2010年8月20日星期五

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China to relocate hundreds out of mudslide-hit town (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT

Surviving residents carry their belongings amid the rubble of landslide devastation as rescue efforts continue in Zhouqu on August 11, in northwest China's Gansu province. More than 1,700 people made homeless by devastating mudslides in northwest China are to be relocated to a resettlement area and may have to stay in tents there through the winter, state media said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - More than 1,700 people made homeless by devastating mudslides in northwest China are to be relocated to a resettlement area and may have to stay in tents there through the winter, state media said.


Scores still missing in SW China mudslides (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:24 AM PDT

Rescuers search for victims after a landslide in Gongshan county, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Rescue crews searched Friday for scores of people left missing and feared dead in southwestern China after torrential rains triggered massive mudslides during a summer plagued by deadly rains and flooding. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Rescue crews searched Friday for scores of people left missing and feared dead in southwestern China after torrential rains triggered massive mudslides during a summer plagued by deadly rains and flooding.


Official: Attack in western China targeted police (AP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:50 AM PDT

AP - Attackers who set off explosives in a restive region of far-western China that killed seven people and wounded 14 others were targeting security forces, the local government said Friday.

China's Ansteel may scrap US steel deal (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 02:54 AM PDT

A steel worker operates a cold-rolled steel sheet maker in an Anshan Iron and Steel Group (Angang) plant in China's northeastern province of Liaoning in 2000. China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group said Friday it remained committed to an investment deal with a US steel mill, a day after a senior executive said the plan had been shelved.(AFP/File/Chai Hin Goh)AFP - China's Anshan Iron and Steel Group may scrap an investment deal with a US steel mill due to opposition from American lawmakers, state media said Friday.


Rio chief denies BHP iron ore venture dead (AFP)

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:40 AM PDT

Rio Tinto's chief executive Tom Albanese (seen here in May 2010) has dismissed speculation that the mining giant's proposed iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton was on the brink of collapse due to regulatory disapproval.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto on Friday dismissed speculation that its proposed iron ore joint venture with BHP Billiton was on the brink of collapse due to regulatory disapproval.


Four missing after fishing boat capsizes in China (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:38 PM PDT

Four people went missing after a fishing boat rented by students capsized on Friday in a river in northeastern China in strong winds, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - Four people went missing after a fishing boat rented by students capsized on Friday in a river in northeastern China in strong winds, state media reported.


China: two suspects in Xinjiang blast, one dead (AFP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 09:15 PM PDT

Armed Chinese police are seen in the far-western region of Xinjiang. Authorities in the restive area believe two suspects, a man and a woman, were behind an explosion that killed seven people and injured 14 others, state media have reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region believe two suspects, a man and a woman, were behind an explosion that killed seven people and injured 14 others, state media reported Friday.


Rio Tinto vows to work for approval of Pilbara JV (AP)

Posted: 19 Aug 2010 08:59 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 29, 2010 file photo, a receptionist answers the phone at the Riot Tinto office in Shanghai. Global miner  Rio Tinto's CEO Tom Albanese shrugs off doubts Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 over the prospects for the company's proposed iron ore joint venture in Australia with BHP Billiton, saying he will do everything he can to win regulatory approval for a deal that is meeting opposition from big ore buyers like China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)AP - Global miner Rio Tinto's CEO shrugged off doubts Friday over a proposed iron ore joint venture in Australia with BHP Billiton, saying he will do everything he can to win regulatory approval for a deal opposed by big ore buyers like China.


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