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More nations pull suspect products as China milk scandal spreads (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:12 AM CDT

AFP - South Korea, Australia and Japan Saturday pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid a widening scandal over Chinese milk products tainted with the toxic chemical.

Mao's personal plane up for sale (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2008 04:00 AM CDT

AFP - Mao Zedong's personal airplane has been put up for sale by the owner of a shopping centre in southern China to make more space for parking.

Millions to die in China from lung disease: report (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 06:02 PM CDT

Reuters - Tens of millions of people will die from respiratory illness and lung cancer over the next 25 years in China if nothing is done to reduce smoking and fuel burning indoors, scientists warned.

FACTBOX: No safe melamine level found for baby formula (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 12:47 PM CDT

Reuters - No amount of melamine is safe in baby formula, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday in an analysis after milk products from China were found to be contaminated.

Chinese pandas fed chicken soup for health (AP)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 12:17 PM CDT

AP - Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul even pandas.

Skype's China spying sparks anger (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Oct 2008 07:54 AM CDT

Reuters - Savvy Internet users in China began avoiding the version of Skype offered by its Chinese partner two years ago, but news it filtered and recorded text messages has sparked new worries about the global firm's commitment to privacy.