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Top News

Impetus urged in cross-Straits ties
Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, yesterday called for creating a new situation for peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.

National celebration gets global flavor

President to visit Japan next week

Speeding caused deadly collision

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Top News

Cancer, stroke top killers for Chinese
Cancer and stroke are the top two causes of death for Chinese, a Ministry of Health (MOH) study revealed yesterday.

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Nation

Media arrive at mountain base
QOMOLANGMA, Tibet: Thirty reporters arrived on Monday at the Mount Qomolangma media center, which will provide a base for journalists covering the Beijing Olympic flame's ascent of the world's highest peak.

Ban on price hikes at tourist sites

Electricity tariffs 'will not rise'

Conference hails Green Olympics

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Nation

Team set up to rescue factory kids
SHENZHEN: A citywide drive has been launched to rescue children working in Dongguan, a manufacturing base in Guangdong province.

Death toll from viral infection in Fuyang increases to 20

5 jailed for sale of illegal drugs

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Nation

Tibet 'government' a theocratic power
The Tibetan "government-in-exile" is a theocratic power, integrating a church and a "state" with the Dalai Lama at the top, a senior Tibetologist said.

Monastery reopens to worshippers

Book tells story of region's liberation

New law boosts lawyers' rights

3 given life, 27 jailed for rioting

Dalai must 'set basis' for dialogue

Across China: Beijing

Across China: Guangdong

Across China: Taiwan

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China Scene

Musician has a lot of love to share with adopted children
In a four-story villa in the northern suburbs of Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, twenty-eight children are living happily together.

China Scene: East

China Scene: West

China Scene: Central

China Scene: North

China Scene: South

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Insight

Justice for those wronged by the judiciary
He was convicted for murdering his wife. But she was found to be alive, and reappeared with her second husband and their son. That happened after 11 years, though. And throughout those years he was in prison.

Security threats loom in social network sites

Special Supplement: Festival celebrates origins of tea culture

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Comment

T3 a saga of China's - and man's - progress
The seemingly never-ending fiasco of Terminal 5 in London's Heathrow has succeeded in eclipsing the astounding success of Terminal 3 in Beijing.

Cartoon

Countdown to history

Stabilize grain supply

Hot Words

Plans behind freedom cries

Making trains fast and safe

The hunter becomes the hunted

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Opinion

Depreciating dollar hits market
Many foreign governments and researchers have been saying since 2002 that the undervalued Chinese currency renminbi is to blame for the world economic imbalance and especially that between the US and China.

Risks of repressing students for 'writing' violence

Outside View

It matters if the media is trusted

From our archives

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International

Evil father in court as Austria mourns
A 73-year-old Austrian who has confessed to locking his daughter in a windowless cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children appeared before a judge yesterday.

Karzai warned of plot to kill him: Security chief

Saddam's spinman faces justice

Thaksin's wife pleads not guilty

Around the World: Russia

Around the World: Indonesia

Around the World: East Timor

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International

UN and World Bank to tackle food crisis
UN agencies and the World Bank pledged yesterday to set up a task force to tackle an unprecedented rise in global food prices that is threatening to spread social unrest.

Lennon's Give Peace a Chance lyrics up for sale

Government to spend $12.1 billion saving water

World Scene: Saudi Arabia

World Scene: India

World Scene: Israel

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Torch Relay

Cheers all the way

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Business

Baosteel earnings jump 16%
SHANGHAI: Shares of China Baosteel Iron and Steel Co yesterday jumped 2.25 percent after it reported a 15.88 percent rise in first-quarter earnings, which exceeded analysts' expectations.

Domestic steelmakers toughen ore freight stance

Market rises as sentiment improves
   
First torch bearer Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (right), vice-chairperson of the Ho Chi Minh People's Committee and chairperson of Torch Relay in Ho Chi Minh City, receives the torch from Hu Qianwen, Chinese ambassador to Vietnam, at the start of the relay yesterday.  AP

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Business China

PetroChina buys assets from parent
PetroChina, the country's largest oil producer, said it has agreed to buy assets from parent China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for 43.8 million yuan.

ICBC profit up 77%

BoCom earnings double in Q1

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Business International

Writedown sends bank into the red
Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's biggest bank, reported its first quarterly loss in five years after writing down the value of loans for leveraged buyouts and asset-backed securities by 2.7 billion euros.

Investors say Time Warner should dump cable unit

Shell Q1 profit rises 25%

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Life Health

Quicken the tempo
The idea that listening to music during exercise can boost motivation is nothing new, but organizers of the inaugural Run to the Beat half marathon, happening in London this October, are taking the notion one step further, by providing carefully selected music at 16 points along the event's 13-mile route.

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Life Pulse

Shape and substance
Make a right turn at the western entrance of Beijing's Chaoyang Park, and you'll encounter a building that looks like a cross between an office and a museum. If you walk further to the side lawn, you'll come upon phalanxes of miniature sculptures.

The name of the game is money, all the way

Reviews

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Sports

First for China as Liang reaches last 8
SHEFFIELD, England: Qualifier Liang Wenbo became the first Chinese snooker player to reach the quarterfinals of the snooker world championship when he came through a tense deciding frame against Joe Swail to win 13-12 on Monday.

Flyers hold off Canadiens to take 2-1 lead

Hawks match Celtics; Magic, Lakers advance

Police probe Ronaldo after tranny incident

Mussina and Yankees do just enough for 5-2 victory

Top shot

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Sports China

Luan Jujie's coming home, still a hit at 50
At a time when most people have either achieved their dreams or given up on them, Asia's first Olympic gold-medal winner in fencing, Luan Jujie, will be competing at her fourth Games, aged 50.

'Prince of Parallel Bars' swings back into action

Score board

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