2008年9月14日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China widens milk powder inquiry to dairy farms (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 03:22 AM CDT

Reuters - China's investigation of the tainted milk powder that sickened hundreds of babies widened to its dairy-producing regions on Sunday, as officials attempted to track down the source of melamine in the milk.

China says company knew of tainted milk for weeks (AP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 02:33 AM CDT

In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)AP - China's health minister blamed a dairy Saturday for the delay in warning the public about tainted milk powder linked to kidney stones in infants and at least one death, as authorities increased the number of known sick babies to 432.


China vows better food safety after baby milk scandal (AFP)

Posted: 14 Sep 2008 12:49 AM CDT

A child looks on while drinking milk from a milk in Beijing. China has vowed to improve its food safety supervision after confirming 432 babies suffered from kidney stones and at least one died after drinking contaminated milk powder.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China vowed Sunday to improve its food safety supervision after confirming 432 babies suffered from kidney stones and at least one died after drinking contaminated milk powder.


China landslide death toll rises to 254 (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 11:25 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 has risen to 254 in a landslide triggered by the collapse of an illegal mining dump, which engulfed a village in northern China, a government official said Sunday.


Powerful blast at petrochemical plant in China: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 09:25 PM CDT

A powerful explosion has ripped through a petrochemical plant in northeast China, state media have said.(XINHUA/File)AFP - An explosion so powerful it could be heard 40 kilometres (25 miles) away ripped through a petrochemical plant in northeast China early Sunday, state media said.


Death toll from China mine mudslide climbs to 254 (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 09:03 PM CDT

Residents stand at the site of a village buried by a rain-triggered mudslide in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province September 13, 2008. The death toll from a mudslide that resulted from a collapsed mine waste reservoir earlier this week in northern China has climbed to 178, state media said on Friday. (Aly Song - /Reuters)Reuters - The death toll from a mudslide caused by the collapse of a mine waste reservoir in northern China has climbed to 254, state media said on Sunday.


China landslide death toll raised to 254: state media (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 12:46 PM CDT

Chinese rescuers recover a body of a victim buried under a torrent of mining waste and sludge in Taoshi, when a mining dam collapsed on September 8, in north China's Shanxi province. The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town jumped to 254 on Saturday with the discovery of dozens more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities.(AFP/File)AFP - The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town jumped to 254 on Saturday with the discovery of dozens more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities.


Chinese baby dies, hundreds sick from milk powder (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 11:19 AM CDT

Six-month-old Wu xian, who suffered from kidney stones, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 13, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China reported a first death on Saturday in a scandal over contaminated milk powder which it blamed for causing kidney stones and making 432 babies fall ill.


Report: Bus crash in China kills 51 (AP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 08:07 AM CDT

AP - A state news agency says a fiery bus crash in China's mountainous southwest has killed 51 people.

China says 432 babies ill from tainted milk powder (AFP)

Posted: 13 Sep 2008 07:08 AM CDT

Nestle milk powder -- which is not linked to the recent health scandal -- for sale at a Shanghai supermarket in 2005. China's health minister said 432 babies had kidney stones after drinking contaminated milk powder and vowed to punish those responsible.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Some 432 babies have developed kidney stones after drinking milk powder contaminated with an industrial chemical, China's health minister said Saturday, vowing to punish those responsible.


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