2009年10月8日星期四

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China detects deadly nerve gas at border with NKorea: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 04:45 PM PDT

A North Korean soldier points as he is photographed from the Chinese border in May 2009. China has detected deadly nerve gas at its border with North Korea and suspects an accidental release inside the secretive state, a Japanese news report said Friday.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - China has detected deadly nerve gas at its border with North Korea and suspects an accidental release inside the secretive state, a Japanese news report said Friday.


Chinese fossil find gives clue to ear's evolution (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:15 AM PDT

This undated handout image courtesy of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History shows the new Cretaceous mammal Maotherium. It had terrestrial habits and scampered around on the ground. From its skeleton it is estimated to have weighed about 70-80 grams (2 ounces), and was about 15 cm (5 inches) in length.(AFP/HO/Mark A. Klingler)AFP - Researchers digging in north eastern China say they have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown chipmunk-sized mammal that could help explain how human hearing evolved.


Chinese language class starts in Liberia's capital (AP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 08:46 AM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, Liberian students listen to Chinese teacher Li Peng as he teaches a Mandarin class, at the Samuel Doe stadium in Monrovia, Liberia. A new Chinese language school is providing an opportunity for Liberians to learn Mandarin as China expands its economic presence in the West African country. (AP Photo/Jonathan Paye-Layleh)AP - A new language class is providing an opportunity for Liberians to learn Mandarin as China expands its economic presence in the West African country.


Japan new PM seeks to build trust with Beijing, Seoul (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:58 AM PDT

Yukio Hatoyama, Japan's Prime Minister, waves during the presentation for the city of Tokyo's candidature for the 2016 Olympic Games to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members during the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen October 2, 2009. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - Japan's new prime minister will seek to keep periodically fraught ties with China and South Korea on track at weekend summits, avoiding rows that could hurt economic links and pitching his idea of an East Asia regional grouping.


Qaeda urges Uighur jihad against China: SITE (AFP)

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:33 AM PDT

Chinese troops train in Urumqi, in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, early on September 5. Al-Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi has called on Uighurs to launch a jihad against the Chinese authorities and has urged Muslims worldwide to support their co-religionists, a US monitoring group reported.(AFP/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Al-Qaeda leader Abu Yahia al-Libi has called on Uighurs to launch a jihad against the Chinese authorities and has urged Muslims worldwide to support their co-religionists, a US monitoring group reported.


Amid the global economic crisis, China rises (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 09:33 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2007 file photo, two models advertise 'Geely Otaka', a car designed in China, during an auto show in Moscow, Russia. The signs read 'Attention! Otaka - 291,500 Rubles (US$11,300; euro8,300).' (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)AP - The auto-parts maker Delphi Corp. is headquartered in Troy, Mich., in the heart of the region that made the United States the car capital of the world. It's a place where the phrase "buy American" is right at home.


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