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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/9366300fc9319e9b/ en-us Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:19:09 -0400 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:19:09 -0400 30 Taiyuan (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least 21 miners have been killed after inhaling poisonous gas at a coalmine in China's northern province of Shanxi, officials said Sunday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379148/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:00:29 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379148/cs/1/ Leaders of the world's major economies linked in the Group of Eight (G-8) were urged Sunday to raise the issue of Tibet with Chinese state and party leader Hu Jintao at their summit in Japan. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379123/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:00:26 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379123/cs/1/ US President George W. Bush defended Sunday his decision to attend the opening ceremony of next month's Olympic Games in Beijing, saying not to go would mean offending the Chinese people. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379109/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:01:01 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379109/cs/1/ Toyako (Japan), July 6 (Xinhua) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda officially announced here Sunday he would attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics Aug 8. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379099/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:00:17 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/379099/cs/1/ Taiwan aborigines have been invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a newspaper said Sunday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/378988/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:01:07 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/378988/cs/1/ Wuhan (China), July 6 (Xinhua) At least eight people have been killed and 13 injured in a building collapse in central China, officials have said. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/378945/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:31 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/378945/cs/1/ Dharamsala, July 6 : Buddhists took out a candlelight rally in Dharamsala on July 5 against the Chinese repressive policies in Tibet. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/378977/cs/1/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:00:53 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/378977/cs/1/ HONG KONG (AP) -- One of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy advocates said Sunday she will not seek re-election after her term in the territory's legislature ends this year. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994530/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:21:40 -0400 Associated Press http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994530/ A state news agency said 21 workers are dead after an accident at a coal mine in northern China.Xinhua News Agency said four miners were saved by rescuers, while seven escaped on their own from the Wu... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994340/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:10:21 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994340/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OMAHA, Neb. -- Michael Phelps will get another chance to go after Mark Spitz's Olympic record in Beijing. Phelps locked up his eight-race schedule by winning the 100-meter but... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994394/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:06:25 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994394/ China 's deadly earthquake damaged her home gave birth to twin cubs on Sunday, a state news agency said.Guo Guo is the first panda to give birth since the 7.9-magnitude quake struck http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994352/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:31:44 -0400 Examiner http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994352/ Shanxi province , it said.All of the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Xinhua reported, citing an unidentified city official. The number of miners underground at the time of the accident was ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994522/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:30:53 -0400 Examiner http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994522/ -- You know the Olympics are near when the usual gang of juiced-up Bulgarian weightlifters gets tossed from the Games before even learning how to say in Chinese, "These needles are for therapeutic us... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994341/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:43 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994341/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OMAHA, Neb. -- Katie Hoff has claimed a fifth individual race in Beijing by winning the 800-meter freestyle at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Hoff pulled away from world ch... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994393/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:06:27 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994393/ TOYAKO, Japan — President Bush on Sunday defended his decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games next month, saying that skipping the event "would be an affront to the C... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994525/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:42 -0400 USA Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994525/ Dalai Lama's representatives and special envoys for talks with Chinese officials Lodi Gyari (R) and Kelsang Gyaltsen address press conference in Dharamsala, 05 Jul 2008 http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994342/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:22:26 -0400 VOA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994342/ (Newser) – President Bush today defended his decision not to boycott the Beijing Olympics next month, saying skipping “would be an affront to the Chinese people" that would make it diff... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994526/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:40:28 -0400 Newser http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994526/ -- It looked like an invisible giant had lifted Tyson Gay off his feet and flung him to the track. A serious hamstring cramp will do that to a sprinter. In the amount of time it takes for a hammie t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994392/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:03:18 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994392/ BEIJING (AP) - A state news agency says 21 workers are dead after an accident at a coal mine in northern China. Xinhua (shin-wah) News Agency says four miners were saved by rescuers, while seven esca... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994332/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:45:42 -0400 WLOX http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994332/ July 5, 2008 · While the U.S. celebrates its freedom this Fourth of July weekend, there's a new freedom being inaugurated a half a world away. Direct weekend flights between mainland China and ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994343/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:55:37 -0400 NPR http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994343/ Posted: 6:55 PM- EUGENE, Ore. -- Josh McAdams checked over one shoulder as he cleared the final hurdle in the men's steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field on Saturday. Moments lat... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994395/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:05:13 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994395/ BEIJING – An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported Sunday. Four miners were rescued by emergency workers, Xinhua News Agency said. Se... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994331/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:40:44 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994331/ Sunday, July 6, 2008 At least eight construction workers have died and thirteen more are injured after a building collpsed during construction in http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994334/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:35:38 -0400 Wikinews http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994334/ Olympics Some 52 Iranian athletes in 12 fields will participate in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Iranian athletes will take part in a number of events including free style and Greco-Roman wrestling, tae... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994390/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:31:06 -0400 IRNA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994390/ Cycling Iranian cycling team from Tabriz Petrochemical company will participate in the 2008 Tour de Qinghai Lake cycling race in China. The team's members include Hossein Asgari, Hossein Nateqi, Ahad ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994346/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:31:04 -0400 IRNA http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994346/ At least 21 people have died in an accident at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province. State media says that seven miners managed to escape from the Wujiu mine and a further four were rescue... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994523/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:13:52 -0400 BBC http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15994523/ 7/6/2008, 9:13 a.m. EDT BEIJING (AP) — An apparent blast at a coal mine in northern China killed 21 workers, a state news agency reported Sunday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993748/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:36:10 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993748/ BEIJING : With Beijing struggling to clear polluted skies before the Olympics in August, the nearby industrial port of Tianjin has ordered 40 factories to suspend some operations for two months as par... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993754/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:27:45 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993754/ KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan : From six table tennis tables at the Olympic training center here comes the rhythmic clack-clack-clack of ball against paddle against tabletop. Outside, the tropical heat of southe... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993760/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:27:50 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993760/ Beijing - An explosion killed at least 21 people at a coal mine in the northern Chinese city of Datong, state media said Sunday. The explosion trapped the miners underground on Saturday at the state-r... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993755/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:22:32 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993755/ Taipei - Two international cruise lines, encouraged by Taiwan's new air links with China, plan to launch cruise services across the Taiwan Strait, it was reported Sunday. Royal Caribbean International... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993761/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:22:30 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993761/ ATHLETICS: Michael Roeger was born without the lower half of his right arm and throughout his 20 years he has not let the disability prevent him from achieving whatever he sets his sights on.Whether i... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993772/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:10:06 -0400 The Canberra Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993772/ Beijing - Severe rainstorms have killed at least 14 people, left seven missing and destroyed hundreds of homes in southern and central China, state media said on Sunday. At least eight people died and... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993267/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:12:37 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993267/ SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) compiled a list of a hundred study questions for the citizenship test and had them printed on flash cards as an aid for those taking ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993275/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:04:37 -0400 NCM http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993275/ In light of their 2nd successful anniversary in Kuwait, Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi's national air carrier delivers breathtaking fares to China and South Africa's capital cities, Beijing and Johannesbur... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992527/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:37:34 -0400 AME Info http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992527/ Today: U. 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Olympic team trials, gymnastics, 9-11 a.m., MSNBC; U.S. Olympic team trials, track and field and swimming, 7-9 p.m., NBC (same-day tape) http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992563/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:35:53 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992563/ QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - In China's Olympic co-host city Qingdao, sea breezes that usually bring relief from baking summer temperatures now bring a cloying stench from a massive algae bloom that loc... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992544/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:32:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992544/ PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE') says that it is neither reasonable nor fair for the world's top eight industrialized nations to hold summits without including emerging na... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991715/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:04:47 -0400 WISH TV8 http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991715/ Rescuers have recovered another two bodies in the East China Sea, bringing the death toll from a boat sinking of Friday to three, with one person still missing. A body was found at 11:55 p.m. on Satur... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993223/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:26:47 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15993223/ seattletimes.com/weekendphotos . Selected photos will appear here or in the "Pix From My Weekend" feature in The Seattle Times' NWWeekend section published each Thursday. See Travel Postcard and Pix F... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992549/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:35:07 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15992549/ Business Development Asia LLC ("BDA") is pleased to announce that Molex Inc (NASDAQ: MOLX and MOLXA), a global electronic components company, has acquired Taiwan-based AFlextech Inc ("A... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991710/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:36:38 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991710/ HONG KONG (Reuters) - Democrats in Hong Kong urged Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to allow swifter implementation of direct elections on Sunday, during Xi's first visit to the city since taking cha... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991099/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:55:58 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991099/ Among mainstream analysts, predictions of the price reaching $200 are unexceptional. Last month Gazprom, the Russian oil giant, suggested it would hit $250 next year. The maverick energy guru Robert... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991100/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:20:51 -0400 The Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991100/ HONG KONG (Reuters) - Olympic athletes exposed to Beijing's polluted air face possible blood circulation problems which could affect their performance, experts say, adding they should avoid crowded pl... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991073/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:55:56 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991073/ Chinese engineers have begun installing lightning rods in 650 primary and secondary schools in underdeveloped areas to prevent casualty and economic loss in schools, as part of a national disaster red... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991060/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:49:57 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991060/ Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang here Sunday morning. Xi arrived in Hong Kong Sunday morning from Shenzhen... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991693/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:49:57 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991693/ China is ready to promote economic and trade cooperation with Angola, visiting senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang said in Luanda Thursday. He, a member of the Standing Com... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990475/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:10 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990475/ over the next month for the Olympics, they will look up to see a stunning new skyline that China's leaders hope will showcase the nation as a modern world power. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990496/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:08:27 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990496/ One miner was killed and another 16were still trapped underground after a coal mine accident occurred in north China's Shanxi Province on Saturday morning, local authority said on Sunday. The accident... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990485/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:12 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990485/ FOURTEEN-year-old H'ng Yuan Jun's gallant run in the National Under-21 Snooker Championships came to an end in the final, when he was edged 3-2 by Mohamad Azraf Yunos of Negri Sembilan at the Season S... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989787/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:44:20 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989787/ Artist Peng Guolong displays two of his Nuo masks at Jiutang Village in the Xiangdong District of Pingxiang City, southeast China's Jiangxi Province, July 4, 2008. The Nuo masks, made of wood of camph... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990458/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:07 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990458/ Beijing is to overhaul advertisements in the city to ban any unauthorized use of Olympics logos in ads. Chen Feng, a marketing official with the Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCO... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990495/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:09 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990495/ Rescuers had recovered seven bodies from debris as 8:40 p.m. on Saturday after an under-construction building collapsed on Saturday afternoon in central China's Hubei Province. At least 10 constructio... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989731/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:02 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989731/ ," said Phelps, who swam 15 times in all over the course heats, semi-finals and finals in six events. He staked his claim to a 4x100m free relay berth when he became the third American to post... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990497/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:14:41 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990497/ Dutch European Parliament member Erik Meijer of the socialist party (SP) has demanded that the European commission use its influence to restore New Tang Dynasty Television's (NTDTV) broadcast to C... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990486/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:02 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990486/ Taiwan media and business people on Saturday welcomed the new weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists as good news for ties across the Taiwan Strait and for the economy. The event made head... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989737/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:01 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989737/ Senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) He Guoqiang met here Friday evening with Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam. He, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991041/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:14 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991041/ Wu Shuisen, a leading craft worker of Wan'an compass, puts the final touches on the compass scale in Wan'an Town of Xiuning County, east China's Anhui Province, July 3, 2008. The Wan'an compass craft ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991043/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:09 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15991043/ The Kenyan government has stepped up campaigns to woo Chinese investors so as to benefit from the one billion U.S. dollar China-Africa Development Fund. A local daily, Saturday Nation, reported that t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989834/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:27:59 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989834/ The headmaster and building contractor were arrested Saturday after a school building wall collapsed and killed four students in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in mid-June. Four student... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989733/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:03 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989733/ Heavy rainstorms that swept through most parts of China since Tuesday have left at least 12 dead, seven missing and about 3 million affected. The casualties were reported after the rainstorms and floo... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990459/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:06 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990459/ The Australian, the biggest-selling national newspaper in the country, has highly praised the efforts made by the Chinese government in preparing the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. "We should al... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989866/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:28:00 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989866/ Private equity market in China kept expanding in the second quarter, with the total value of 33 disclosed projects reaching 2.56 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.7 percent against the first quarter. The 33... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989747/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:27:55 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989747/ As northern China enters its flood season, Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu has urged local authorities to step up flood-control preparations. Hui made the remarks on Saturday at a flood control confe... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989905/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:27:55 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15989905/ More than 20 laid-off workers of a state-owned enterprise in Guiyang City (the provincial capital of Guizhou, located in southwestern China) attempted suicide on Saturday, June 27, by swallowing agric... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990008/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:27:51 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15990008/ We are slowly coming to appreciate that this downturn will have quite different characteristics to previous ones, with the biggest new element being the influence of the "Brics" (Brazil, Russia, India... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987776/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:47:20 -0400 The Independent http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987776/ China's ancient capital - dating back to the 15th-century Ming emperors - withstood even the advent of Communism in 1949. But now the explosion of capitalism is transforming Beijing into a world-beati... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987777/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:03:40 -0400 The Guardian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987777/ BEIJING: Tianjin, a port city just east of Beijing, has ordered 40 factories to shut for the Olympics, the latest dramatic step taken by China to ensure that pollution does not spoil the Games in A... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987769/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:38:22 -0400 Times of India http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987769/ Beijing Olympics Bolt set the world record of 9.72 on May 31 at New York, beating Gay and breaking the old mark of 9.74 held by Powell. After Gay's shocking ouster in the earlier round, 2004 O... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987804/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:42:34 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987804/ Tyler Christopher can book his ticket to Beijing after winning the men's 400-metre final Saturday at the Canadian track trials in Windsor, Ont. The world indoor champion from Chilliwack, B.C., ran th... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987803/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:36:46 -0400 CBC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987803/ BEIJING -- Harvard Business School and the Harvard China Foundation are setting up a joint office in Shanghai, reports the World Journal. Jay Light, Dean of Harvard Business School, said the Shanghai ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987170/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 18:01:26 -0400 NCM http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15987170/ altogether. Gay, who won the 100 and 200 at last year's worlds, was in lane seven in the first heat of the 200 quarter-final. He sped out of the blocks but within a few steps went down to the a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15986345/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:14:20 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15986345/ There were many good mothers in ancient China who paid special attention to their children's education. The following are inspirational stories of two mothers who taught their children to be pure ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15986448/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:09:35 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15986448/ Athletics: Can world's fastest be drug free? The final cut has been made for the men's and women's Olympic hockey teams but the fallout might take longer to clear.The three major talking points follow... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984802/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:24:14 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984802/ BEIJING - A Chinese man who bought an emaciated pig who survived for 36 days under rubble after May's massive Sichuan earthquake and promised to care for it for life has been given an award by an anim... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984863/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:17:32 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984863/ The couple found their room aflame when they walked in 40 minutes after the man surnamed Lin had set the candles alight, local media reported on Thursday. "Lin was arrested by the police later and bro... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984790/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:17:31 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984790/ Taipei - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom will visit Taiwan in October to promote ties, the Central News Agency said on Saturday. Speaking by phone from Guatemala's capital Guatemala City, Taiwan's n... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984786/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:35:52 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984786/ While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launches violent attacks on Falun Gong in Flushing, New York, in order to counteract the global "Quit the CCP" campaign and to conceal the CCP's domestic cr... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984777/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:23:45 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15984777/ , or "old 100 names," and they are so partial to those 100 traditional surnames, Radio Free Netherlands tells us, that over 90% of the country's population of 1.3 billion share them. The pro... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15983248/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:52:24 -0400 Newser http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15983248/ Taipei - The chairman of Taiwan's ruling KMT party said on Saturday air links with China and opening up Taiwan to Chinese tourists is vital for peace. Wu Poh-hsiung made the remarks at a banquet for a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15983151/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:25:43 -0400 Earth Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15983151/ Emily Silver finished fifth in 54.91 behind champion Dara Torres (53.78) and runner-up Coughlin (53.83) to qualify as a member of the 400 freestyle relay team. The top four are automatically selected ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981373/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:29:18 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981373/ By John LohnOMAHA, Nebraska, July 1. ONE of the athletes was trying to rebound from a poor swim in the semifinal round. The other was trying to earn a return trip to the Olympics after an eight-year w... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981375/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:21:20 -0400 Swimming World http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981375/ Nike , the world's largest sports shoe and clothing company, on Monday said an advertising blitz around this summer's Beijing Olympics will not be affected by efforts to curtail 'ambush marketing' by ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981339/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:21:15 -0400 Financial Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981339/ China has banned its top men's backstroke swimmer for life for using a forbidden substance that promotes muscle growth. The unusually harsh punishment for a first offence is intended to underline Beij... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981444/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:21:13 -0400 Financial Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981444/ All these moves, argue Taipei and Beijing, will benefit Taiwan's economy, build trust and lead to a solution of the conflict.However, the road to rapprochement will get a lot bumpier from here.This be... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981374/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:20:46 -0400 Financial Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981374/ The weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists across the Taiwan Straits contributed to the peaceful development of the cross-Straits relationship and opened a new page in the Chinese nation's... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981697/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:17:45 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981697/ The largest unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has been quashed in southwest China's Weng'an County in Guizhou province. Currently a large number of paramilitary and riot police a... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981797/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:17:41 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/9366300fc9319e9b/id/15981797/