2008年9月5日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Investment scheme sparks clashes in Chinese city (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 04:22 AM CDT

Reuters - Discontent over a banned investment scheme erupted into two days of clashes between residents and security forces in a small city in southern China, according to reports on Friday.

China imposes Ramadan security crackdown in Muslim northwest (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2008 03:11 AM CDT

Police search ethnic Uighurs in Kashgar. Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security crackdown for Ramadan(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security crackdown for Ramadan, government notices said.


China puts squeeze on military spending abuses (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 10:10 PM CDT

Reuters - Chinese military officials face intensified scrutiny for abusing or mishandling the nation's fast-rising defence budget, state media reported on Friday.

Flooding risk for decades in China quake zone: expert (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 02:52 PM CDT

Rescuers evacuate people from Wangmo in China's Guizhou province in June 2008. Up to 20 million people living in southwest China's Sichuan Basin could be at risk of flooding for decades following the devastating earthquake there in May, a British expert said Thursday.(AFP/File)AFP - Up to 20 million people living in southwest China's Sichuan Basin could be at risk of flooding for decades following the devastating earthquake there in May, a British expert said Thursday.


Asian elephant cured in rehab of heroin addiction (AP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 12:58 PM CDT

AP - An Asian elephant that became addicted to heroin at the hands of illegal traders will return home after a three-year rehab program, Chinese state media said Thursday.

27 die in China coal mine blast: local official, state media (AFP)

Posted: 04 Sep 2008 09:08 AM CDT

A coal miner is pictured after a day's work in China. Twenty-seven people were killed and six injured Thursday in a coal mine explosion in northeast China, state media said, the latest disaster to hit the nation's notoriously dangerous mining industry.(AFP/File)AFP - Twenty-seven people were killed and six injured Thursday in a coal mine explosion in northeast China, state media said, the latest disaster to hit the nation's notoriously dangerous mining industry.


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