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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 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:12:57 -0500 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:12:57 -0500 30 British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will visit China next week to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern, Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610478/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610478/cs/1/ Australia will strengthen legislation to better protect international students, including Indians, and ensure world class quality education for them, Education Minister Julia Gillard said Tuesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610371/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610371/cs/1/ Determined to prevent anti-China demonstrations in Tibet Wednesday, the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese annexation, Beijing has snapped most links between the former Buddhist kingdom and its neighbour Nepal. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610294/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610294/cs/1/ Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin's century helped the visitors defeat New Zealand by six wickets in the third ODI played at Seddon Park in Hamilton, and take a 2-1 lead in the Chappell-Hadlee series. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610284/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:30:12 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610284/cs/1/ Australia has added batsman George Bailey to the squad for the remaining two ODI games of the Chappell-Hadlee series, after vice captain Michael Clarke quit the tour citing personal reasons. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610193/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:40:03 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610193/cs/1/ The Hampshire Hawks, England's current T20 champions, have inked a deal with veteran Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq as they prepare to defend their title in the Friends Provident Trophy in June. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610161/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:10:33 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610161/cs/1/ After storming Africa, resource-hungry China Monday made a big opening into the Latin American mineral market by inking a $1-billion deal with Canadian copper major Quadra Mining Ltd for a stake in its copper operations in Chile. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610106/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/610106/cs/1/ Toyota Announces Hybrid Recall U.S. sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in February, the first full month since the Japanese automaker suspended sales and recalled 8.5 million cars for ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966320/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:35:25 -0500 VOA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966320/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> China has hit back at a report in The Times that it is behind a surge in international cyber att... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966688/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:37 -0500 Times Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966688/ China's household registration system, which restricts movement within China according to place of birth, is central to government plans and will not be abolished. Migrants rest outside a railway stat... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966669/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:27:50 -0500 The Epoch Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966669/ SHANGHAI - The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for even modest apartments in Shanghai have soa... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966272/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:26:37 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966272/ By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP BUSINESS WRITER SHANGHAI -- The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for e... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966277/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:16 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966277/ SINGAPORE, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises, today announced that Savvis Symphony Open clo... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966687/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:24:29 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966687/   ] and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966338/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:27 -0500 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966338/ BEIJING -- China on Tuesday warned the United States against any future arms sales to Taiwan, including F-16 fighter jets the island has been pushing for in hopes of upgrading its air defense capabili... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966686/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:21 -0500 The China Post http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966686/ Guangzhou, China (CNN) -- Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966245/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:00:48 -0500 CNN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966245/ Burma's military rulers have issued a law which will bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in planned elections.The new law prohibits anyone with a a criminal conviction from ta... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966673/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:18 -0500 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966673/ climate change agreement reached in December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. The two countries, among the largest and fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions in th... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966679/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:56:01 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966679/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refus... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966680/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:49 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966680/ PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has confirmed Australia and Indonesia have signed off on a framework for greater co-operation on tackling people smuggling. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966677/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:17 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966677/ HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares opened higher Wednesday after modest overnight gains on Wall Street, with Citic Pacific Ltd. and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. rising ahead of their 2009 earn... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966418/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:51:42 -0500 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966418/ http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/73d56a/china_livestock_ma ) has announced the addition of the "China Livestock Market Review & Outlook Proposal 2009/2010" report to their offering. Bree... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966313/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:53 -0500 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966313/ (Adds Alesco shares) MELBOURNE, March 10 (Reuters) - Australian stocks were slightly lower on Wednesday as losses by mining shares outweighed gains in banks and http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966682/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:36 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966682/ SYDNEY, March 10 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar firmed to new 25-year highs against sterling on Wednesday and hovered near record peaks on the euro, as investors shrugged off data showing soften... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966346/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:34 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966346/ Australia's youth bore the brunt of the financial downturn, while older workers experienced relative increases in salaries and job stability, a new survey shows.At the same time, young people incr... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966683/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:20 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966683/ TOKYO — Confirming the existence of a secret Japan-U.S. pact that led Tokyo to allow nuclear-armed U.S. vessels to visit Japanese ports was the first challenge that Foreign Minister Katsuya Oka... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966681/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:38:39 -0500 Japan Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966681/ TOKYO, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Domestic shipments of beer and beer-like drinks dropped 6.3 percent in February from a year earlier to 29.25 million cases, hitting the lowest... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966396/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:32:49 -0500 Breitbart http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966396/ worth of five-year notes, it said in a statement. The company said it will use the proceeds to finance the construction of new power grids, supplement its working capital and repay bank loans. China ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966534/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:34 -0500 Morning Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966534/ worth of five-year notes, it said in a statement. The company said it will use the proceeds to finance the construction of new power grids, supplement its working capital and repay bank loans. China ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966533/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:20 -0500 Morning Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966533/ -(Dow Jones)- Spending on exploration for mineral and energy resources rose in the fourth quarter of 2009 from the third quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966494/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:15 -0500 Morning Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966494/ said Wednesday they have agreed to upgrade their relationship to the level of a strategic partnership, formally cooperating on issues such as terrorism, climate change and people-smuggling in the r... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966676/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:14 -0500 Morning Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966676/ world’s largest PC brand has faced organised action from overseas consumers.It is a sign that shoppers in the world’s most populous market are increasingly aware of their consumer rights and more ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966674/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:58 -0500 Financial Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966674/ Chinese lawyers have filed a complaint on behalf of more than 170 consumers against Hewlett-Packard, requesting that the Chinese government order a recall of allegedly faulty notebook computers.The mo... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966675/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:46 -0500 Financial Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966675/ LANZHOU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Lanzhou police in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday offered a reward of 100,000 yuan (14,600 U.S. dollars) for a man who shot dead a policeman. The suspect h... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966473/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:54 -0500 SINA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966473/ (RTTNews) - The number of loans for housing in Australia fell sharply in January.The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported Wednesday that the number of finance commitments for owner occupied housi... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966523/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:54 -0500 Quote.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966523/ (RTTNews) - An index measuring domestic corporate goods prices was up 0.1 percent in February compared to the previous month, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday, standing at 102.5.That was exactly i... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966311/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:52 -0500 Quote.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966311/ (RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished higher now in three consecutive trading days, collecting more than 45 points or 1.5 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite closed just below the... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966694/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:50 -0500 Quote.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966694/ Photo taken on March 9, 2010 shows the crabapple flowers in blossom at a park in Changsha, capital of central-south China's Hunan Province. The crabapple flowers greeted the sun, after a week of cloud... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966690/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:44 -0500 SINA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966690/ Visitors look at Ego of China's Chery Automobile Co.,Ltd during the Belgrade Auto Fair in Belgrade, capital of Serbia, March 9, 2010. The 3rd Belgrade Auto Fair opened on March 8. (Xinhua/Dai Zhenhua) http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966691/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:43 -0500 SINA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966691/ Villagers carry water back home from down the mountain in Huize County of Qujing City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on March 7, 2010. Local villagers need to walk several kilometers down the mou... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966692/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:41 -0500 SINA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966692/ A Chinese air force plane takes off for a mission to bomb the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Marc... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966693/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:41 -0500 SINA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966693/ China's on-going session of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, was open to more than 10 members of the Danish Parliament Education Committee on Tuesday.The delegation went to t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966670/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:28 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966670/ A China automaker has made headlines in California as it is considering locating its U.S. office and assembly line in the state, local media reported on Tuesday.The office and assembly line are expect... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966684/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:27 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966684/ Since the Administrative Regulations on Recalls of Defective Automobile Products came into force 5 years ago, a total of more than 3.21 million units were recalled in China. In 2009, auto recalls hit ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966373/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:23 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966373/ Lanzhou police in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday offered a reward of 100,000 yuan (14,600 U.S. dollars) for a man who shot dead a policeman.The suspect has been identified as Fu Xiaolin... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966462/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:22 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966462/ China's management of personal websites is absolutely not aimed at banning them and China will strengthen its Internet regulation in the first quarter of 2010, Li Yizhong, Minister of Industry and Inf... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966685/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:19 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966685/ A senior African Union (AU) official on Tuesday hailed the friendly cooperation between China and Africa while dismissing the comment made by some western countries that China's sole aim in Africa is ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966664/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:13 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966664/ British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will pay a visit to China next week on bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang Tuesday.Miliband is due to... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966671/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:13 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966671/ China reaffirmed on Tuesday that dialogue and consultation were the best method of resolving the Iran nuclear issue and should not be abandoned lightly."There is still room for diplomatic moves,&... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966672/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:12 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32966672/ Wednesday, March 10, 2010 TEHRAN: Iran said on Tuesday it hoped China would not give in to pressure to agree to new sanctions that the United States and its allies hope to win UN approval.Washington ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963821/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:56:21 -0500 The News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963821/ Beijing, March 9 : British Foreign Secretary David Miliband will visit China next week to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern, Chinese foreign ministry said Tuesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963816/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:46:47 -0500 New Kerala http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963816/ Wellington - Shaun Quincey, who has covered 3,000 kilometres in his bid to become the first man to row from Australia to New Zealand, said Wednesday he hoped to reach land in the next five days. "I ha... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963814/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:37:11 -0500 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963814/ Japan's core machinery orders fell less than expected in January from the previous month, easing concern that a recovery in corporate spending could slow down and harm the economy. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963155/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:24 -0500 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963155/ Chinese banks extended about 700 billion yuan ($102.5 billion) in new loans in February, half that of January, as the government clampdown on lending took hold, state media said on Wednesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963157/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:35:21 -0500 CNBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963157/ China 's northwest, is accused of taking a half-million dollars in bribes over the years from businessmen who needed his approval for their projects. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963772/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:28:19 -0500 USA Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963772/ China 's northwest, is accused of taking a half-million dollars in bribes over the years from businessmen who needed his approval for their projects. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32962956/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:28:03 -0500 USA Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32962956/ CLIFFORD COONAN in BeijingCHINA’S TOP legislator, Wu Bangguo, has said that this year’s political priorities include improving the social security system, introducing a socialist legal sys... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963783/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:04 -0500 Irish Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963783/ JAPAN has confirmed for the first time the existence of secret Cold War-era pacts with the United States that allowed nuclear-armed warships to enter Japanese ports in violation of Tokyo's post-war pr... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32962981/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:13 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32962981/ China has today joined with India in formally signing up to the Copenhagen Accord, making it the last major emerging economy to endorse the controversial agreement. In a letter to the UN climate ch... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963815/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:15 -0500 Infomatics http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963815/ TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares traded modestly higher Wednesday morning in Tokyo, finding support from technology stocks and some financial shares. The Nikkei 225 Average was up 0.1% at 10,579... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963808/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:14:54 -0500 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963808/ http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/73f119/china_feed_market ) has announced the addition of the "China Feed Market Review & Outlook Proposal 2009/2010" report to their offering. This repor... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963106/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:11:36 -0500 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963106/ WASHINGTON: An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" has been indicted by US authorities for planning deadly attacks in Europe and South Asia and recruiting "violent jihadist fighters" to carry them ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963813/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:51:01 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963813/ JIANSHAN VILLAGE, Zhejiang, China—Last November, when the Chinese government held a press conference to announce its most recent crackdown on illegal land use, it highlighted five investigations. Th... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963278/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:49:27 -0500 MSN Slate http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963278/ (RTTNews) - Core machinery orders in Japan were down 3.7 percent in January compared to the previous month, the Cabinet Office said on Wednesday. That was roughly in line with forecasts for a 3.5 per... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963822/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:29 -0500 Quote.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963822/ (RTTNews) - Consumer confidence in Australia improved slightly in March, according to the latest survey from Westpac Bank and the Melbourne Institute.The group's Consumer Sentiment Index for March wa... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963248/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:28 -0500 Quote.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963248/ (RTTNews) - The winning streak for the Taiwan stock market has stretched to three sessions now, collecting nearly 180 points or 2.4 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange finished above the... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963823/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:27 -0500 Quote.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963823/ Top seeds China, Indonesia and Malaysia secured easy positions at this May's Thomas Cup finals in a draw. The Thomas Cup finals will be held from May 9 - 16 in Malaysia. Defending champions China were... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963820/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:10 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963820/ China would step up work to monitor non-banking financing, said the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Tuesday in a statement on its web-site.More focus would be put on businesses in connectio... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963311/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:04 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963311/ Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC during the third plenary meeting of the Third Sessio... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963357/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:04 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963357/ China joined India Tuesday in giving qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord which calls for voluntary limits on the greenhouse gas emissions.A one-sentence note from China's top climate c... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963809/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:01 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963809/ Chinese Ambassador to Canada Lan Lijun (C) and President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway Stockwell Day (R) cut the ribbon for an exhibition marking the 40th a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963810/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:45:58 -0500 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32963810/ END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> After a month in quarantine the American-born panda Tai Shan explored his new ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960324/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:29:51 -0500 Times Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960324/ Afghanistan , told reporters after Mr. Gates had completed his quiet amble. “There was a security bubble that was out there.” Marines had cleared the area so thoroughly for Mr. Gates&rsqu... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960318/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:25 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960318/ OAKLAND — Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was in town Tuesday for some face time with a big employer and corporate campaign donor, but not to answer any questions about policy iss... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960314/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:25:31 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960314/ BEIJING — Four of nine former Red Army Faction members who defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane to the country in 1970 plan to request talks with the Japanese governme... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960319/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:46 -0500 Japan Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960319/ BEIJING — Japan’s chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programs, Akitaka Saiki, met his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei in Beijing on Tuesday and discussed st... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960320/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:11:28 -0500 Japan Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960320/ to engage with senior Chinese officials in a semi-public forum, coming about eight months since Chinese authorities startled Rio Tinto by detaining four of its employees last July amid widespread c... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960313/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:59:58 -0500 Morning Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32960313/ NATO Outlines New Afghan Night Raids Policy The U.S. Navy admiral who commands all NATO forces worldwide says he and the alliance secretary general are pressing each member to fulfill a specific part ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957018/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:18:53 -0500 VOA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957018/ Annual Roth OC Growth Conference on March 15, at the Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel, California. The annual three-day conference brings together over 350 small- and mid-cap growth companies across sect... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957019/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:02:56 -0500 Market Wire http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957019/ PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwire - March 9, 2010) - Some businesses go above and beyond with recycling, and others go even further to reduce their carbon emissions. Capital Pacific Bank ( http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32956249/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:02:54 -0500 Market Wire http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32956249/ Filson, a 113-year-old Seattle company known for making durable, tough clothing for fishing, hunting and other outdoor activities, has opened its first store outside the U.S. Aimed at a fervent hipst... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32956898/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:22 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32956898/ Pacific Northwest Ballet announced its 2010-11 season Tuesday, which will feature the return of two full-length story ballets to the repertory. Kent Stowell's "Cinderella," unseen for nine years, retu... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957005/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:48:20 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957005/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government on Tuesday vowed to stick to its ban on nuclear arms after a probe showed its predecessors may have turned a blind eye to breaches, but said ties with security all... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957006/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:46:27 -0500 The Star http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957006/ bizarre new proposal allowing the Federal Communications Commission to regulate Internet search companies. Now Smith and his political allies, pointing to the recent disclosures about the http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957004/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:36:22 -0500 CNet http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957004/ Beijing: China will be prudent in adding gold to its official reserves, wary that any move to buy the precious metal would only serve to drive its price higher, the country's top foreign exchange mana... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32956651/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:30 -0500 Gulf News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32956651/ INDONESIAN police are examining the body of one of three suspected Islamist terrorists shot dead in Jakarta to determine whether it was that of Bali bombing mastermind Dulmatin. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957028/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:32:22 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957028/ Economic experts: Michael Ettlinger (right) of the Center for American Progress discusses fiscal problems confronting the U.S. and Japanese governments while his co-panelists (from left) Nicholas Sze... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957024/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:27:54 -0500 Japan Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957024/ Captain Espinal, fourth left, first officer Li Kuo-chi, third right, and the crew of the EVA Airways flight that will bring the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team to Taiwan pose at a press conference i... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957030/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:22:43 -0500 Taipei Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957030/ KABUL: Afghanistan's capital is cracking down on vehicles with dark tinted windows to increase security following a spate of terrorist attacks in Kabul. Interior ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashar... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957007/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:49 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957007/ COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's detained ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka has suspended his fast unto death after the military allowed him to speak to his daughters using his wife's mobile phone. Fonseka, 59, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957008/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:49 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957008/ LONDON: Britain's opposition Conservatives will likely fail to win power outright in the country's national election this spring, a poll of 100 key districts indicated on Tuesday. The Populus su... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957009/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:47 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957009/ LONDON: In a blow to the opposition Conservative party, Swraj Paul, now Lord Paul of Marylebone and a Labour party activist, has been cleared by Britain's Metropolitan Police, popularly known as Sc... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957010/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:44 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957010/ LONDON: British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. Postmen are delighted, but civil liberta... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957011/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:43 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957011/ DUBLIN: Police in Ireland have arrested seven people on Tuesday over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog. Irish police said four ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957012/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:39 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957012/ BELFAST: Northern Ireland faced a crunch vote on policing and justice, prompting a rare intervention from former US president George Bush as leaders scrambled to keep devolution on track. Bush ca... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957013/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:39 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957013/ DUBAI: Twenty one years after he accidentally drove over a child and then fled the scene, a Saudi man turned himself in. He said nightmares had plagued him ever since, reports said on Tuesday. Y... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957014/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:37 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957014/ JERUSALEM: Israel approved the construction of 1,600 new homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday a move that immediately clouded a visit by Vice President Joe Biden aimed at repairing ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957015/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:33 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957015/ WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND): The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs. Instead, two glass vials purportedl... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957016/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:31 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957016/ CHICAGO: The massive earthquake which struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion more than three meters (10 feet) to the west, scientists said on Monday. Preli... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957017/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:05:30 -0500 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32957017/ BEIJING: China on Tuesday accused the Dalai Lama of trying to "create chaos" in Tibet, on the eve of the sensitive anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule that drove the Buddhist monk in... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32953453/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:03:52 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/32953453/