Tuesday, March 25, 2003

• Death Toll Rises to 57 in North China Gas Explosion
• China Hopes POWs Receive Humanitarian Treatment
• Chinese President Meets Pakistani Prime Minister
• Chinese Defense Minister Meets Pakistan PM
• China Condemns Armed Attack in India-controlled Kashmir
• Head of Chinese Islamic Association Prays for World Peace
• Iraqi Embassy in Beijing Issues Press Release
• Chinese Boat Missing in South China Sea
• Vice-President Visits Dead Weapons Inspector's Family 
• Premier Wen Holds Talks with Pakistani Counterpart
• China, Pakistan to Establish Friendship Forum
• Chinese Premier Calls for End to War against Iraq
• Chinese Leaders Pay Respects to Dead Weapons Inspector

• China Should not Change Exchange Rate System-Mundell
• China Supplies World Tyre Giant with Production Equipment
• China's Ministry of Commerce Begins Operation
• US$15.7bn Projects to Advance China's Western Regions
• China Capable of Doubling GDP in 2020: Economists
• China not "World Factory", but One of Its Workshop
• Senior Chinese Official Meets HK Chamber of Commerce Delegation
• China Capable of Resolving its Financial Problems: US Economist
• Sino-US Trade Fair Held in Central China
• Trade Fair Held to Increase Sino-British Exchanges

• Iraqi Vice President Says Very Few Countries Follow US
• Earthquake jolts Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara
• First Case of Mystery Pneumonia Reported in France
• Iraq Rejects Int'l Aid, Asking UN to Resume Oil-for-food Program
• Second British Soldier Dies in Action in Iraq
• World Awash with Continued Anti-war Demonstrations
• Drone Plane Shot Down by Iraqi Forces
• US Planes Bomb Iraqi Republican Guard
• British Consulate in Ecuador Attacked
• US Helicopters Attack Iraqi Forces around Baghdad
• Iraqi TV Shows Men Said Downed in Helicopter  
• US, Iraq Fight Another War over Treatment of POWs
• Aziz Says Saddam in Full Control of Iraq
• Bush to Ask Congress for 62.6 Billion US Dollars for War
• US, UK Leaders to Discuss Iraq, Mideast Peace This Week
• Saudi Arabia Urges Immediate End of War on Iraq
• US, Russian Presidents Discuss Concerns about Arms Sales to Iraq
• Iraq Says Shooting Down Two Unmanned Warplanes
• US Demands Russia to Cease Arms Sales to Iraq
• Russian FM Denies Selling Military Equipment to Iraq
• Moscow Dismisses Washington's Accusations of Weapons Sales to Iraq
• Russian President Hails Chechen Referendum

• What Does US Drive at in Iraq War?
• Consequences of the Iraq War Is Worrying: Experts

• China to Set up Nano Science Center
• College in Xinjiang Educates Farmers

• China to Hold Int'l Yangtze River Crossing in May

• Computer Thieves Convicted in Beijing
• China to Allow Foreign Indirect Flights
• First Case of Atypical Pneumonia Verified in China's Macao