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US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama receives his medal and certificate from Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland in Oslo yesterday. Obama acknowledged the controversy over the choice of a wartime president and said he reserved the right to take action to protect the US. AP |
Housing prices go on rising
The cost of the average home in China rose by 5.7 percent year-on-year in November, continuing an escalation that pundits think could carry into next year, despite new policies from the State Council aimed at reining in speculative deals.
Pianist sets peaceful mood in Oslo
Demolition regulation 'contradicts the law'
3 suspects seized for tainted milk
Nation rolls out steel tax on US
Central Asian visit to enhance security
Vice-president to kick off nine-day Asia circuit in Japan
Security on alert for island talks
A senior Taiwan negotiator yesterday pledged to ensure the safety and dignity for Beijing's top envoy when he visits the island for the upcoming cross-Straits talks.
Taiwan jurors help ensure justice is done on mainland
Execution by gunshot discontinued in Liaoning
Hospital bills 'probably led to H1N1 boy's death'
Suicide draws criticism to university
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Smoke-free list extends to healthcare facilities
Smoking ban in public places in Shanghai to be enforced from March 1
Resident throws bottle at judge over water hikes
China Scene: East
Woman, 39, forges ID to get approval of lover's mom
China Scene: South
China Scene: North
China Scene: West
China Scene: Central
Screen test
China may be the largest producer of TV shows globally with 40 episodes on average being produced each day, but these programs, unlike other "Made in China" products, have yet to gain popularity outside the country.
Media houses scout for global tie-ups
Qualitative change is necessary
The Chinese government launched a large-scale, multi-layer economic stimulus package late last year in a bid to counter the emerging economic slowdown against the backdrop of the global financial crisis.
Cartoon
Realism in Copenhagen
Legal property rights
Letters and Blogs
Keeping a Chinese tradition safe and alive
Protect the disadvantaged at any cost
A country cannot rise if its people do not. Just like Adam Smith said, if a large part of a country's population is in the plight of poverty, the country can hardly be powerful and prosperous.
Let's keep on hold our dirge on the West
Homeowners must get more legal power
Let judiciary decidede molition cases
China's climate envoy asks rich countries to do 'soul searching'
COPENHAGEN: China's climate ambassador cited a six-word Chinese idiom three times at a press conference yesterday to ask developed countries to honor their commitment to assist developing nations fight global warming.
Expert says China's carbon plan is binding
Danish capital is a 24/7 scene of energetic efficiency
Climate lesson, swim lesson
"I have a way" to unlock climate finance: Soros
Couple puts their minds together over climate issues
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Australia to lift animal transplants ban
SYDNEY: Australia will lift a five-year ban on animal-to-human transplant trials at the end of 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council said yesterday.
Iraqi man, lucky dog reunite after Baghdad blast
War veteran had Hitler's art book on bookshelf
Endangered eel slipping away from markets
Japan PM weighs options in US base feud
World Scene: Greece
World Scene: United States
World Scene: Germany
US leader receives Nobel peace prize
OSLO: US President Barack Obama evoked the cause of a just war yesterday, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize just nine days after sending 30,000 more US troops to war in Afghanistan but promising to use the prestigious prize to "reach for the world that ought to be".
Filipino gunmen abduct 75, mostly kids
DPRK returns to talks: Envoy
India decides to carve new state after protest
Americans held in Pakistan 'wanted to join jihad': Police
Around the World: Ukraine
Around the World: Somalia
Around the World: Iraq
Around the World: Thailand
Public float set for education group
An organization that prepares applicants for the Chinese civil service exam is planning to be the first training company to float its business publicly.
CNR to issue 3 billion A shares in Shanghai IPO
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Domestic shipbuilders chart new course with LNG carriers
Unicom on a roll as iPhone sales surge
CCB plans $2.9b sub bond issue
PE firms add more jobs than listed peers
Seven & I expanding mainland presence
Hangzhou Special: Traditional Hangzhou wants more trendy souvenirs
Equities rebound on fresh stimulus moves
Dark pools pose risks to markets
Record buying propels cocoa to 20-year high
LONDON: Cocoa climbed to the highest price in at least two decades in London as some investors sought to diversify their assets by buying commodities.
Shares rise amid hopes of recovery
AstraZeneca 'mulling partnerships'
France may tax bankers' bonuses
Lehman, Dubai say much about double-dip economy
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Can Enders give Airbus new wings?
Inditex earnings surpass estimates
Emirates to gets its fifth A380
Traders bet on RIM China prospects
Original pirate material
Last week I attended a forum in Guangzhou about the creative industry, a fancy word for things as old as book publishing, as new as e-books and everything in between.
Backing tradition in the art market
What's plain about this grain?
White radish rice pudding (Luobo Gao)
Golden pumpkin rice pudding (Jingua Gao)
Yam rice pudding (Yutou Gao)
Love at first bite
Naked truth
An encore for Faye Wong
Campus icon to debut new songs
TV stars to anchor Ibsen play
Retrospective show
Listings: Beijing
Listings: Shanghai
Listings: Guangzhou
Young Wang glides into leading role
Wang Meng is shouldering much more responsibility than a young athlete should bear.
Men's prospects for medal dim
Her main rivals in Vancouver
IOC withholds Jones' 100m gold from Thanou
Swiss awarded team bronze for showjumping
Top shots
Sponsors give Woods cold shoulder over sex row
Asian Games Special: Religious houses to be established or renovated for Games
Score board
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Mourinho sees no easy draw in last 16
Messi free kick gives Barca victory
Group E: Gerrard targets quick return to Champions League
Group H: Young Gunners slip and Olympiakos go through
Group G: Gross delighted as Stuttgart advance
Beer girls wanted for city's new German beer festival
As many as 1,000 German beer waitresses, chefs and musicians will come to Beijing to stage a month-long German-style Beijing International Beer Festival from May 1 next year.
