2009年12月29日星期二

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Yahoo! News: World - China

China executes Briton despite UK, family pleas (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 10:48 AM PST

FILE - This undated handout photo taken in Warsaw, Poland and issued by Reprieve on Monday Dec. 28, 2009 shows Akmal Shaikh. China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday, dEC. 29, 2009 and executed Akmal Shaikh by lethal injection. Akmal Shaikh was a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime. (AP Photo/Luis Belmonte Diaz/Reprieve, File)AP - China brushed aside international appeals Tuesday and executed by lethal injection a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.

China to lift Internet, phone bans in Xinjiang: state media (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:12 AM PST

China plans to restore online access and lift a ban on text messages and international calls in Xinjiang, state media said Tuesday, months after deadly ethnic unrest prompted a communications shutdown.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - China plans to restore online access and lift a ban on text messages and international calls in Xinjiang, state media said Tuesday, months after deadly ethnic unrest prompted a communications shutdown.

Nepal's PM says anti-China activities not allowed: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 09:04 AM PST

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (L) and Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (R) inspect the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Nepal's prime minister said his government would not tolerate any anti-China demonstrations in the Himalayan nation as he met with Wen in Beijing, state media reported.(AFP/Liu Jin)AFP - Nepal's prime minister said Tuesday his government would not tolerate any anti-China demonstrations in the Himalayan nation as he met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, state media reported.

China and Britain clash over execution (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 07:58 AM PST

Supporters of British man Akmal Shaikh hold candles during a vigil outside the Chinese Embassy in central London, December 28, 2009. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - China executed a Briton on Tuesday caught smuggling heroin, prompting a British outcry over what it said was the lack of any mental health assessment.

Chinese author begins Google copyright case (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 04:12 AM PST

This handout photo received in 2005 shows Chinese author Mian Mian. The author, Known for her lurid tales of the underworld, has launched the country's first civil lawsuit against Internet giant Google over its digital web library, her lawyer said.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Chinese author Mian Mian, known for her lurid tales of the underworld, on Tuesday launched the country's first civil lawsuit against Internet giant Google over its digital web library, her lawyer said.

Microsoft pegs China search market as top priority (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2009 01:22 AM PST

The Microsoft logo hangs from a window during the grand opening of Microsoft's first retail store in Scottsdale, Arizona October 22, 2009. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - China is a vital market for Microsoft's Web search business, as it chases leaders Baidu Inc and Google in the world's biggest Internet market, the world's largest software maker said.

China, the world's biggest user of death penalty (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:59 PM PST

Screengrab from China's Central Television service shows a defendant (orange top) being led by security officers during a trial over the July ethnic unrest in northwest China's Xinjiang region. China - which London said put to death a British national convicted on drugs charges on Tuesday - executes more prisoners than the rest of the world combined, rights groups say.(AFP/CCTV/File)AFP - China -- which London said put to death a British national convicted on drugs charges on Tuesday -- executes more prisoners than the rest of the world combined, rights groups say.

China says billions missing from public funds (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST

Over 34.4 billion dollars went missing from public funds in China in the first 11 months of 2009, state media has said, with national auditors highlighting embezzlement, waste and fraud.(AFP/File)AFP - Over 34.4 billion dollars went missing from public funds in China in the first 11 months of 2009, state media said Tuesday, with national auditors highlighting embezzlement, waste and fraud.

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