2008年9月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China promises all-out effort for sick babies (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 02:48 AM CDT

Chinese parents with their babies seeking treatment at a hospital in Hangzhou. China's cabinet has ordered an all-out effort to save babies poisoned by contaminated milk powder which has claimed the lives of four infants and made thousands more ill.(AFP)AFP - China's cabinet ordered an all-out effort Saturday to save babies poisoned by contaminated milk powder which has claimed the lives of four infants and sickened thousands more.

China orders recalls as milk scandal widens (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 01:44 AM CDT

A child suffering from kidney stones receives medical treatment at a hospital in Hefei, Anhui province September 19, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China ordered widespread checks on dairy products and a recall of tainted items as a scandal that began with powdered baby formula and spread to milk sparked an outcry from China's trading partners.

Five killed in China mine accident, more trapped: report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 01:23 AM CDT

File photo shows miners crossing a road through thick coal dust in the town of Xiaoyi in China's Shanxi province. At least five miners have been killed and more than 20 trapped after an accident at a coal mine in northeast China, state media have reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - At least five miners were killed and more than 20 trapped after an accident Saturday at a coal mine in northeast China, state media reported.

Milk off shelves as China's safety scandal grows (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2008 12:36 AM CDT

A child receives an ultrasonic inspection for kidney stones at a children's hospital in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. Thousands of worried parents have filled hospitals, many hovering over sons and daughters hooked to IV drips after drinking milk powder tainted with melamine, a toxic industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure. Some 1,300 babies, mostly newborns, remain hospitalized, with 158 suffering from acute kidney failure. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - China's food safety crisis widened Friday after the industrial chemical melamine was found in milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies — prompting stores, including Starbucks, to yank milk from their shelves.

US steps up inspections to keep out tainted milk (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:17 PM CDT

AP - Although no trace of infant formula from China has turned up in this country, U.S. authorities said Friday they are taking added precautions to keep out tainted milk products.

French retailer in hot seat over Chinese chairs (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 01:54 PM CDT

A Conforama furniture store is seen in the center of Paris, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008. After tainted baby milk, now toxic chairs from China. Customers in France who bought Chinese-made recliners are complaining of stinging rashes and burns. One customer, Caroline Morin, said Friday she was stunned to learn that the chair she bought last December appears to have been the cause of skin problems she has battled for months. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)AP - After tainted baby milk, now toxic chairs from China.

EU, US pledge to step up product safety efforts with China (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2008 08:47 AM CDT

US and European consumer protection officials pledged to step up product safety efforts in China. AFP - US and European consumer protection officials pledged Friday to step up product safety efforts in China, following a major scare over dairy products.

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