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Top News

Diplomat named to head Taiwan office
The executive vice-foreign minister and former ambassador to Japan will now head the mainland's top government body on cross-Taiwan Straits policy.

They overcome tragedy with courage, humor

Wang a modest man of action

Wen: Resuming production a priority

Trade barriers blamed for food crisis

22 killed in collision

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Top News

Quake jolts people's attitude toward life
Overwhelmed by media coverage of the deadly quake that hit Sichuan province on May 12, graduate student Shi Yan stopped following developments of the disaster on news websites for 10 days.

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Wenchuan Quake

Child victims remembered on special day
Perhaps never before has International Children's Day been so significant in China.

Shops to open in resettlement zones

Tears as 34 leave for jobs abroad

More UN aid continues to arrive in Sichuan

Quake Snippets

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Nation

Rule bans 'ambush marketing'
Companies here will be prevented from engaging in "ambush marketing" ahead of and during the Beijing Olympics, in a bid to protect the rights of official sponsors, a spokesman for the Games' organizing committee said yesterday.

Mother-son relay duo wins high praise

Beijing brings in 160 more sniffers

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Nation

Air travel hard hit by rising oil price
SHANGHAI: Rising international airfares, mainly due to escalating fuel prices, are forcing big businesses to cut down on executive travel and small ones to cancel all overseas trips.

Southern Airlines to suspend flights

Green plan 'requires new focus'

Parents, students 'should just relax' as exams approach

Stone not invited to film festival

Across China: Heilongjiang

Across China: Guangdong

Across China: Guizhou

Across China: Beijing

Across China: Tibet

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China Scene

American students feel Sichuan pain, offer support
In the aftermath of last month's 8.0-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan, countless Chinese across the country have shown tremendous support for victims.

China Scene: East

China Scene: West

China Scene: Central

China Scene: North

China Scene: South

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Comment

Time for Asian system to fight back disasters
The Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan province caused tremendous losses to China and drew widespread concern from nations not just in Asia but other parts of the world as well. Several countries, including Japan and Russia, sent emergency rescue and medical teams to the disaster area while the international community provided relief materials as well as cash donations.

Future for food

Health of the young

Shows of love that moved a billion hearts

First step to future system

Cartoon

Hot Words

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Opinion

Real tasks for food summit
Thomas Malthus, the 18th-century cleric, must be chuckling in his grave. As world leaders gather in Rome for the UN summit on hunger, his grim prediction that humanity faced a future of rising food prices and mounting malnutrition has finally arrived at the center of the international agenda. Unfortunately, the summit itself has all the hallmarks of a sideshow to the real crisis in malnutrition.

Letters and Blogs

Human rights hoax from lord of serfdom

World has more food, but not for the poor

From our archives

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International

Expert warns papers against Net rush
As readership and revenues shift onto the Internet, experts said yesterday that top news media executives must seek new digital opportunities without neglecting their traditional print publications by rushing headlong into cyberspace.

Greece's first gay weddings defy church, prosecutor

Wolves to follow loose moose in Highland plot?

News Makers

World Scene: Singapore

World Scene: United Kingdom

World Scene: Germany

World Scene: India

World Scene: Japan

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International

No honeymoon for S.Korean president
No new South Korean president has fallen as far and as fast as Lee Myung-bak who marked 100 days in office yesterday with tumbling support and mass street protests that could weaken his ability to push economic reforms.

Foreign workers asked to take induction class

Ahmadinejad in Rome for summit

Humans arrived in NZ after 1300: Study

Across Asia: Asia

Across Asia: Afghanistan

Across Asia: United Arab Emirates

Across Asia: India

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International

Obama poised to claim nomination
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton neared the finish line in their exhaustive Democratic presidential race yesterday, with Obama poised to claim victory as the first black nominee of a major US political party and Clinton facing the prospects of having to abandon a quest that once seemed a sure bet.

Shadow hangs over Olmert's US visit

Patriotism leads comeback of Russian filmmaking

Kennedy's cancer surgery 'successful'

UN, AU to name joint Darfur mediator

Around the World: European Union

Around the World: Russia

Around the World: United States

Around the World: France

Around the World: Germany

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Business

Quake inflation to be temporary
The recent earthquake will add to China's inflationary pressure as the country is battling to contain rising prices, but the effect will be temporary, said a central bank research report released yesterday.

Airlines weigh all options for scaling down costs

Bank of China offers 25b yuan lifeline for firms

Special supplement: Wedding bells ring up business in Hangzhou

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Business China

Chang'an Motor lines up plan for Iran
Chang'an Motor Corp, partner of Ford Motor Co in China, has said it will start to build its own-brand cars in Iran in the first half of next year as its latest major push into the overseas market.

China Southern enters cargo JV

BBVA to double stakes in CITIC

Huaneng's Li steps down

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Business Roundup

Profit-taking hits oil, power companies
Shanghai stocks slipped yesterday as profit-taking hit power producers and oil refiners, while China United Telecommunications pulled back after an initial surge on a restructuring announcement by its Hong Kong-listed affiliate, China Unicom.

Foreign firms make a dash for health pie

Biz scene

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Business International

European expansion exceeds estimates
European economic growth accelerated more than initially estimated in the first quarter as investment and construction spending in Germany helped the region weather record oil prices, the euro's gains and market turmoil.

Toll reports third straight loss

Pricier bubbly boosts Laurent-Perrier

Indian talent pays back taxpayers, shuns Uncle Sam

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Business International

GM to axe plants in shift to small cars
General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles.

Truck drivers, fishermen protest over fuel prices

Ryanair 'will stay in the black'

Oil drops more than a dollar to $126

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Life

Mad dash for big-screen sex
Sex and the City remained a fashionable choice for moviegoers as women turned out in huge numbers for the big-screen version, which led the weekend box office in the US with $56.8 million.

What's the label for this season?

Operatic high for classic love poems

What's new

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Life Health

Shaken to the core
A man picks up the phone and dials a number. When his call is answered, he immediately breaks down. "They are so poor, and desperate. I see them on the TV and in the newspaper. They have lost everything, house and family. I sense so much of their pain I can barely eat or sleep these days. Please help me," he begs, brokenly.

Feast your eyes, feed your stomach

Don't let sunburn spoil your summer

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Life Pulse

No time for Plan B
There can be broken lives and broken dreams, but there can't be broken promises - at least not when the rescue team of the Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) is involved.

My children of quake-hit Qingchuan

Reviews

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Sports

Mourinho charms his way into Inter job
MILAN: Inter Milan has been unable to resist the charm of Jose Mourinho despite Roberto Mancini leading the Serie A side to a third straight title.

"The Special One"

Ballack's class should see Germany through

Cannavaro ruled out with injury

Top shot

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Sports China

Marathon swimming venue makes splash
It is not easy being a marathon swimmer. Plunging into the unpredictable waters of lakes, rivers or the ocean, distance swimmers have to deal with everything from frigid water,to jelly fish.

Teenagers have distant distance hopes

US NBA stars to play hoops in Macao, Shanghai, before Games

Score board

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Sports

Ivanovic in final four at French Open
PARIS: Ana Ivanovic of Serbia moved within one match of her third Grand Slam final by defeating Swiss veteran Patty Schnyder 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Sykora's triple-overtime strike keeps Penguins alive

Morigami denies match-fixing claims: WTA

Asian chief backs Blatter's quota plans

Unbeaten Bahrain, Uzbeks extend Cup leads