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Top News

Quake zone open to overseas media
CHENGDU: The quake-hit areas are open to overseas journalists during relief and rebuilding work, a senior official said yesterday.

Crashed chopper's black box found

First Straits talks in 9 years start today

Mediterranean sharks: Hunters or prey

Yao lends a hand to quake victims

EU-US Tibet comment criticized


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Top News

Drills begin to ensure safe Olympics
The police and military, and emergency response departments, including medical staff, yesterday tested their ability to handle major terrorist attacks during the Beijing Olympic Games.

Luo's legacy lives on after his death

Authorities seek greater enforcement of child labor laws


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Wenchuan Quake

Bandengqiao likely site for new Beichuan
ANXIAN COUNTY, Sichuan: A new site is said to have been chosen for Beichuan county's administration, devastated by the May 12 earthquake and the overflow on Tuesday from the Tangjiashan "quake lake".

Woman uses her 73-hour ordeal to encourage other survivors


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Wenchuan Quake

Rebuilding homes, hope
For the past month, Wang Caixiu, a 40-year-old woman from a small village in the town of Yingxiu, has been repeatedly asking herself what happened to her home.

Fears grow in Deyang over company's move

Dujiangyan reconstruction under way

Team recounts saddening tales of bravery, self-sacrifice

Quake Snippets


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Wenchuan Quake

Many hands help reunite families
CHENGDU: Xie Xixiu, 91, could not help but cry when she found herself separated from her blind husband.

New home sought for Wolong's giant pandas

No time to grieve for busy farmers

China welcomes overseas aid to fix damaged relics


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Nation

Miao people to bathe in Olympic light
GUIYANG: Villagers of the Miao ethnic group will welcome the Olympic torch relay in Guizhou province over the next three days.

Lijiang working hard to ease pain of Sichuan orphans

Rainstorms continue to wreak havoc


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China Scene

China Scene: East
Police allow grieving fugitive to bury father

China Scene: West

China Scene: North

China Scene: South

China Scene: Cnetral


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Comment

Bridge urban-rural gap to steady labor market
Among the wide variety of topics discussed after the May 12 earthquake, one is particularly interesting: whether the quake would worsen the labor shortage in our country.

Protect our future

Toward common goals

Safety norms for schools

Test message should be free

Get the best of stories but have a heart

Cartoon

Hot Words


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Opinion

China's hour of tragedy, triumph
From the moment we arrived at Beijing's spectacular new airport on May 6, the pride of the Chinese people as they prepared to host the Summer Olympics was evident. Six days later, in the aftermath of the Chengdu earthquake, we witnessed an even more impressive face of China.

Outside View

For US women warriors, deep wounds, little care

Sichuan learns to help itself

From our archives


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Special Supplement

Painting poems of quiet reflection
Seen through the eyes of a hundred artists, there are a hundred visions of Huangshan Mountain.

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International

Deposed king of Nepal moves out of royal palace
Nepal's deposed king has left the royal palace for the final time and began life as a civilian in the newly declared republic, saying he had no plans to leave the country.

Former ruler's elderly mistress to stay

Sudan VP thankful to China for Darfur bid

Organic alcohol sparks new drinking trend

Lee Myung-bak seeks rival as PM to stem anger

Brunei prince faces UK arrest warrant

Across Asia: Pakistan

Across Asia: Iran

Across Asia: Republic of Korea


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International

Fukuda censured by Diet upper house
Japan's prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, suffered an unprecedented censure in parliament's upper house yesterday, but the embarrassing opposition move was not expected to force him to resign or call a snap poll soon.

Flooded Midwest towns brace for more downfalls

At least 29 killed in airliner blaze

Charles pays off family debt after 350 years

Navy test firing strands dolphins

Special Supplement: Dragon boat races highlight Hangzhou culture, ecology

Around the World: Austria

Around the World: United States


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Business

Factory costs up by 8.2%
The producer price index (PPI), which measures price changes at factory gate, increased 8.2 percent year-on-year in May, the fastest pace in nearly four years.

Foreign trade growth steady

Stock index slides again

PetroChina to sell bonds

Special supplement: Venture capitalists share ideas in Shanghai


   
Sudan plane crash kills 29
Rescuers yesterday check the wreckage of a Sudan Airways plane that burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport , killing at least 29 on Tuesday night.  The plane was carrying more than 200 people from Amman and Damascus.  AFP

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Business China

CITIC to privatize arm listed in HK
HONG KONG: State-owned financial conglomerate CITIC Group will pay lower than expected to privatize its Hong Kong-listed arm CITIC International Financial Holdings (CIFH) and will finally inject it into mainland-based China CITIC Bank.

Banks' earning potential dented by rise in ratio

IN BRIEF (Page 14)


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Business Roundup

Fund performance hurt by weak stocks
All fund classifications suffered losses in May due to the weak performance of the mainland equity market, with QFII funds losing 7.29 percent on average.

Special supplement: Mawei looks for growth to 'free trade garden'

Special supplement: Ships link kinship across Straits

Special supplement: Historic tourism sites shipshape

Biz scene


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Business International

Icahn says Yahoo policy is 'obscene'
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, seeking control of Yahoo Inc, said an employee-severance policy that would make a takeover of the company more costly was "obscene" and shouldn't be legal.

Kerkorian finds favor with Ford shareholders

Nardelli expects Chrysler to remain independent

Daiichi gets key stake in Ranbaxy

Slowdown takes toll on Inditex

IN BRIEF (Page 16)


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Business International

Corn jumps on cutback in US forecast
Corn rose for a sixth day to a record in Chicago, leading gains in soybeans, wheat and rice, after the United States cut its output estimate by 3.2 percent from a May forecast.

Euro up amid speculation of interest rate rise

Stock-index futures climb

IN BRIEF (Page 17)


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Life

Quake confirms marriage vows
Wedding photographer Wang Qiang eyed the gloomy skies with a sense of forboding. In the nearby courtyard, a stylist applied cosmetics to his newlywed friends and clients Deng Li, 28, and Huang Fang, 25, clad in white wedding attire.

Construction of Bailu Academy


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Life Travel

Rebuild a scenic route on tourism
A 1,000-km semi-circular scenic route has evolved from the northeast and northwest paths leading to the Jiuzhaigou World Heritage site from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province.

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Life Pulse

The big cheese
Just five years ago, Dutchman Marc de Ruiter watched dairy farmers in rural Shanxi province dump their milk on the streets. Back in 2003, the commodity suffered from market saturation, underdeveloped transportation and weak demand nationwide. In Yangqu, one of Shanxi's poorest counties, milk had become so worthless dairy farmers were literally pouring their primary source of income down the drain.

How we use twists of the tongue to seal better deals

Reviews


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Sports

Lagerback hails world class Ibrahimovic
SALZBURG: Sweden coach Lars Lagerback hailed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his terrific strike that helped secure a 2-0 win over holder Greece at Euro 2008 on Tuesday.

Villa stays grounded after high-flying hat trick

IN BRIEF (Page 22)


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Sports China

Women to open gold-medal defense against Venezuela
China's women's volleyball team will open its Olympic gold-medal defense against Venezuela with strong momentum after finishing second at the Swiss Volleyball Masters and with the return of two stars Feng Kun and Zhao Ruirui. Their match will be held on on Aug 11.

Special supplement: Guiyang's environment attracts tourists and investors

Score board


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Sports

Lakers beat Celtics to get back in title hunt
LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers battled back into NBA title contention by beating the Boston Celtics 87-81 to trim their deficit in the Finals to 2-1 on Tuesday.

Disgraced ref claims NBA match fixing - Yao a possible victim

Special supplement: AkzoNobel unveils new brand strategy