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CHINA DAILY - Tuesday September 2,2008
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TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned yesterday in an effort to break a political deadlock, becoming the second leader to do so in less than a year.
Nation
The development of China's railway network will include the construction of 548 railway stations within the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10), a senior official from the Ministry of Railways, said yesterday.
China Scene
Copper acts as guardian to executed man's daughter
Insight
On a routine stroll in her 11.2 hectares of cornfields one recent morning, farmer Cui Shulan heaved a sigh of relief. This year, she will get a bumper crop of corn.
Comment
Days after the end of the Beijing Olympics, contentions still remain high about what kind of effects the Games will have on the Chinese economy. In fact, a sports event, in whatever scale, cannot have as much influence on the economy of a country of China's size as people expect.
Opinion
The sacred Olympic flame came on and then went out. In between miracles were made in the architecturally challenging and aesthetically astounding Bird's Nest, the myth-imbued Water Cubic and other tournament stadiums in Beijing and elsewhere.
International
A reality TV show broadcast in Afghanistan has encouraged Afghans to start their own enterprises, stirring entrepreneurial spirits in a country that has been ravaged by three decades of war.
International
Hurricane Gustav sent strong winds and lashing rains into New Orleans early yesterday, but the storm lost some of its power and was expected to move ashore to the west, sparing the city its full force.
Business
China, the world's biggest grain producer, has raised export duties on fertilizer in the latest move to keep prices low to protect farmers and ensure agricultural production.
Business
Commerzbank AG agreed to buy Allianz SE's Dresdner Bank for 9.8 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in Germany's biggest banking takeover in three years, leapfrogging Deutsche Bank AG by customers and branches.
Life
Dossiers and archives may not sound very artistic but they seem to be finding favor with some of today's Chinese artists.
Sports
LONDON: Luiz Felipe Scolari shrugged off the frustration of Chelsea's 1-1 draw against Tottenham by insisting his side is already in title-winning form.
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