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Asia NewsLives: My Servant2008-02-04 04:55 - In Delhi, a man becomes a father, and a child becomes a man. Blunt Critic of Musharraf Is Held Again 2008-02-04 04:55 - Authorities on Saturday re-arrested a lawyer, Aitzaz Ahsan, a member of Parliament and a cabinet minister under Benazir Buttho, the former prime minister who was assassinated last December. Alcoa and Chinese Rival Buy 12% Stake in Rio Tinto 2008-02-03 06:01 - The move underscored the strategic significance of mining in a resource-stretched age as well as China’s formidable and still largely untapped economic might. World Briefing | South Pacific: New Zealand: ?No Tears? Onions 2008-02-03 04:55 - A New Zealand concern called Crop and Food Research said on its Web site that it had created a tearless onion. World Briefing | Asia: Sri Lanka: Bomb Kills 20 on Bus 2008-02-03 04:55 - The explosion was blamed in the Tamil Tiger rebels. Insecticide-Tainted Dumplings From China Sicken 175 in Japan 2008-02-03 04:55 - Japanese officials said the dumplings contained an agricultural pesticide used in China but not common in Japan. Severe Winter Storms Persist in China; Fuel and Food Are Short 2008-02-03 04:55 - More than 160 counties and cities in central China suffered blackouts and water shortages because of continued bad weather that has caused a humanitarian crisis. Blizzards and Coal Shortages Strain China’s Rail Network 2008-02-02 06:01 - After blizzards disrupted coal deliveries, acute electricity shortages across a swath of central and southern China have exposed the fragility of transportation networks. China’s Inflation Hits American Price Tags 2008-02-02 06:01 - With the prices of Chinese goods sold in the United States starting to rise, the era of ultra-cheap goods may be coming to an end. China Tries to Reassure U.S. About Its Investing Plans 2008-02-02 06:01 - Seeking to reassure those nervous about foreign takeovers, the head of China’s government investment fund said Thursday that China would invest mostly in portfolios. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 |
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