| UNDP, Nokia to join forces for China earthquake recovery
China News.Net
Beijing, (Xinhua) The United Nations Development Programme and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have entered into a partnership to support rebuilding of southwest China's Sichuan province devastated by the earthquake, the UN agency said Thursday.
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| Iraq opens important oil-field to China
Times of India
Iraq has agreed to give China access to one of its important oil fields opening up a rich source of oil to the energy hungry country. The move will also prove to be an eye-opener for other...
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| SCO leaders pledge to enhance anti-terrorism efforts
China News.Net
Dushanbe, (Xinhua) Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states Thursday pledged to strengthen the organisation's regional anti-terrorist structure and raise thier cooperation in the field of security to a new height.
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| Paralympic torch relay begins in Beijing
CBC News
The final road to the 2008 Paralympic Games began Thursday with the lighting of the Paralympic flame at Beijing's Temple of Heaven. The ceremony touched off a nine-day torch relay across China ahead...
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| US to sell Harpoon missiles to Taiwan
China News.Net
Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that the US has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air Launch anti-ship missiles to Taipei, in a move ending a de facto freeze on US arms sales to the island.
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| U.S., Taiwan strike arms deal
The Register-Guard
Guangzhou, China — Washington will sell $90 million worth of anti-ship missiles to Taiwan, ending what some analysts said has been a U.S. freeze on arms sales designed to ease cross-Straits tension...
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| Audit shows Chinese government mismanaged $6.7 billion
Gulf News
Chinese central government departments misused or mismanaged more than 46 billion yuan ($6.73 billion) last year, including using disaster relief money to build government offices and...
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| China Telecom says profit slips 8 percent
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In this 2008 file photo, a villager walks past a billboard for China Telecom, near Xiushui,that its...
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| China muzzles criticism of hapless Olympic soccer team
International Herald Tribune
Beijing : The Olympic Games have shown that sports and national pride are still tightly intertwined, and perhaps nowhere more so than in the minds of Chinese leaders. The evidence is indisputable:...
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| Strong quake jolts western China
Hindustan Times
A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale on Monday jolted the Zhongba county in western China's Tibet region, the country's Earthquake Networks Centre said. The earthquake occurred...
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| Chinese agencies embezzled $660 million in 2007
Federal News Radio
Duke offers British public a bargain masterpiece A British aristocrat is offering two public art galleries a 50 million-pound (US$92 million) bargain _ a Renaissance painting by the Italian artist...
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| China, Iraq reach $3 billion oil service deal
Federal News Radio
Asian alliance snubs Russian plea for support China and several Central Asian nations rebuffed Russia's hopes of international support for its actions in Georgia, issuing a statement Thursday...
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| 2 Chinese policemen killed, 7 wounded in Xinjiang
Examiner
News ) - Chinese police clashed with members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in the far western region of Xinjiang, authorities and an activist said Thursday, the first reported outbreak of...
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| China rules out Taiwan joining UN agencies
The Standard
08-28 21:37) China ruled out Taiwan joining agencies of the United Nations, frustrating hopes that its stance might soften after the island elected a more China-friendly president earlier this...
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| Shanghai jaywalkers to be publicly shamed by police
BBC
Pedestrians who fail to use the proper crossing points to cross the road in Shanghai face a public shaming, local media report. Police will post video and pictures of offenders in newspapers and...
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| Bank of China reminds us that Western banks are heading south
Market Watch
... profile ) were up 43% to $6.17 billion and almost 50% above analyst forecasts. Net-interest income rose 15% and net-interest margins rose 2.66%. And all of this comes from the bank with the biggest...
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| Official urges more support to help farmers lift incomes
China Daily
A top Chinese agriculture official on Thursday called for more technological and financial support for the rest of the year to help farmers increase their incomes. Measures should be taken...
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| Blogger Arrested Over Chinese Democracy
Web Pro News
Chris Crum - Thu, 08/28/2008 - 10:24am. I'm talking about the Guns N' Roses album of course.Despite the fact that Axl Rose is the only original member left in Guns N' Roses, his (I say...
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| Bank of China denies helping wire funds to anti-Israel terrorists+
Breitbart
Kyodo)the Bank of China, one of China's big four banks, said Thursday that accusations its U.S. branch transferred funds to terrorists in the Middle East are...
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| Shanghai World Financial Centre, China
C News
China's tallest building, the 101-storey Shanghai World Financial Centre, is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday. The opening comes 14 years after its developer, Japanese...
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| China voices concern over Georgia developments
The Standard
2 hrs 26 mins ago) China said on Thursday it was concerned about the latest political developments surrounding Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia after Russia declared it was...
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| Mystery Chinese iPhone Worker Becomes Internet Star
eWeek
A Chinese factory worker at an Apple iPhone factory has become an Internet sensation after a picture of her smiling and flashing a peace sign to a co-worker testing an Apple iPhone stayed on the...
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| Sasol Scraps One Proposed China Coal-To-Oil Project - Co
Morning Star
... said it was no longer proceeding with plans for a CTL project in Shaanxi province and would focus fully on a feasibility study of a plant in Ningxia Hui autonomous region with a capacity of 80,000...
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| Taiwan ex-top cop indicted in laundering probe
San Diego Union-Tribune
Taipei, Taiwan – Prosecutors indicted Taiwan's former investigation chief Thursday for attempting to cover up alleged money laundering by former President Chen Shui-bian. The indictment...
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