2009年2月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Drought-hit China to divert waters from two longest rivers: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:27 AM CST

The Yangtze river seen at the point where it divides the region of Sichuan (top) from Yunnan. China is set to divert water from its two longest rivers to help farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades, state media have said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China will divert water from its two longest rivers to help farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades, state media said Sunday.

China fights drought with chemical cloud-seeding (AP)

Posted: 08 Feb 2009 01:18 AM CST

A farmer rests beside a small canal he dug to channel water released from the Luhun Reservoir to his field of rapeseed in Song county in central China's Henan province Friday Feb. 6, 2009. He came to his field at 3.00 am in preparation for the release of the water. China will give US$12 billion to help wheat-growing communities across the country's northern region survive their worst drought in five decades, state media reported Saturday. (AP Photo)AP - Parts of China's parched north got light rain after authorities fired shells loaded with cloud-seeding chemicals into the sky, but there was no end in sight for its worst drought in five decades, the government said Sunday.

China announces aid for drought-hit farmers (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:51 AM CST

Map showing the Chinese provinces worst hit by drought. China is to provide more than 12 billion dollars in aid for farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades.(AFP Graphic/Martin Megino/Gal/Js)AFP - China is to provide more than 12 billion dollars in aid for farmers hit by the country's worst drought in decades, state media said Saturday

Security forces patrol Tibetan town in NW China (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:19 AM CST

Locals ride bicycles as riot policemen patrol the main street in Xiahe in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu province February 7, 2009 during the Monlam celebration, or the Great Prayer Festival, one of the most important festivals in Tibetan Buddhism. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - Security forces put on a show of force in the important Tibetan monastery town of Xiahe in the foothills of the Tibetan plateau before a sensitive Tibetan anniversary.

Injured bears rescued from bile farms in China (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 05:07 AM CST

Jill Robinson, founder and chief executive of Animals Asia, feeds a rescued black bear at the Moon Bear Rescue Center, in Chengdu, in China southwest Sichuan province, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group. (AP Photo/Ken Teh)AP - A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group.

Economic crisis hits China's toy exports: state media (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 04:32 AM CST

File photo shows soft toys with a label reading AFP - Growth in Chinese toy exports slowed sharply last year as the global economic crisis hit demand, state media said Saturday, citing customs figures.

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