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  • Schiavone advances to final after Dementieva retires

    2010-06-04 10:14

    Francesca Schiavone became the first Italian woman to reach a Grand Slam final on Thursday when Russia's Elena Dementieva retired at the end of the first set of their Roland Garros semifinal.

  • Japan's Cabinet resigns en masse

    2010-06-04 10:04

    Japan's Cabinet resigned en masse Friday to clear the way for a ruling party vote to select a successor to former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who resigned two days earlier.

  • Liu Xiang can still be London contender: US hurdler

    2010-06-04 09:13

    China's out-of-form former Olympic champion, Liu Xiang, can still be a contender at the 2012 London Games, according to veteran American hurdler Allen Johnson.

  • BP cuts pipe, plans to lower cap over Gulf spill

    2010-06-04 08:10

    BP sliced off a pipe with giant shears Thursday in the latest bid to curtail the worst spill in US history, but the cut was jagged and placing a cap over the gusher will now be more challenging.

  • Japan Finmin Kan certain to be next PM - media

    2010-06-04 07:59

    Finance Minister Naoto Kan, a fiscal conservative with an image as a challenger to the status quo, looked set to become Japan's next premier on Friday, media said, in a ruling party vote ahead of an election next month.
    Japan's political turbulence

  • Hu to discuss Central Asian security at SCO

    2010-06-04 07:52

    Security in Central Asia will be on the agenda as Chinese President Hu Jintao attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit next week in Uzbekistan.

  • Gates snub linked to arms sale - expert

    2010-06-04 07:49

    China's rejection on a proposed visit by the United States defense secretary, which shocked the Pentagon on Tuesday, is aimed at Washington's reluctance to adjust its tone on its disputed arms sale to Taiwan.

  • Don't hurt Iranian people: FM

    2010-06-04 07:39

    Any action taken by the United Nations should not punish the Iranian people nor impact their normal lives, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thursday.

  • Gunman killed by police after 10-hr standoff

    2010-06-04 07:36

    It was right out of a Hollywood gangster movie: A man with a home-made pistol shoots a senior police officer and holds off a well-equipped police team for 10 hours before he is shot dead.

  • Chinese GPS moves closer

    2010-06-04 07:28

    The launch of the country's fourth Beidou orbiter late on Wednesday night signals "a step closer" toward the highly anticipated Chinese-version of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a senior official said on Thursday.

  • 'Pressure mounting' in anti-pollution drive

    2010-06-04 07:23

    The country is facing mounting pressure to control its pollution, despite progress made in cleaning up the environment, a senior official said on Thursday.

  • BP may sell off assets as Gulf oil spill costs mount

    2010-06-04 07:06

    BP Plc may have to sell some of its most-valued assets, including a stake in the biggest US oil field, to pay cleanup costs, fines and legal damages from the largest offshore spill in American history.

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Geng Jiasheng, 54, a national master technician in the manufacturing industry, is busy working on improvements for a new removable environmental protection toilet, a project he has been devoted to since last year.
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