2008年9月18日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Death toll rises to four as China ramps up milk scandal response (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:18 AM CDT

Chinese babies are seen under treatment at a hospital in Wuhan, central China. China has reported a fourth death in a mounting scandal over tainted baby milk as it ratcheted up its response to the crisis with 12 new arrests and tighter inspections of its food sector.(AFP/File)AFP - China on Thursday reported a fourth death in a mounting scandal over tainted baby milk as it ratcheted up its response to the crisis with 12 new arrests and tighter inspections of its food sector.


China formula scare spreads to ice-cream, yoghurt (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 05:18 AM CDT

Li Dongyang, an eight-month-old child who suffered from kidney stones receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 17, 2008. (Jianan Yu/Reuters)Reuters - Hong Kong has ordered the recall of a Chinese company's products after milk, ice cream and yogurt were found to be contaminated with melamine, the compound responsible for killing four children in a China health scandal.


12 more arrested in China's tainted milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 03:35 AM CDT

A Child receiving treatment for developing kidney stones after consuming tainted milk formula sleeps at a hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province Wednesday Sept. 17, 2008. China's health minister said Wednesday that tainted milk formula has killed three Chinese babies and sickened 6,200 in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies, including China's biggest dairy, to recall products. (AP Photo)AP - Police arrested 12 more people Thursday as China expanded a crackdown in a scandal involving tainted milk powder as a fourth death was announced and more than 6,200 other babies were sick from the powder.


Fourth death reported in China milk scandal: govt (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 01:06 AM CDT

Chinese babies are seen under treatment at a hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on September 16. One person has died in northwestern China from consuming tainted milk powder, a government website said on Thursday, the fourth death reported so far in the mounting scandal.(AFP/File)AFP - One person has died in northwestern China from consuming tainted milk powder, a government website said on Thursday, the fourth death reported so far in the mounting scandal.


China officials probed for concealing mudslide toll: state media (AFP)

Posted: 18 Sep 2008 12:02 AM CDT

Rescuers search for survivors in Taoshi township, buried under tonnes of sludge when a landslide hit the town on September 9. China is investigating whether rescue efforts in the disaster that killed at least 260 people were hampered by corrupt local officials trying to hide the true death toll, state press has said.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - China is investigating whether rescue efforts following a landslide that killed at least 260 people were hampered by corrupt local officials trying to hide the true death toll, state press said Thursday.


China to expand melamine tests to feed products: state media (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 11:42 PM CDT

A mother cradles her baby as they wait for treatment at a hospital in Xian, northern China on September 17. Authorities will step up testing of livestock feed as they seek to root out use of a chemical blamed for killing three babies and sickening thousands who drank tainted milk powder.(AFP)AFP - China will step up testing of livestock feed as its seeks to root out use of a chemical blamed for killing three babies and sickening thousands who drank tainted milk powder, state media said Thursday.


Death toll in China landslide rises to 260 (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 11:33 PM CDT

A villager looks at his house damaged by the rain-triggered mud slide at Xiangfen County in Linfen,  north China's Shanxi province, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008.  Authorities have detained 13 officials of a mine whose dump site collapsed to trigger a landslide that blanketed a village and killed at least 178 people in northern China, state media said Friday.  (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - The death toll from a landslide in northern China this month has risen to 260 with another 10 people missing and presumed dead, state media said Thursday.


China says headed off Olympic protest permits (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 09:35 PM CDT

Reuters - The main reason why no protests were held during the Beijing Olympics in specially designated demonstration zones was because all the issues were resolved ahead of time, state media said on Thursday.

'Post-Olympic era' off to a rocky start in China (AP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 12:13 PM CDT

Chinese paramilitary police stand in front of the Olympic flame during the closing ceremony for the Paralympic Games in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads.


Chinese armchairs linked to French eczema outbreak (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 08:14 AM CDT

A woman walks pass a row of sofas laid out to dry outside a shop in Beijing in 2005. A French retailer has said it has withdrawn a range of Chinese-made armchairs and sofas from sale after hundreds of buyers complained of developing a painful eczema rash.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - A French retailer said Wednesday it has withdrawn a range of Chinese-made armchairs and sofas from sale after hundreds of buyers complained of developing a painful eczema rash.


Police detain sacked head of China milk-powder firm (AFP)

Posted: 17 Sep 2008 05:54 AM CDT

A Chinese baby is treated at a hospital in Wuhan, central China, on September 13 after drinking contaminated milk powder. Police in China have detained the sacked chairwoman of Sanlu Group, the company at the centre of a mounting national scandal over deadly baby formula, state media have reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in China have detained the sacked chairwoman of Sanlu Group, the company at the centre of a mounting national scandal over deadly baby formula, state media reported on Wednesday.


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