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Top News

Mainland bourses eye huge IPOs
The mainland stock market will become one of the world's most attractive financial centers this year in terms of new share issues, or initial public offerings (IPOs), financial analysts have said.

Wing delivery to Airbus marks milestone

Chen's UN bid 'threatens peace, stability'

Chinese couple regain custody of daughter

China, US police bust pirate gangs

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Top News

3G tech to help build N-reactors
China yesterday finalized a contract with a consortium, led by the US-based Westinghouse Electric Co, to build four nuclear power reactors in the eastern part of the country.

Hunan to get 'first inland nuke' station

ASEAN FTA deal 'on track'

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Nation

City lawmakers call for better food safety
Beijing's legislature yesterday urged the municipal government to overhaul the city's food safety system, particularly to avoid any scandals during the upcoming Olympic Games.

China set to improve goods reports to EU

Retailers on alert for product quality

Special Supplement: Innovative approach vital for fair

Special Supplement: CIFIT to draw foreign captial

Special Supplement: Gala opens import zone

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Nation

Quality new focus of financial auditing
Future national audits will focus more on "performance auditing" rather than scrutinizing the law and trying to expose rule violations, a top official said.

Loose dykes spur flood fears

13% GDP growth for Shanghai

Authorities plan survey of underwater relics

Culture seen as key to soft power

Across China: Beijing

Across China: Shaanxi

Across China: Sichuan

Across China: Shanghai

Across China: Hebei

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Nation

Posters to remind people to be wary
Couples should think twice about canoodeling in public - chances are they're being watched.

Pearl River waste harming the sea

City looks to save amphibians

Quick trip no way to learn English

Teen pregnancies on rise during summer break

Talk back: Oh baby, you got so smart so young

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China Scene

On the road: Letter from Potala Palace: Preservation, the musical
Editor's note: Our correspondent has been in Lhasa, sending back dispatches.

China Scene: Central

China Scene: North

China Scene: West

China Scene: East

China Scene: South

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International

Iran's aid for Iraqi militias rising: US
Iranian support for militias who are destabilizing Iraq has risen since the United States and Iran held breakthrough talks in Baghdad in May, the US envoy to Iraq said yesterday after a fresh round of discussions.

US arrest of top militant denied

IAEA to revisit Iranian nuclear site

Negotiations for 23 Koreans in 'final stage'

Blair sees possibilities in Mideast mission

Abe won't quit after election, says official

Around the World: Thailand

Around the World: Belarus

Around the World: Pakistan

Around the World: Romania

Around the World: Spain

Around the World: Zimbabwe

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International

Medics freed following Libya-EU deal
Six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV were freed yesterday after a "full partnership" deal between Tripoli and the European Union ended their eight-year ordeal.

Libya's choppy relations with the West

'Let's not talk about the weather' as Britain floods

iPhone vulnerable to hackers claims security consultant

News makers

World Scene: Hungary

World Scene: United States

World Scene: United Kingdom

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Comment

Economic growth is all a matter of interest
On Friday, the People's Bank of China and the State Council launched a coordinated move to pull the blistering economy on to a sound track of development.

Cartoon

Unnatural disasters

True measure of performance

It's a dog's life for man's best friend

An 'all-win' deal

Doomed ambition

Handling the IPO flood

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Opinion

Oil crunch worsens as global energy crisis nears
The International Energy Agency (IEA) was set up during the oil crisis of 1973 to serve as an energy policy advisor to the industrialized nations of the West to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy. It acts as a watchdog on energy security, economic development and environmental protection. As such its short and medium-term forecasts are eagerly taken up by member governments and world business communities alike.

Letters and Blogs

From our archives

In economics, there's no such thing as a free lunch

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Insight

How learning Chinese has been made easy
Joshua felt a bit hesitant before deciding to learn Chinese when his school in New Jersey introduced courses in the language two years ago. "I had heard Chinese was quite difficult and decided not to give it a try," says the 17-year-old high school student.

People's questions a refreshing change for US poll debate

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Business

Petrochem projects planned
China's top offshore oil producer is strengthening its foothold in downstream businesses by planning several gigantic heavy oil petrochemical projects in Guangdong Province.

New rules for insurers soon

Power demand will be met

Why indices ignored rise in interest rates

Sino Credit gains $10m fund

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China Property

More curbs possible for real estate
Expectations are that there will be more restraining policies on the property sector over the next half-year due to spiraling property prices and investment despite government efforts to rein in the sector.

Downtown Shenzhen reaching HK levels

Beijing prices up 10% in June

Shanghai rises slightly

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Business Indepth

Rising ingredient costs hit fast food
Smiling Colonel Sanders, busy waiters and waitresses, the smell of fried chicken wafting through the restaurant and a constant stream of customers in and out of the KFC outlet near Beijing Tian'anmen Square seems the same as before, yet prices on the menu board have quietly changed.

Instant noodle staple now set for a round of price increases

Germany far ahead in quality perception of Chinese

Drive to get MNC HQs starts to pay off

Biz Scene: MARKET

Biz Scene: BIZ MOVE

Biz Scene: BIZ UNUSUAL

Biz Scene: LOCAL

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Life

Charting the pace of change
As controversy follows the environmental impacts of numerous key development projects in China, some of the most basic questions lack sufficient answers.

Behind the Blueprint's green design

Who's in

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Life Health

Changing hearts and minds
Mimicking the sounds of motor vehicles, a boy was playing with a toy motorcycle in a corridor of the inpatient ward in Beijing Huaxin Hospital. His parents were watching intently, their eyes filled with worry. At a glance, people would notice the bluish color in the boy's skin, lips and fingertips.

From schoolteacher to heart-starter, it took a lot of ticker to get to the top

Cutting-edge surgeon offers new hope

Ji's journey from roadside to recovery

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Life Pulse

Chasing the flame
Soon after arriving in Beijing, American Gregory Groggel donned a false beard and mustache for his film debut, cast as the young Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci, who arrived in China in 1583 and later became the first Westerner granted access to the Forbidden City. Once shooting wrapped up, director Zhang Li told his young star the documentary was created for the Olympics, to promote China's history to a worldwide audience ahead of next year's Games.

Feeling hot and cold about beating back the heat in Beijing

Reviews

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Sports China

Here we go again: foreign coach wanted
Yet another foreign search for a national soccer coach began when senior China Football Association (CFA) officials squirmed back to the drawing board in Beijing on Monday.

Queens to clash in high vault spectacle

Local duo confirmed for Beijing Olympic berths

Score Board

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Sports

Germanium dips keep Nakamura on song
HANOI: Japan's Shunsuke Nakamura has a secret formula for keeping himself in peak condition during the Asian Cup - germanium baths.

Top Shot

NFL suspends Vick after dog-fighting charges

FIFA ponders intervention on Tevez transfer affair

Fergie won't kowtow to Heinze's Liverpool move

Freak hit strikes dead Minor League mentor

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Sports

Cycling boss fears Tour de Farce
LOUDENVIELLE-LE-LOURON, France: International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said Monday he would prefer Michael Rasmussen didn't the win the Tour de France.

India saved by gods in lost Lord's test

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