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China official sacked for luxury jaunt: report (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 11:52 PM CST AFP - A Chinese Communist Party official has been sacked for leading a delegation on a jaunt to Egypt and Dubai, where the group splurged on diamonds and stayed at top hotels, state media said Tuesday.

Wary Tibetans set for muted New Year celebrations (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 10:12 PM CST Reuters - With communications cut and banners warning residents to banish all thoughts of separatism, the people in ethnic Tibetan villages high in the grasslands of far-western China will pass a more tense New Years than usual.

2 sentenced to death for China snack bar poisoning (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 09:21 PM CST AP - Two migrant workers have been sentenced to death for poisoning food at a snack bar in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen, killing two diners and sickening 61 others, state media said.

Two arrested over water contamination: state media (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 02:26 PM CST AFP - Two managers of a chemical company have been arrested over a spill that led to the suspension of drinking water supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in a Chinese city, state press said Monday.

Dozens hit by food poisoning in NE China: state media (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 02:13 PM CST AFP - At least 40 people fell sick on Monday from food poisoning in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin just as it staged the Winter University Games, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

70 ill in China after eating tainted pork: state media (AFP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 02:07 PM CST AFP - At least 70 people in China fell ill after eating pig organs contaminated with an illegal weight-loss drug, state press reported Monday, the latest scare for the nation's chaotic food industry.

Pakistan president seeks China's economic support (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 01:49 PM CST AP - Pakistan's president sought China's economic help during a visit to the country's financial capital Monday, but there was no sign of fresh Chinese commitment for aid in its neighbor's financial crisis.

Chinese officials trained to handle social unrest (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 09:44 AM CST AP - Thousands of Chinese police are being trained to deal with social unrest amid concerns that millions of rural workers who have been laid off due to a sharp economic downturn could take to the streets, the government said Monday.

Beijing teen hot-wires bus, causes chaos (AP) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 06:04 AM CST AP - A 13-year-old boy apparently hot-wired a public bus and took it on a joyride in downtown Beijing and crashed it into a dozen vehicles in a scene witnesses likened to a blockbuster movie, state media reported Monday.

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