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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page China National News.com http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:29 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:06:29 -0400 30 Guiyang (China), May 15 (Xinhua) At least 29 people were killed and 14 others injured when a farm truck plunged into a river in the south-western province of Guizhou Thursday, the police said. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359833/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:08 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359833/cs/1/ A south-western Chinese town near the epicentre of Monday's devastating earthquake faced a growing risk of flood Thursday, prompting troops to evacuate as many people as possible while they dug through rubble in the hope of rescuing some of the thousands of people still missing in the town. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359794/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:19 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359794/cs/1/ Like President George Bush, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate John McCain too has said a new global pact on climate change must include India and China, the 'greatest contributors' to global warming. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359793/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:17 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359793/cs/1/ Chengdu (China), May 15 (Xinhua) China Thursday said more than 50,000 people were feared dead in the devastating earthquake that struck south-west Sichuan province Monday, as the hope for rescuing more survivors from the rubble was becoming bleak. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359792/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:15 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359792/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China has punished 17 rumour mongers in the wake of the disastrous earthquake, the ministry of public security said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359775/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:42 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359775/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China Thursday promised it would provide free medical treatment to those injured in Monday's devastating quake that claimed over 15,000 lives and rendered tens and thousands homeless. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359769/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:37 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359769/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) More than 5,500 people have been rescued from the debris of collapsed buildings since Monday in the wake of a massive earthquake in China's south-western province of Sichuan, the police said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359713/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:01:02 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359713/cs/1/ South Korea said Thursday that it was ready to hold talks with North Korea on sending food aid to its impoverished neighbour as the United Nations and aid agency warned it was facing famine. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359703/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:29 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359703/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) Several European countries have offered financial and technical aid to China after the devastating earthquake Monday that killed at least 15,000 people. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359660/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:47 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359660/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) Heads of states and international aid organisations Thursday offered condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit China's southwestern province of Sichuan Monday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359650/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:22 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359650/cs/1/ Australian iron ore mogul Andrew Forrest Thursday donated part of the proceeds of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd's first shipment to China to quake victims there. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359612/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:12 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359612/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China Life Insurance (Group) Co., the nation's largest life insurer, has received 150 policy claims from the quake-hit areas in southwestern China, officials said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359608/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 06:00:02 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359608/cs/1/ China has agreed to Japan sending an emergency rescue team to help with efforts to save tens of thousands of people buried under rubble after a devastating earthquake, the foreign ministry said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359480/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 02:00:15 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359480/cs/1/ New Delhi, May 15 : India today offered to send five million dollars in emergency supplies to China, where the official death toll from this week's devastating earthquake has roughly touched 20,000. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359741/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:31 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/359741/cs/1/ HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Shares of BHP Billiton set a record high in Sydney on Friday, after a local newspaper reported that China has approached an Australian superannuation and investment fund to ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859989/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:22 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859989/ The soldiers who arrived Wednesday afternoon at this mining village near the town of Hanwang faced the same cold calculus. Local rescuers had already been trying extract Liu, the foreman, but without ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860179/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:40 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860179/ China's main centers for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, leading Western experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860016/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:38 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860016/ By Reuters China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. From t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860000/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:20:29 -0400 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860000/ Sydney - China has approached Australian companies to team up for a billion-dollar share raid on giant miner BHP Billiton, news reports said Friday. A tilt at the world's biggest miner and Australia's... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859993/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:03:04 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859993/ to help locate victims and identify seriously-damaged roads and infrastructure, according to officials from both sides. State-run television reported that the authorities had found "dangerous situatio... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859996/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:33 -0400 Al Jazeera http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859996/ China's Wei Yili (right) smashes against South Korea's Kim Min Jung and Ha Jung Eun as her teammate Zhang Yawen prepares for a return in their Uber Cup semi-final at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta yest... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859988/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:13:10 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859988/ Later that day, officials announced the arrest of four people for spreading quake-related rumors on the Web and said they would be punished, although they did not describe the punishment or nature of ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860180/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:39 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860180/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan : Pakistani officials are making it increasingly clear that they have no interest in stopping cross-border attacks by militants into Afghanistan, prompting a new level of frustratio... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860401/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:37 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860401/ The US military began a court martial today against a marine accused of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl, a case that triggered mass protests on this southern island. Staff Sergeant Tyrone Hadnott,... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860015/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:06:11 -0400 West Australian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860015/ GUWAHATI, India: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today cancelled his week-long visit to China because of the prevailing situation in that country resulting out of the devastating earthquake. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859987/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:20:32 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859987/ China has launched a probe into why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, warning that anyone found to have been responsible for shoddy construction would be punished. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859992/ Fri, 16 May 2008 00:46:25 -0400 Sky News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859992/ Chinese women's basketball team outplayed visiting Poland 91-72 in Wuxi, Southeast China, on Thursday, winning seven of the eight games played since their gathering for the Olympics earlier in March. ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859990/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:41:21 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859990/ The Japanese economy grew at a stronger-than-expected 3.3 percent annual pace in the first quarter, racking up its third consecutive quarter of growth. Japan's gross domestic product, or the val... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860005/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:37 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860005/ Huang Yubin, the head coach of the Chinese gymnastics national team, expressed his satisfaction over the draw for the men's gymnastics team competitions in the Beijing Olympic Games here on Thursday. ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859994/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:41:26 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859994/ WASHINGTON — Launching a congressional critique of China, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday that persistent, peaceful dialogue is paying off in aligning Beijing with the Un... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859986/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:58:34 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14859986/ DEYANG, China — After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son, whose arms wer... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860010/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:57:54 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860010/ WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States. The finding announced Thursday came desp... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860014/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:57:48 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860014/ An FBI presentation states that China has counterfeited Cisco Systems network routers and may be using the equipment to penetrate U.S. government and private sector computer networks. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856519/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:04:05 -0400 World Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856519/ A huge mining deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and China is getting extra scrutiny as critics say it does not provide enough benefits for ordinary Congolese. But the government says it is... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856457/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:35:44 -0400 VOA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856457/ YANGON, Myanmar - From shopkeepers handing out free rice porridge to medical students caring for the sick, ordinary people in Myanmar are stepping in to help cyclone victims as the military regime sev... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14858323/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:39:16 -0400 MSNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14858323/ News ) - The El Nino phenomenon that has puzzled climate scientists in recent decades may have assisted the first trip around the world nearly 500 years ago.Explorer http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856516/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:46:57 -0400 Examiner http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856516/ After landfall in the rice rich Irrawaddy River delta, the storm surged inland to the Rangoon, the former capital city. The results were catastrophic. Cyclone Nargis killed a minimum of 30, 000 people... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856532/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:04:01 -0400 World Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856532/ And in 20 years, China will once again claim that title, hence the need for investors to make sure they've got the proper exposure, said Malkiel, who wrote the recently published, "From Wall Street to... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856520/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:24:44 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856520/ China thrashed South Korea's team 3-1 on Thursday and advanced to the finals in the Uber Cup women's badminton semifinal showdown at Bung Karno Sports Hall here. World No. 1 Xie Xingfang crushed South... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856512/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:54:28 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856512/ Brett Godfrey & Craig Saddler Tail components for V Australia’s first 777-300ER Aircraft are to be dispatched across the pacific. The 35ft carbon composite elevators will travel from Hawke... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856517/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:07:07 -0400 Travel Blackboard http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856517/ Posted on: Thursday, 15 May 2008, 18:00 CDT Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Four of Japan's five major television networks suffered year-on-year falls in group revenue in fiscal 2007 as their ad revenue ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856503/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:37:20 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856503/ Top aid envoys are ramping up pressure on Burma, as reports from the country suggest aid is still not reaching the region worst hit by Cyclone Nargis. A BBC reporter visiting the Irrawaddy Delta sa... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860578/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:43:15 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14860578/ Posted on: Thursday, 15 May 2008, 18:00 CDT Tokyo, May 15 (Jiji Press)--Foreign investors remained net buyers of Japanese stocks for the sixth straight week last week, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said T... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856501/ Thu, 15 May 2008 21:37:19 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856501/ China's Ministry of Education (MoE) has told schools in the southwest China quake zone to suspend classes according to local needs, a ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Some schools in the area had ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856529/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:54:23 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856529/ New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has rejected suggestions he has gone to China to speak to prospective buyers of the state's electricity sector. Mr Iemma has arrived in Hong Kong where he will gi... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856522/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:46:03 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856522/ International section. It was last updated at 00:29 on May 16 2008. The Chinese government made an emergency appeal for cranes and heavy lifting equipment yesterday amid warnings that time is runnin... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856521/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:22:44 -0400 The Guardian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856521/ Taipei - A Taiwan satellite recorded a sharp drop in ionospheric density above China's Sichuan Province before Monday's killer earthquake, verifying previous records that seismic activities affect ion... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856530/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:11:10 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856530/ Top stories section. It was last updated at 00:29 on May 16 2008. The masks kept the dust from the firefighters' faces but did nothing to conceal the reek of death. On a mound at the heart of the to... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856509/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:22:49 -0400 The Guardian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856509/ SANTA ANA, Calif. — More than a dozen Chinese terra cotta warriors crafted more than 2,000 years ago to protect their emperor in the afterlife have arrived in the United States with a very diffe... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856506/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:05:18 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856506/ Due to the higher cost of fuel, Air New Zealand’s trans-Tasman and Pacific Island airfares will rise by around 3% starting from May 26. The increase will apply to trans-Tasman airfares sold in... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856472/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:44:55 -0400 Travel Blackboard http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14856472/ DUJIANGYAN, China - At 2:28 p.m. on Monday, Liu Wei was at his desk in the animal-breeding center, where he works as a researcher, when his world began to shake. Like everyone else in the office, t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852010/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:01:53 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852010/ BEIJING - After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams. Hours after saying it will accept a Japanese rescue team, the Forei... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852004/ Thu, 15 May 2008 18:53:50 -0400 C News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852004/ WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Bush administration refused again Thursday to identify China's currency practice as manipulative. In a semi-annual report, the Treasury Department said that China's curr... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852002/ Thu, 15 May 2008 18:26:23 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852002/ BEIRUT: The Lebanese government said on Wednesday that it was revoking measures against the militant group Hezbollah that led to the worst sectarian clashes in the country since the 1990 end of the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853265/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:45 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853265/ LONDON: Those in the habit of calling in sick will need to improve their proficiency in the art of lying for bosses determined to check absenteeism in office are resorting to technology to crack do... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853260/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:42 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853260/ A couple from Herefordshire believed to be missing after the earthquake in China have been found safe. Barry and Christine Jackson, from Goodrich, had been visiting a panda colony when the 7.9 magn... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852012/ Thu, 15 May 2008 18:11:56 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852012/ SAN FRANCISCO: The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the state cannot bar same-sex marriages, marking a major victory for gay rights advocates that may have national implications. "Unde... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853259/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:45 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853259/ The European Union's top aid official urged the junta to allow in foreign aid workers and essential equipment to prevent more deaths from the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, but the reclusive generals... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853269/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:04 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853269/ ATHENS, Greece- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853273/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:44 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853273/ iReporter Ben Geisler rode his motorcycle to within 15 miles of epicenter Saw a "mass exodus" of people carrying everything they own away from area The Idaho native has lived in China on and... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852013/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:20:25 -0400 CNN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852013/ FRANKFURT: The Dalai Lama arrives in Germany on Thursday at the start of a tour of Western powers, two months after China's crackdown on violence in Lhasa sparked international condemnation. The... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853278/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:43 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853278/ WASHINGTON: US President George Bush stirred up the campaign to replace him by suggesting on Thursday that Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's pledge to talk to Iran's leader amounted to "the fa... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853258/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:44 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853258/ TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's new leader Ma Ying-jeou (mah ying-joh) says unification with longtime rival China is unlikely to happen "in our lifetimes." Ma begins his term as president next week. H... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852020/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:53:30 -0400 WISH TV8 http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852020/ LONDON: Two photo agencies have agreed to pay actors Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley and her husband USD 113,000 for taking photographs of them while they were on vacation in the Maldives. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853262/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:41 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853262/ Simon Katich and Ashley Noffke will both be out to impress as Australia open their West Indies cricket tour on Saturday (12.30am AEST) against a Jamaica XI at the Trelawny Multi-Sports Stadium.Katich ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14851999/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:49:47 -0400 SBS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14851999/ BERLIN: Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian girl kept captive in a cellar for eight years, said Amstetten incest father Joseph Fritzl is a "liar" for saying he loves his family, in comments published o... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853256/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:46 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853256/ LONDON: A biography of Nobel Prize-winning Indian-origin writer V S Naipaul has found its place among the six books short-listed for Britain's richest prize for non-fiction. In its tenth year, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853261/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:40 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853261/ GENEVA (Kyodo) Japan came 22nd in an international competitiveness ranking for 2008, up two places from the previous year but failing to overtake China, according to a report released Wednesday by a S... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852021/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:32:33 -0400 Japan Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852021/ SHANGHAI, China – China's spending on real estate and other fixed urban assets rose 25.7 percent in the first four months of the year compared with the same period a year ago, the National Stati... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852009/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:29 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852009/ ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Army soldier was beheaded in the restive North Waziristan tribal region by suspected Taliban militants who put a note on his body saying that he was killed for being an "Ameri... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853255/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:43 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853255/ TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's president-elect said Thursday that unification with China is unlikely “in our lifetimes,” but pledged to reach out to the longtime rival while maintaining g... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852017/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:45:47 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852017/ VIENNA: A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Kosovan, who weighed less than 121 pounds, was bei... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853277/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:10:42 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853277/ KATHMANDU: After suspending international adoptions a year ago because of fears of widespread corruption, Nepal has passed new rules for foreigners wanting to adopt Nepalese children, officials sai... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853267/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:21 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853267/ WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has unexpectedly rejected a USD 163 billion bill to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year. The 149-141 vote came after Repu... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853271/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:44 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853271/ LONDON: Hollywood stars, including George Clooney and Brad Pitt, have pledged USD 500,000 to help children affected by Myanmar's cyclone Nargis, a British charity has said. Not On Our Watch, a ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853263/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:39 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853263/ YEKATERINBURG (Russia): Russia, India and China displayed enhanced solidarity on a range of key international issues at their meeting here on Thursday in a sign that their trilateral dialogue may be a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852023/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:26:58 -0400 The Hindu http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14852023/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ruling PPP was on Thursday embroiled in a fresh controversy with its ally PML-N opposing the appointment of a new governor for Punjab province even as prime minister Yousuf Ra... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853257/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:43 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853257/ "Unsteady gait. Fell onto tarmac," says a medical note on the deportation of a 38-year-old woman to Costa Rica in late spring 2005. Another detainee was "dragged down the aisle in handcuffs, semi-c... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853272/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:16 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14853272/ ActiveHerb Technology, Inc. announces to donate 5% of sales to China earthquake and Myanmar cyclone relief. It will donate 5% of every sale starting from today till June 11 to the quake and cyclone re... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14851997/ Thu, 15 May 2008 17:05:02 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14851997/ That might all seem like a by-the-book response to a disaster, but for Chinese authorities it was something of a public relations revolution. China's normally shackled official media demonstrated an ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847332/ Thu, 15 May 2008 15:42:54 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847332/ ProLogis will develop a 260,000-square-foot distribution center for Hitachi Transport System in Saga, Japan, the company reported Thursday. Hitachi provides third-party logistics services. The compa... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847331/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:28:45 -0400 Business Journal http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847331/ SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday his government is willing to talk with North Korea about food aid to the communist country. Relations between the two Koreas ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847333/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:13:59 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847333/ After the deal was signed last month Party Leader Winston Peters criticised it as not being good enough for the country, and decrying the idea of New Zealand doing a deal with a low wage economy. The... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847330/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:57:41 -0400 Newstalk ZB http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847330/ BEIJING - Feng Shui master Raymond Lo says animal astrology could explain why China is off to a terrible start in 2008 - the long anticipated year of the Beijing Olympics. In less than four month... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847339/ Thu, 15 May 2008 15:26:07 -0400 C News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847339/ SHANGHAI : Days after a powerful earthquake struck southwestern China's Sichuan Province, killing almost 20,000 people and leaving tens of thousands trapped or missing, Li Suyue, 22, says she can... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14850577/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:55:35 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14850577/ SEOUL : A star actress and her TV personality husband. An Italian chef the husband claims did more than give his wife private cooking and English lessons at his apartment. The husband's singer ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847432/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:55:34 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847432/ KANDAHAR, Afghanistan : A suicide bomber cloaked in a body-covering burqa killed at least 12 other people and wounded at least 27 Thursday in southwestern Afghanistan, a sparsely populated region wher... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847239/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:55:33 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847239/ Foreign intelligence agents are leading secret, deadly raids on militant suspects in Afghanistan and shirking responsibility when innocent civilians die, a U.N. rights official alleged Thursday. Phil... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14850578/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:55:32 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14850578/ guardian.co.uk on Thursday May 15 2008. It was last updated at 17:09 on May 15 2008. Relatives and friends of Britons who they fear may have been caught up in the China earthquake can use a new foreig... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847323/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:54:23 -0400 The Guardian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847323/ Beijing - China has warned of a high probably of spread of disease in the areas of the country effected by the recent earthquake that so far has resulted in the deaths of 50,000 people. "We urgently n... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847322/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:45:01 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847322/ Intel's Atom processor was prominently displayed in systems at a conference in Japan. The chipmaker's next-generation X4500 graphics also made an appearance. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847327/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:24:34 -0400 CNet http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/14847327/