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Disasters kill more in 2008 than in tsunami: UN
Geneva (AFP) Oct 8, 2008More people died from natural disasters in the first six months of 2008 than in the Asian tsunami of 2004 due mainly to the earthquake in China and cyclone in Myanmar, the United Nations said Wednesday. "2008 is a terrible year. There have already been more victims than in the tsunami," said Salvator Briceno, head of the UN's disaster management agency (ISDR). More than 230,000 people ... more China's currency 'substantially undervalued': IMF 
Washington (AFP) Oct 8, 2008China's currency remains "substantially undervalued", the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday, arguing that greater exchange rate flexibility would benefit the Asian giant. In its half-yearly World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said a more flexible yuan, or renminbi, would help China shift growth momentum towards domestic sources and make its monetary policy more effective. ... more China sets limits for melamine in milk 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2008China announced Wednesday limits for how much melamine its dairy products can contain, seeking to curb the use of the chemical which has killed four children and sickened 53,000. The maximum amount of melamine allowed in baby formula is one milligram per kilogram, said Wang Xuening, deputy director general of the health ministry's health supervision bureau. For liquid milk and other ... more China reluctant to reveal tainted milk figures 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 8, 2008China insisted Wednesday it was being open about the impact of milk tainted with the toxic chemical melamine, but declined to make public the latest data on how many children had fallen ill. As the World Health Organisation issued a statement stressing the need to share health information in a timely manner, Chinese officials said they were not yet ready to reveal any updated figures. ... more Milk safety checks tightened in China, but inspectors scarce 
Shelawusu, China (AFP) Oct 8, 2008In a muddy village in northern China, farmers say authorities have upped safety measures in the wake of a scandal over tainted milk -- even if inspectors deployed by the government were nowhere to be seen. "It's really stringent now," said Ren Lianzhi, who works at a milk station in Shelawusu, part of one of China's main dairy regions. "If there's even a little something that's not up to ... more |
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Lanzhou, China (XNA) Oct 08, 2008Chinese scientists on Monday unsealed a box of solid lubricant samples that were aboard the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. They will study the material for the next six months. "Two types of solid lubricant samples, after being exposed to outer space during the Shenzhou-7 mission, had shown obvious changes," said Liu Weimin, head of the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy ... more NKorea fires short-range missiles: Yonhap 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 8, 2008North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military drill, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said early Wednesday, quoting a defence source. The missile launch in waters adjoining China comes amid intense efforts to save a nuclear disarmament agreement which is in danger of collapsing because of a dispute over verification ... more US arms sales threaten peace in Taiwan Strait: China 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 7, 2008China confirmed Tuesday it had curtailed military exchanges with the United States over a proposed US arms package to Taiwan, saying the plan was a threat to peace in the region. "It is US arms sales to Taiwan that disturb the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan strait," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists. ... more 'Displeased' China still engaged in Iran, NKorea nuclear talks: US 
Washington (AFP) Oct 7, 2008China will continue to take part in multilateral talks on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises despite the country's objections to US plans to sell arms to Taiwan, a US state department official said on Tuesday. A senior official from the department said on condition of anonymity that China would remain engaged in the six nation attempt to solve the North Korea standoff and the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Oct 7, 2008China called Tuesday on all nations to work together to address the financial crisis but made no firm commitments on how it might contribute other than by growing its own economy. "The financial crisis that we face is not only the problem of one country but a global issue that impacts all regions and all countries," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists. "More than one ... more India to launch unmanned lunar mission this month 
Bangalore, India (AFP) Oct 6, 2008India will launch its first lunar mission on October 22 from southern India, a top official from the country's space agency said Monday. The announcement came a week after Asian rival China said it was setting its sights on a manned trip to the moon after completing a historic mission that included the country's first space walk. "We have set October 22 as the tentative date for the ... more Quake kills 74 in Kyrgyz mountain village 
Bishkek (AFP) Oct 6, 2008Rescuers toiled on Monday in a remote mountain village close to Kyrgyzstan's border with China searching for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 74 people, 41 of them children. Hours later, a powerful tremor also struck a sparsely populated area of China's Himalayan region of Tibet, killing at least 30 people, Chinese state media reported. The Kyrgyz quake, which ... more Nine dead as strong quake hits Tibet: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 7, 2008At least nine people were killed in a strong earthquake which struck the Himalayan region of Tibet, Chinese state media said early Tuesday, quoting the rescue headquarters at the epicentre. The earthquake struck at 4:30 pm (0830 GMT) Monday in a sparsely populated area about 84 kilometres (50 miles) west of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the US Geological Survey said. US seismologists ... more
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