Rogge tells West: Be fair with China LONDON: The West must stop hectoring China over human rights, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has told a leading British newspaper.
Minorities must not hinder ties: Envoy Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said on Saturday he would tell his president that no minority should be allowed to impair the relationship between China and France.
Torch helps bring peace, friendship NAGANO, Japan: The 16th leg of the torch relay of the Beijing Olympics concluded its Japan stop on Saturday afternoon in the city of Nagano.
Lads like them would do any country proud When I got on board the coach from Osaka to Nagano at 10 pm April 25, I had no idea I was with a group of people heading to support the torch relay scheduled for the following morning.
Tibetans to get new homes away from bone disease CHENGDU: More than 17,000 Tibetan households will move into new homes away from possible water sources that might have contributed to an incurable, endemic bone disease that leaves victims unable to work, local authorities in the Aba Tibetan-Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province have said.
Karzai escapes assassination attempt Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt yesterday after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration near the presidential palace in Kabul.
Shining in twilight years At the age of 89, Hu Hung-lick can look back on a marriage spanning 64 years that has seen him and Chung Chi Yung sit tests together, go abroad together, and come back to Hong Kong to build a university together.
Taking center stage A world-renowned performer wants to help shape cosmopolitan Shanghai's modern musical theater. Robert Vicencio, perhaps best known for his role as General Thuy in Broadway's smash hit Miss Saigon, came to China with hopes of developing a mainstream appetite for modern musical theater.
Cool Ballack leaves Fergie boiling over LONDON: Michael Ballack's cool head caused Sir Alex Ferguson to lose his as Chelsea blew the English Premier League title race wide open.
Tough luck for Chinese basketball team China's men's basketball team has a mountain to climb at the Beijing Games, Chinese Basketball Association president Li Yuanwei commented after the match-ups were announced for the Olympics.
Torchbearer Kim Jung-kil (right), chairman of the ROK Olympic Committee, passes the Olympic flame to Olympic taekwondo gold medalist Moon Dae-sung during the relay in Seoul yesterday. Xinhua
