef, resulting in the cancellation of nearly 20 scheduled trains to Cairo, security officials said, AP reported Feb. 24.