Joint anti-graft push needed, US delegates told

China and the United States should seek consensus and deepen anti-graft cooperation, top Party disciplinary chief Wang Qishan told a US bipartisan delegation on Thursday in Beijing.

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Two officials are being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes in separate cases, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Thursday.

Chinese team helps heal Nepal

When the Chinese Red Cross team eventually encamped in the small village of Magagun, 20 km from the epicenter of the Nepal earthquake, its field hospital was like a light in the darkness for the locals.

Evacuees rebuild lives in settlement

Tsetan Dorje was pleased to hear that his parents and son in Nepal were fine after the earthquake, and was looking forward to his 4-year-old son joining him in Tibet.

Prevention of diseases a crucial task

A Chinese health official warned that prevention of disease epidemics will be a key task in the quake-hit areas of Nepal as China promised continued aid to help the country's reconstruction.

Healing the waters

Sun Chu knew his dream was coming true when he watched flocks of wild ducks flying over his local lake in Jiangsu province in search of food.

Pollution and panic

During May and June 2007, a massive algae bloom broke out in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, provoking public panic and damaging local aquaculture businesses.

City officials mull charges in death of arrested man

Baltimore's top prosecutor asks 'for the public to remain patient'

Lack of fuel perils humanitarian aid

The United Nations warned fuel shortages threaten to halt all relief operations in Yemen "within days" as Saudi Arabia reported the first retaliatory cross-border attack of its five-week air war.

Nation's teenagers ready for right to vote

Japan is set to take a baby step toward rebalancing the age scales when lawmakers lower the voting age to 18 from its current 20, allowing teenagers into polling booths for the first time.

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Vietnam celebrates 40th anniversary of liberation

Thousands of troops and civilians marched in a huge parade in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam and the culmination of the Vietnamese people's long struggle for national reunification.