Tuesday, June 18, 2002

• Premier Zhu Congratulates Raffarin on Taking Office of French PM
• Rains to Hit China's Yangtze River and Southern Areas
• China Allows Japan to Salvage Boat in East China Sea
• Major Points of China's FM Spokesman Remarks Tuesday
• Chinese Legislature to Review 15 Laws
• Private Enterprises Donate Flood Relief Supplies
• Chinese Vice-Premier Meets Russian Guests
• Disaster Relief Extended to Storm-Hit Areas
• Voice Recorder of Crashed CAL Plane Recovered
• Heavy Rain Predicted to Hit Northwest China Again  
• Rainstorms in East China Block Railway Traffic
• Fujian Delivers Crashed Plane Wreckage to Taiwan 
• 11th Panchen Lama Attends Buddhist Rite
• China Reviews Flood Control Arrangements
• China's Chief Justice Meets Greek Guests

• No Show for TD-SCDMA in 3G Markets
• Zhongguancun Strives for More International Giants
• China's Fixed-asset Investment Grows 23.9 Percent in May
• Chinese Potato to Enjoy Promising Market Prospect
• China to Tighten Supervision of Lottery
• Taiwan Plan for Trade Zone May Affect Direct-link Ban
• China's Oil-refining Giants to Cut Output
• Three Magnates Fix Their Eyes on Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway

• Chinese Naval Fleet Ends Visit to Egypt
• Norwegians Buy Into Russian Top Newspaper
• Afghan Parliament Makeup Mixed
• U.S. to Exempt More Japanese Products from Steel Tariffs
• Chad Becomes Member of MIGA
• Suicide Bombing Attack Hits Jerusalem, 14 Killed
• Large Number of Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka Return Home
• One Million Afghan Refugees Return
• Israeli Fence Draws Criticism From U.S., Arafat
• Ex-President Clinton Makes US$9.2 Million From Speeches
• Kim Dae-jung's 2d Son Summoned in Bribe Inquiry
• Blair Holds Talks With Lebanese Prime Minister
• About 250,000 Ethiopian Children Living with HIV/AIDS
• India to Call Back Instructional Staff From Border
• U.S. Defers Moving Embassy to Jerusalem
• French PM Unveils New Center-Right Government
• US Urges Lebanon, Syria, Iran to Rein in Hezbollah
• Sudan Peace Talks Opens in Kenyan Capital
• Karzai Proposes Alternative to National Assembly Issue, Illustrates Government S
• US Forces Seize 30 Anti-aircraft Missiles in Afghanistan
• Sudanese VP Visits Iraq to Boost Ties
• Weather Delays Landing of US Shuttle Endeavor
• Arafat Blasts US Official's Remarks on PNA
• British Parachute Soldier Dies in Exercise
• Israel's First Astronaut to be Sent Into Space
• China, Lithuania Agree to Gear Up Economic Cooperation
• Chinese, Lithuanian Presidents Hold Talks
• Iraq Unscared by US Plan to Topple Saddam: FM
• Iranian, Turkish Presidents Hold Private Talks

• China's First Opto-electronic IPR Information Center Operational
• Chinese Studying Abroad Top the World
• China Achieved Breakthrough Progress in Panda Cloning
• More Professionals Choose Indigenous Enterprises
• Chinese Scholar Wins Family Study Awards
• 14 Nobel Prize Winners Attend Seminar in Beijing 

• Turkey Makes History of Beating Japan 1-0, Roaring to Quarter-finals  

• Cut Tongues for Speaking "Perfect" English Demanded in Shanghai
• Fire Prompts Tight Control on Internet Cafes in China
• "Heavenly Horse" Flies Across Silk Road to China
• Nobel Prize Winner Yang's Birthday Celebrated in Beijing