Saturday, October 12, 2002

• Late Chinese leader's 100th Birth Anniversary Marked at Beijing Forum
• PLA General: China-DPRK Friendship Withstands Test of Time
• Li Peng Meets with Former German President
• Top Chinese Lawmaker Meets Mozambican PM
• CPPCC Chairman Meets South African Guests
• China's Market Economy Takes over the Rural Economy
• Top Chinese Legislator Meets South African Guests
• Jiang, Mandela Talk over Phone
• Chinese Tibetan Scholars in France for Cultural Exchange

• Shanghai mayor meets French Polynesian guests
• Chinese Premier Meets with Senior Asian Financiers
• International Commerce Exposition Opens in Beijing
• China to Improve Management of Int'l Capital Flow
• HK Plays Role of Dynamo in Pearl River Delta: Official
• HK's Senior Banker Confident in Govt's Housing Policy
• Six Chinese Aviation Companies Founded
• Major Cities Along Yangtze River Join Hands for Future
• IT Fair Scheduled for East China

• TNT Found on Exploded French Oil Tanker
• Former US President Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize
• Somali Peace Talks Set to Kick off in Kenya
• US May Use Nacala Air Base in Mozambique: Report
• Nobel Prize Winner Urges Alternatives to War with Iraq
• Thai Experts Expect US-Iraq War in Early 2003
• 6 Killed in Bomb Explosion in Kathmandu
• Roundup: Iran, Turkey Defuse Haggle over Energy Trade
• US Police Confirm Another Shooting in Washington Area
• Annan Hopes to See Tougher UN Action to Curb Small Arms Trade
• Iraq Confirms Readiness to Accept UN Inspectors
• US Praises Pakistan's Elections as "Relatively Free"

• Feature: Chinese Hominid Challenges Out-of-Africa Origin of Modernman

• China Wins Asiad Men's C-2 Canoeing
• China Wins Women's Volleyball Gold in Busan Asiad
• China's Li Rongxiang Wins Men's Javelin Gold at Asian Games
• S. Korea Set up Final Clash with China in Asiad Women's Basketball
• Chinese Gu Wins Women's Hammer Title
• Chinese Sun Wins Women's 5000 Run at Asian Games
• Chinese Ma Defends Women's Cross Country Cycling Title in Asiad
• China Takes Women's Double Kayak 500m Gold at Asian Games
• Meng of China Strikes Men's C-1 Canoeing Title in Asiad
• Chinese Pair Takes Women's K-2 500m Title of Asiad

• New Yellow River Dike a Defense Against Tides
• DIY Shops Gaining Popularity in Chinese Cities