Monday, March 24, 2003

• Pakistani PM Arrives in Beijing
• Bush Senior to Visit Shanghai
• Gas Explosion Kills 42 in N. China's Shanxi
• Global Warming Affects China's Water Security: Meteorologists

• China Improves DFI Forex Management
• China Props up World Economy
• Iraq War Major Source of Uncertainty for Chinese Economy: Official
• New Apparatus for State-owned Assets Dddresses Three Problems
• China Sets Ambitious Import Goal
• China to Make "Firm, Effective" Policies to Handle NPAs

• Iraqi TV Shows Downed US Helicopter
• Saddam Says Iraq will Prolong War and Win it Finally
• Casualties in First Four Days of Iraq War
• 160 Feared Dead in DR Congo Shipwreck on Border Lake
• "Chicago", Big Winner of This Year's Oscar
• UN Unable to Protect Small, Weak Countries: Malaysian PM
• Winner List of 75th Oscar Awards
• DPRK Is Not Next Target of US Attack, Says Roh Moo-hyun
• Small Plane Crash Kills Two in Japan
• 24 Hindus Killed in India-controlled Kashmir
• US Forces Claim to Have Found Chemical Arms in Iraq
• Some US Soldiers Captured by Iraqis: Pentagon
• Iraq to Treat US POWs According to Int'l Law: Official
• Coalition Bomb Falls in Turkey
• Washington Accuses Russia of Assisting Iraqis: Al Jazeera
• Two British RAF Aircrew Killed by US Missile
• Six Killed as US Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan
• Up to 103 US Soldiers Killed Near Nasiriya: TV
• Captured US Soldiers Shown on Al Jazeera TV

• Deflation, Japan Would Do Well to Look to Itself
• Will Iraq War Give a Push to US Economy?
• What Cost to Justice as Power Reigns?

• China Needs Diesel Engines to Improve Environment: Experts
• Changes in Climate to Trigger Health Problems: Meteorologists

• Yao Scores Double Figures while Rockets Narrowly Miss Victory
• China Loses 1-3 to S. Korea for Sudirman Cup Finals

• Loulan Mausoleum Remains Lost
• High Grade Water Ready to Sweep Shanghai
• Third HK Airline Applies for Services to Mainland
• Confucian Philosophy Inspirational in Reacting to Climatic Disasters
• Mobile Home Rental Agency for Tourists Set up in SW China