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Baby dies as milk powder scare spreads in China (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 04:54 AM CDT Reuters - China is probing the death of a baby and the development of kidney stones in dozens of others who may have drunk the same milk formula, a grim reminder of a milk-powder scandal that killed 13 infants four years ago.

No hope for 'several hundred' missing in China landslide: official (AFP) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 03:50 AM CDT AFP - Several hundred people believed missing after a landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, with 128 already confirmed killed, state press said Thursday, citing a senior official.

China promises review of Coke bid for Huiyuan (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2008 01:13 AM CDT AP - China's Commerce Ministry says it will enforce anti-monopoly rules in reviewing Coca-Cola Co.'s bid to buy a major Chinese juice producer but gave no indication what factors might affect its decision.

China to review Coke deal under market principles: report (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 11:33 PM CDT AFP - China will review Coca-Cola's plan to take over China Huiyuan Juice Group according to the principles of a market-oriented economy, state media reported, citing a commerce ministry spokesman.

Rights group calls on China to end torture (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 09:15 PM CDT Reuters - China is not doing enough to end torture by police and in jails where the practice is still widespread, a human rights group said a in new report. Human Rights in China said there was "ample evidence" of torture being used to extract confessions and as a tool of political repression.

China says will send pandas to Taiwan 'soon' as ties warm (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 12:15 PM CDT AFP - China hopes to send two pandas to Taiwan "soon", the government said Wednesday, as Beijing uses its celebrated "panda diplomacy" on its longtime rival amid a dramatic thaw in relations.

Chinese babies hospitalised 'after drinking milk powder' (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 08:15 AM CDT AFP - Fourteen babies have been hospitalised in China suffering from kidney stones and unable to urinate after drinking a cut-price milk powder, state press reported Wednesday.

China mudslide death toll jumps to 128: state TV (AFP) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 07:41 AM CDT AFP - The death toll from an industrial mudslide that swept through a town in northern China has more than doubled to 128, state television said Wednesday.

China raises death toll from mine mudslide to 128 (Reuters) Posted: 10 Sep 2008 06:32 AM CDT Reuters - The death toll from a massive mudslide caused by the collapse of a mine waste reservoir after heavy rain two days ago has risen to 128 people, state television said on Wednesday.

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