2010年8月24日星期二

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


China plane crashes after overshooting runway (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:42 PM PDT

Rescuers work at the site of a plane crash in Yichun, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province August 24, 2010 in this photo taken by mobile phone and distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. REUTERS/Xinhua/Li GuangfuReuters - A passenger plane overshot a runway on landing at a new airport in northeast China late on Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing 43 people in the nation's worst air disaster in years.


China's massive traffic jam could last for weeks (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:37 PM PDT

In this photo taken on Monday Aug. 23, 2010 and shot through a fence, trucks can be seen lining up on a highway in Wanquan county in north China's Hebei province  The traffic jam that has stretched as long as 60 miles (100 kilometers) in northern China and continues into its tenth day on Tuesday stems from road construction in Beijing that won't be finished until the middle of next month, an official said.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - China has just been declared the world's second biggest economy, and now it has a monster traffic jam to match.


Jet misses runway and crashes in China, killing 43 (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:36 PM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, rescuers work at the site of a reported plane crash at an airport in northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. According to Xinhua, the plane overshot the runway in Yichun city and burst into flames. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Guangfu) NO SALESAP - A Chinese passenger jet broke apart as it approached a fog-shrouded runway in the country's northeast and burst into flames as it hit the ground Tuesday, killing 43 people and injuring 53 others, state media said.


42 dead in China plane crash (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:36 PM PDT

A TV grab taken from China's state run CCTV shows firemen battling the flames of the burning wreckage of a crashed passenger plane at an airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang province. The Henan Airlines plane broke into two pieces before it smashed into the ground while trying to touch down at the airport killing at least 42 people on board(AFP/CCTV/Ho)AFP - A Chinese airliner crashed and burst into flames while attempting to land in northeast China, killing 42 people on board, state media reported on Wednesday.


Gene variants put diabetics at risk of kidney disease (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 01:03 PM PDT

Reuters - Some diabetics are at risk of developing chronic kidney disease if they have mutations of a certain gene, a long-term study in Hong Kong has found.

43 dead in China plane crash: state media (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 11:39 AM PDT

An E-190 passenger aircraft manufactured by Brazil's Embraer and operated by Henan Airlines chocked on the tarmac of Yichun's Lindu airport in February 2010. A Chinese passenger plane crashed and burst into flames while attempting to land in northeast China on Tuesday, killing 43 people on board, state media reported.(AFP/File)AFP - The bodies of 43 passengers have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane which crashed in northeast China on Tuesday, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported, citing a local official.


S.Africa's Zuma in China for talks on growing ties (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT

South African President Jacob Zuma (C) views an honour guard with Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zuma met Hu in Beijing on Tuesday for talks aimed at broadening the relationship between Beijing and Africa's biggest economy.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Beijing on Tuesday for talks aimed at broadening the relationship between Beijing and Africa's biggest economy.


Senators raise concern about Huawei-Sprint deal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Reuters - A group of U.S. Republican lawmakers have raised national security concerns about China-based Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's bid to supply

Senior Chinese police officer condemned for graft (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:17 AM PDT

AP - An assistant public security minister who led China's economic crimes investigation unit was given a suspended death sentence Tuesday for taking more than $1 million in bribes and abusing his position, state media said.

Floods halt shipping at China's Three Gorges dam (AP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 03:16 AM PDT

Chinese soldiers clean up after the flood receded from the town of Dandong which borders North Korea along the Yalu river in northeast China's Liaoning province Monday Aug. 23, 2010. Flooding has forced the evacuation of more than a quarter-million people in northern China along its border with North Korea, state media said Monday. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Authorities have halted shipping through China's massive Three Gorges Dam on the upper reaches of the Yangtze river because the dam will experience another flood peak Tuesday.


Chalco says confident on Guinea ore field approval (AFP)

Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:37 AM PDT

Product stackers are seen in operation at a Rio Tinto plant in Australia. Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) has said it is confident the government of the west African nation of Guinea would approve its bid to jointly develop a huge African iron ore field with the mining giant.(AFP/HO/Rio Tinto/File)AFP - Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) said Tuesday it was confident Guinea's government would approve its bid to jointly develop a huge African iron ore field with mining giant Rio Tinto.


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