Saturday, January 04, 2003

• China Building Large Botanical Garden to Rescue Endangered Plants
• Slovak President Arrives in Xi'an
• Chinese Lawyers Put on Uniforms
• New Regulation Issued to Facilitate Enterprise Restructuring
• Any Speech, Action Beneficial to Cross-Straits Ties Welcome: Spokesman
• Rotten Philippine Bananas Refused by China
• Ancient Stoneware Workshop Found in S. China

• Tianjin Builds China's Largest Auto Trade Center

• Singapore Navy Ship Collides with Merchant Ship
• Serious Street Clashes Hit Venezuela
• US Ready for War with Iraq If Needed: Bush
• US Offers Turkey up to US$ 15bn in Swap for War Support
• Kenyan New President Names First Cabinet
• Malaysian Police Advise Public Not to Go near Disputed Island
• US Rejects DPRK Appeal for Nonaggression Pact
• French FM to Visit Russia, China, S. Korea Next Week
• US to Deploy More Marines to the Gulf
• UN Inspectors Search Four Iraqi Sites for Banned Weapons
• Analysis: Germany Softening Anti-War Tone as It Enters UN Security Council
• New York Oil Prices Soar to Two-Year High

• Stem Cells Could Recover Damaged Heart Muscles: German Scientists
• Shenzhou IV Capable of Manned Space Flight
• China Rapidly Developing Biotechnology & Bioindustry

• Macao Ice Hockey Team Eyes One Goal at National Winter Games 
• Yao, Williams Named NBA Rookie of Month
• Midfielder Butt Eyes Return to United Action

• Jazz Guitarist Mike Stern to Perform in Beijing
• Foreigners Compete in Chinese Cuisine Cooking
• Kindergarten Poisoning Perpetrator Executed in Guangdong
• Coal Mine Leader Arrested for Concealing Blast
• Museum of Folk Opera under Construction