2008年9月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

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

Rescuers search for survivors after a mud and rock slide in Linfen City, north China's Shanxi province. Several hundred people believed missing after the landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely to be dead, with 128 already confirmed killed, state press have said.(AFP)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

Huiyuan Juice Group Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Francis Ng , left, and Strategic Development Vice President Matthew Mouw pose with products of the company after a news conference on the company's 2008 interim results in Hong Kong Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. Coca-Cola Co. has yet to ask Beijing for approval of its proposed US$2.5 billion takeover of a major Chinese fruit juice producer, the Chinese company said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)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

File photo shows people passing a Coca-cola advertisement in Beijing. China is set to review the drink company's plan to take over China Huiyuan Juice Group according to the principles of a market-oriented economy, state media have reported.(AFP/File/AFP)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

Two giant pandas enjoy a stick of bamboo at a zoo in Beijing in May 2008. China hopes to send two pandas to Taiwan 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

A baby drinks milk is it is carried by its mother as passengers wait for a train at the railway station in China's southern city of Guangzhou, February 2008. Fourteen babies have been hospitalised in China suffering from kidney stones and unable to urinate after drinking a cut-price milk powder, state press has reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)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

A destroyed vehicle lies half-buried in mud at Taoshi township, a small mining town in Shanxi province. The death toll from an industrial mudslide that swept through a town in northern China has doubled to 128.(AFP)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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