2009年8月8日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


Clinton: Chinese reassured on US financial health (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 01:08 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles during a visit at a housing project in Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. On a mission to improve ties with Africa's most prosperous nation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Saturday with South African President Jacob Zuma and later toured a housing project she had visited twice in the past. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she thinks the Chinese "are breathing a little easier" about the health of the U.S. financial system.


Exiled Uighur activist say she is 'woman of peace' (AP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 05:44 AM PDT

Rebiya Kadeer, U.S.-based dissident who heads the pro-independence World Uighur Congress, introduces the documentary, '10 Conditions of Love', at the Melbourne International Film Festival in the Melbourne Town Hall, Australia, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009.   Police have broken up a shouting match between a protester and a supporter of the exiled Uighur activist who is in Australia for a screening of a documentary about her life.   (AP Photo/David Crosling)AP - An exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for recent deadly riots in China said Saturday that she is a "woman of peace," as she attended an Australian film festival for the screening of a documentary about her life.


Twenty nine still missing after China landslide (AFP)

Posted: 08 Aug 2009 04:36 AM PDT

Map locating China's southwest Wulong county, where at least 29 people are still missing after a landslide.(AFP/Martin Megino/Gal)AFP - A massive landslide that blocked a river in southwest China and threatened a hydroelectric dam has also left 29 people missing, state media reported Saturday.


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