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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, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:08 -0500 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:08 -0500 30 The Chinese Communist Party chief in Tibet has sacked four officials for "endangering stability" in the region. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203385785/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:19 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203385785/cs/1/ Eggs that have hard yolks and can bounce like rubber after being boiled have appeared on the market in several regions across China, leading a food safety watchdog in Shanghai to launch a probe, offic http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203383517/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:10:13 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203383517/cs/1/ Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles race at the Aviva Grand Pr http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203382491/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203382491/cs/1/ Canada has said it will allow the sale of uranium to China for use in nuclear energy generation, clearing the way for Canadian producers to compete with China's current suppliers in Kazakhstan, Austra http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379439/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:23 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379439/cs/1/ China is probing a chemical spill from a South Korean cargo ship that partially contaminated the drinking water source of a city in eastern part of the country. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203366299/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203366299/cs/1/ A Chinese university has left many people with raised eyebrows by offering lessons for "modern ladies" in etiquette learning that will cost 48,000 yuan (over $7,600) for a year. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203361425/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203361425/cs/1/ China is going to increase mineral exploration and development within a decade to keep up with its rapidly growing demand, as it believes dependency on foreign sources for energy and minerals can thre http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203359237/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203359237/cs/1/ About 1.5 million people have been affected by drought in China's Yunnan province, a media report said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203357260/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203357260/cs/1/ Former Test fast bowler Nathan Bracken will be suing Cricket Australia (CA) for $1 million over a knee injury that ruined his career. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203350876/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203350876/cs/1/ Several e-mails posted on the web site of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission show an agency struggling to figure out how to respond and deal with the American public while cutting through what one http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203350601/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:20:25 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203350601/cs/1/ The world's greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have not lost any ice for the past 10 years, a new study has reveale http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203348711/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:03 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203348711/cs/1/ The head of a prominent human rights organization has spoken about a meeting he and three other rights activists had with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, urging the White House to focus on human ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381269/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:37:35 -0500 VOA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381269/ SYDNEY (AFP) - An Indian-born doctor jailed in Australia over fatally bungled surgeries was Friday granted special leave to appeal his conviction in the nation's highest court.Dubbed ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381260/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:36:14 -0500 West Australian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381260/ Even better for our man in China, just a few Tiananmen Square tank lengths away is the ever-popular Echo Wall, not to be confused, of course, with that other great wall.This one is a circular, brick ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381220/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:34:34 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381220/ Endorsing Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new approach to dealing with the Middle Kingdom, the man slated to become China’s next leader encouraged Canada to "shelve" political ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379855/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:34:27 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379855/ The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened slightly higher from its previous close Friday, moving up 13.49 points at 7,924.27 on turnover of NT$4.691 billion (US$159.02 million). Taiwan ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381262/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:28 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381262/ Taipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) Taiwan's first-ever souvenir show is scheduled to open in late April in an attempt to boost tourism and related industries, the organizers said Friday. The four-day event ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381263/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:20 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381263/ Taipei, Feb. 10 (CAN) Taiwan share prices faced a mild pullback on technical factors Friday after recent significant gains, as concerns over the debt crisis in Greece returned to haunt market ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381264/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:18 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381264/ BEIJING -; Beijing says a celebrity policeman linked to one of country's rising political stars spent a day in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China amid speculation that he sought political ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381032/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381032/ Peter Forrest will have to wait at least a few more days before making his one-day international debut after being overlooked for Australia's clash with Sri Lanka at the WACA Ground on ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381271/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:26:26 -0500 SBS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381271/ vague It seems vague- he was attacked twice, are these physical attacks? He is afraid of being identified in person when he walks on teh street- is there any reason for this? Aren't the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381270/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:26:19 -0500 SBS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381270/ 2/10/2012 12:19 AM ET (RTTNews) - China's trade surplus surged unexpectedly in January, as imports plunged due to weak domestic demand. Meanwhile, shipments dropped owing to week-long Lunar New ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381285/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:26:04 -0500 RTT News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381285/ SHANGHAI, China -- Celebrity author Han Han has filed a defamation lawsuit in Shanghai against a writer who alleges some of Han's prolific works were penned by others.Han, a novelist and ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381108/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:17:35 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381108/ BEIJING -- China's trade suffered its biggest decline in January since the 2008 crisis - a new sign of weak global demand and a slowing domestic economy.Exports fell 0.5 percent from a year ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380079/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:17:35 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380079/ The US-China relationship has the potential to take the world in a "very positive direction" in the coming decades, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said recently. ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379931/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:45 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379931/ Six people died and three were injured after a small truck plunged off a cliff on Thursday in the central province of Hubei, local authorities said Friday. The truck carrying nine people, three ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381286/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:39 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381286/ The Navy admiral nominated to become next commander of US Pacific Command (PACOM) said on Thursday that he plans to improve military to military relationship with China, should the Congress ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381288/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:08 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381288/ Devastating climate change, pollution and drought have shrunk China's second largest freshwater lake, leaving dozens families stranded on its mud ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381292/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:07 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381292/ China has vowed to step up management and supervision over the quality of its products and projects in its development for the years to come, according to a blueprint released Thursday by the State ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381289/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:04 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381289/ The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, rose to a new high against the US dollar on Friday. It strengthened by 72 basis points to stand at 6.2937 against the US dollar on Friday, according to ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381293/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:02 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381293/ President Hu Jintao and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed on Thursday to further facilitate the bilateral strategic partnership and promote greater progress of cooperation in ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381290/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:57 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381290/ The continuous drought in Yunnan Province has affected more than 1.44 million people, and the dry weather will persist through the first half of February, local authorities said Thursday. The ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381291/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:40 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381291/ The Japanese Cabinet on Friday approved a draft revision to the Petroleum Reserve Law to make oil wholesalers set up disaster countermeasures to ensure supply of gasoline and other fuel to ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381295/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:06 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381295/ China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.5 percent year-on-year in January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Thursday. The growth rate was the highest ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379976/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:07:56 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379976/ The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has embarked on a program to build capacity in mapping land/forest cover in Fiji using very high resolution satellite images, according to SPC Regional ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380241/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:07:47 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380241/ New York Times expos ripped at Apple’s core, building on previous concerns about abuses at firms that Apple uses to make its bestselling iPhones, iPads and Mac computers. The claims should be ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381272/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:07:12 -0500 Forbes http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381272/ The world's tastemakers are descending on New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but the real action in the ragtrade is across the Pacific. "Asia is our biggest growth ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380598/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:07:01 -0500 Forbes http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380598/ Japan Airlines (JAL) and International Airlines Group (IAG) have agreed plans for a new joint business between JAL and British Airways on flights between Europe and Japan. The joint business would ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379899/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:02:18 -0500 Travel Blackboard http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379899/ As Cathay Pacific upgrades its reservations system over the weekend, many online systems will be temporarily unavailable. This upgrade will not impact Cathay Pacific’s flight schedule. The ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379973/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:02:07 -0500 Travel Blackboard http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379973/ Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Sony Mobile Communications are expected to increase their outsourcing of handsets to Taiwan-based ODMs in 2012 in an effort to regain their global market share lost to ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381245/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:01:22 -0500 Digitimes http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381245/ outlined by President Obama in January calling for an increased presence in the Asia/Pacific region is coming together. News today indicates that the U.S. is seeking further military presence in the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381281/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:09 -0500 Common Dreams http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381281/ China's third-tier city of Wuhu, in eastern Anhui province, has relaxed restrictions on purchases of homes, easing limits on multiple home buyers and raising cash subsidies, the official China ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379970/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:09 -0500 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379970/ Brent crude slipped from a six-month high towards $118 a barrel on Friday as data from China showed a soaring trade surplus due to crumbling imports for January, stoking fears of a slowdown in ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380497/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:01 -0500 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380497/ Australia's central bank on Friday repeated that interest rates were at the right level for the moment though there would be scope for an easing if the economy slowed ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379971/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:59 -0500 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379971/ The head of the Taiwan Financial Holdings Group recently expressed her hope for a successful 2012 and cited the three pillars that the group will base its operations on, namely restructuring, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380144/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:32 -0500 The China Post http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380144/ TOKYO: Northern Japan was bracing for more heavy snow Friday as severe winter weather continues to cause misery across a large part of the country, claiming at least 83 lives so far.Forecasters were ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381242/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:02 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381242/ SYDNEY: An Indian-born doctor jailed in Australia over fatally bungled surgeries was Friday granted special leave to appeal his conviction in the nation's highest court.Dubbed "Doctor ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381241/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:59 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381241/ SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Friday did not deny a report that she has ordered cabinet ministers not to talk to major newspaper editors in a bid to stamp out leadership ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381244/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:53 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381244/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s finance ministry sought to distance Finance Minister Jun Azumi from his comments to lawmakers that indicated a level that triggered intervention in the yen last ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381282/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:10 -0500 Bloomberg BusinessWeek http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381282/ China and left on Thursday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said at a regular news briefing. Deputy Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and other senior diplomats met with them, Liu said, adding that ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381279/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:54:14 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381279/ He endured battering winds and rain on a sailboat adrift in the Pacific with his father and uncle, hostage to a nasty squall that ultimately stole their sails and caused the engine to overheat. But ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381121/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:32:30 -0500 National Post http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381121/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Australia expects to get about A$3 billion ($3.2 billion) in the next four years from the renewal of mobile phone spectrum to providers including Telstra Corp., Optus and ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381240/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:32:06 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381240/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co., the world’s biggest automaker, is poised to receive approval to build a 7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion) factory in China, according to a provincial ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381239/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:31:50 -0500 Business Week http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381239/ HONOLULU (AP) -- Three family members attempting their first voyage across the Pacific in a sailboat were left adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles from land when their mast broke in high ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381253/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:22:58 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381253/ The official Xinhua news agency issued a bulletin Thursday night saying that Wang Lijun, once China’s most famous crime fighter, entered the consulate on Monday "and left after staying ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381280/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:56 -0500 New York Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381280/ Chinese security forces shot and killed two Tibetans on Thursday who had been involved in antigovernment protests, the American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported. Yeshe Rigsal, a 40-year-old ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379922/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:55 -0500 New York Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379922/ THE Pike River Coal mine should have been closed and all its problems fixed before allowing men underground, says an Australian mine expert giving evidence to the inquiry into the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381266/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:13 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381266/ RUSSIAN scientists said overnight a probe to a pristine lake deep under the ice of Antarctica could bring revelations on the evolution of the planet Earth and possibly even new life ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381267/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:05 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381267/ SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Asia markets traded mostly lower early Friday after Greece approved a long-awaited austerity agreement, but international backers called for ratification of the reforms ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380040/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:14:47 -0500 CBS Marketwatch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203380040/ LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Tokyo-listed stocks seesawed between gains and losses in early Friday trading, with a weaker Japanese yen helping support exporters. About 20 minutes into the session, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381218/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:52 -0500 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381218/ Copyright and other intellectual property rights in the material in this report belong to FXMarketAlerts, 4Cast Limited, 4Cast Inc and/or Forecast pte ("4Cast"). The material shall not, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381277/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:30 -0500 FXstreet http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381277/ Japan's PM Yoshiniko Noda said on Friday he will meet frequently with the head of the Bank of Japan so the central bank can take decisive monetary policy steps at an appropriate time. "I ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381278/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:13 -0500 FXstreet http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381278/ It is the latest casualty since a growing number of Australian firms from the mining, manufacturing, retail and banking sectors laid off hundreds of workers due to the strong currency, weak prices ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379935/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:04 -0500 IBTimes http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203379935/ China 's slowed down foreign trade performance in the second half of 2011. "Exports in January this year cannot make us optimistic and are expected to have negative growth year-on-year ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381297/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:05:45 -0500 IBTimes http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381297/ The Burmese monk Shin Gambira has been taken away by authorities, sources told the BBC's Burmese service. Gambira, jailed for his role in leading the 2007 anti-government protests, was ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381221/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:55 -0500 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381221/ A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has directed Bollywood director Subhas Ghai to return to the government a plot of land allotted for a film school. The high court also criticised federal ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381224/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:44 -0500 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381224/ From the air, the snow-capped mountains of China's Sichuan province push through the clouds in dramatic formations. But it is not easy to see them from the ground: most are in Tibetan areas ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381225/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:40 -0500 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381225/ When Afghan soldier Abdul Saboor killed four French colleagues last month, he ended up hastening - by a year - France's exit from the war-torn nation. The BBC's Bilal Sarwary went to ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381223/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:36 -0500 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381223/ Australia to work on two of the resource-rich country's largest energy projects. In a statement released on Friday, Chevron Australia said it would hold ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381258/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:54 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381258/ ion) over the next four years from the renewal of mobile phone spectrum licences, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said on Friday. Conroy said the licence renewals would provide certainty to ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381275/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:38:13 -0500 London South East http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381275/ Published Date: December 29, 2011 BEIJING: China said yesterday that 54 people would be punished for design flaws and poor management it blamed for a fatal July crash on the nation's flagship ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381274/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:38:12 -0500 Kuwait Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381274/ atomic reactors in the country, making them the first to be built in America in more than three decades despite objections from the nation's top nuclear regulator. Commissioners of ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381230/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:00 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381230/ Barack Obama was also charged on Thursday with providing material aid to terrorism. Ulugbek Kodirov acquired weapons and explosives meant to be used in an attempt to kill Obama, federal prosecutors ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381231/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:53 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381231/ Ivanka Trump by barraging her and her husband with bizarre tweets, emails and online videos. Justin Massler, who for months had been deemed psychologically unfit for trial, pleaded guilty Thursday ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381232/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:40 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381232/ Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday during a visit to Washington. Davutoglu is urging an international conference to resolve violence that erupted when demonstrators began demanding last spring Syrian ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381236/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:16 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381236/ WASHINGTON: A TV anchor in US state of Colorado had to be rushed to the hospital and undergo surgery after a dog on her show bit her in the face during a live segment. Max, an 85-pound Argentine ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381237/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381237/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, accused NATO on Thursday of killing eight children in a coalition airstrike in eastern Afghanistan. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381251/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:25:18 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203381251/ The U.S. admiral tapped to become the top American officer in the Asia-Pacific region on Thursday walked a rhetorical tightrope about Washington's China policy, underscoring the challenge for ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373029/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:07:46 -0500 US News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373029/ (Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune) Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott, speaks at a press conference at the Utah Natural History Museum on Thursday, Feb. 9, before the start of the "Front ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373016/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:05:19 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373016/ Canadians Mitchell James (left), his nephew West, and his brother Bradley describe their rescue in high seas and their sailboat sinking at a news conference at Sand ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203372099/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:03:32 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203372099/ ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373028/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:56 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373028/ Peeled persimmon is a traditional food of Tohoku. If there was a Julia Child of Japanese cooking -- a witty and passionate interpreter of the cuisine ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203371532/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:51:01 -0500 NPR http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203371532/ A rights lawyer who has defended some of China's most prominent dissidents said on Thursday police prevented him from meeting the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mo Shaoping, whose ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203371437/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:49:13 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203371437/ The games will be April 1 against the World Cup champion Japanese at Sendai, and April 3 against the Brazilians in Chiba in the new Women's Kirin Challenge ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373020/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:22 -0500 MSNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203373020/