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CHINA DAILY - Tuesday June 24,2008
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Twelve officials have been sacked and 31 punished for misappropriating earthquake relief funds and materials, the country's top discipline watchdog said yesterday.
Nation
President Hu Jintao and his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias last night attended the opening show of the "Meet in Beijing 2008 Arts Festival", whose theme this year incorporates the Olympic Games.
China Scene
Zhou Anren, He Shiping and Zhao Jiping, three farmers from Gansu province, joined the army together in 1976. They retired at the same time in 1979. But their patriotic spirit has remained strong.
Comment
Booming business for self-employed garment seller Qiao Sheng in Qianqiao town, Anqing, Anhui province, has not only been fattening his bank account by the week, but also enriched his family's dinner table.
Opinion
Rocked by the subprime crisis in the United States and its threats to the financial markets across the country, many economies in the West have come close to stagflation, seeing both slow economic growth and highflying inflation.
International
After days of grief and pain, compassion and help, China has already initiated the fundamentals of the challenging reconstruction tasks caused by Wenchuan earthquake.
International
Republican John McCain, looking for ways to tackle the country's energy problems, is proposing a $300 million government prize to whomever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses current technology.
Business
Iran said yesterday it was encouraged by common points between its and world powers' separate proposals aimed at defusing a nuclear dispute, but again dismissed any suggestion of suspending uranium enrichment.
Business
SHANGHAI: The mainland stock index fell 2.52 percent yesterday as investors worried about tighter monetary measures that may lower corporate earnings.
Life
Sergei Polonsky, the Russian billionaire behind the construction of Europe's tallest building, said that he is willing to bet $10 million that Onexim Group owner Mikhail Prokhorov will fail as a property developer.
Olympics
John Woo is back. After his glorious decade as one of the most successful Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood, the Face/Off and M:I2 maestro has returned to depict a legendary battle in Chinese history.
Sports
Cathy Freeman believes Liu Xiang should treat the Beijing Olympics as another day in the office and ignore the pressure placed on him as China's leading track gold-medal hope.
Special Supplement
NEW YORK: Helped by advice from his wife to "run naked", American Stewart Cink ended a PGA Tour title drought of nearly four years with a one-shot victory at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, on Sunday.
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