2009年8月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China 'sacks nuclear chief' over graft probe (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 10:14 AM PDT

File photo shows workers at a nuclear power plant in China's southeast Zhejiang province. China has sacked a top nuclear power official, state press said, after reports he was being investigated for allegedly squandering public funds and taking bribes of up to 260 million dollars.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China has sacked a top nuclear power official, state press said Friday, after reports he was being investigated for allegedly squandering public funds and taking bribes of up to 260 million dollars.

China city seeks DNA records for bar workers (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 08:57 AM PDT

Chinese dancers perform at a bar in eastern China. Police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have begun demanding DNA samples from workers at nightclubs and karaoke bars, in a move that is stirring controversy, a report said.(AFP/File)AFP - Police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have begun demanding DNA samples from workers at nightclubs and karaoke bars, in a move that is stirring controversy, a report said.

Lead poisoning sickens 600 kids in China (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:52 AM PDT

Chinese medical personnel prepare to start their shift in July 2009. Authorities in northern China Wednesday announced the closure of a smelting plant blamed for the lead poisoning of at least 300 children, state media reported.(AFP/File)AP - More than 600 children have been sickened with lead poisoning in a northern Chinese province where authorities shut a smelter earlier this week thought to have caused the contamination, state media reported.

China Merchants Bank plans $2.6 bln rights issue (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 07:06 AM PDT

File photo shows people walking past a branch of China Merchants Bank in the Chinese border city of Dandong. China Merchants Bank said Friday it plans to raise up to 18 billion yuan (2.6 billion dollars) via a rights issue in Shanghai and Hong Kong, aimed at strengthening its capital base.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - China Merchants Bank said Friday it plans to raise up to 18 billion yuan (2.6 billion dollars) via a rights issue in Shanghai and Hong Kong, aimed at strengthening its capital base.

Correction: China-Electric Bikes story (AP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 02:36 AM PDT

AP - In a July 25 story about electric bikes in China, The Associated Press reported erroneously that some bikes are powered by nickel-meter-hydride batteries. The correct term is nickel-metal-hydride.

China pet shops offer 'lucky' tattooed fish (AFP)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 12:13 AM PDT

Golden fishes decorated with Chinese lucky characters are seen at a pet market in the southwestern city of Chengdu. Pet shops in a city in southwest China are offering fish tattooed with patterns and lucky characters intended to bring their owners good fortune and happiness.(AFP)AFP - Pet shops in a city in southwest China are offering fish tattooed with patterns and lucky characters intended to bring their owners good fortune and happiness.

China promotes Xinjiang armed police chief: report (AFP)

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 10:57 PM PDT

Two ethnic Uighur women pass Chinese armed policemen standing guard outside the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, China's Xinjiang region in July. China has promoted the head of the armed police in Xinjiang following ethnic unrest last month in the mainly Muslim region in which nearly 200 people died, state media reported Friday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China has promoted the head of the armed police in Xinjiang following ethnic unrest last month in the mainly Muslim region in which nearly 200 people died, state media reported Friday.

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