Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China raises bank reserves to cool lending (AP)
• China suspends officials over tainted pork scandal (AP)
• WHO: Radiation risk from Japan remains localized (AP)
• China: 'serious reservations' about UN resolution (AP)
• Japan radiation localized, no immediate threat: WHO (Reuters)

China raises bank reserves to cool lending (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2011 04:08 AM PDT AP - China on Friday ordered its banks to raise the amount of money they hold in reserves in another move to curb lending and cool a spike in inflation.

China suspends officials over tainted pork scandal (AP) Posted: 18 Mar 2011 01:26 AM PDT AP - A state news agency says three senior officials in central China have been suspended and more than two dozen others punished after pigs in farms there tested positive for a banned chemical that is dangerous to humans.

WHO: Radiation risk from Japan remains localized (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:41 PM PDT AP - The World Health Organization offered reassurances Friday that the radiation risk from Japan's nuclear crisis remains highly localized, with no sign it threatens anywhere else in Asia.

China: 'serious reservations' about UN resolution (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 11:11 PM PDT AP - China says it has "serious reservations" about a United Nations resolution authorizing a no-fly zone over Libya and military action to protect civilians against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

Japan radiation localized, no immediate threat: WHO (Reuters) Posted: 17 Mar 2011 10:20 PM PDT Reuters - The World Health Organization believes the spread of radiation from a quake-crippled nuclear plant in Japan remains limited and appears to pose no immediate risk to health, the WHO's China representative said on Friday.

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