2008年12月28日星期日

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

China toughens school quake standards: state media (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 11:39 PM CST

A disabled student who survived the devastating Sichuan earthquake walks at a temporary school in Yinghua township in early November. China has toughened construction standards for schools after the disaster damaged nearly 14,000 schools and killed an untold number of students, state media has reported.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China has toughened construction standards for schools after the May earthquake in southwest China damaged nearly 14,000 schools and killed an untold number of students, state media reported Sunday.


Chinese dairies to compensate melamine victims (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 04:53 AM CST

A staff removes tainted milk products off shelves at a supermarket in Tianjin municipality in this September 18, 2008 file photo. Chinese dairy firms that sold baby formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine will pay compensation to the families of nearly 300,000 children who were killed or sickened as a result, state media reported. (Vincent Du/Reuters)AP - Chinese dairy companies that sold melamine-tainted milk are ready to pay compensation to the families of the nearly 300,000 children who became ill or died from drinking contaminated infant formula, a state news agency reported Saturday.


Chinese dairy firms agree to compensate melamine victims: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2008 04:10 AM CST

A Chinese nurse attends to a baby who became ill after drinking contaminated milk powder in September 2008. The former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal could face the death penalty if convicted. Tian Wenhua will stand trial next week.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Chinese dairy firms whose products contained the toxic chemical melamine have agreed to pay compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill from tainted milk, state media said Saturday.


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