Thursday, April 24, 2003

• China Invites DPRK, US Delegations to Beijing for Talks: FM Spokesman
• Senior CPC Official Meets Indian Communist Party Delegation
• WHO Experts to Stay One More Day in Shanghai
• Chinese Mainland Reports 2,422 SARS Cases
• Korean Nuclear Talks under way in Beijing
• Chinese FM, US Secretary of State Talk over Phone
• Beijing Moves to Isolate SARS-infected People, Areas
• China Steps up Efforts to Contain SARS
• Former Political Official Sentenced to Life for Corruption
• China's Top Legislator Meets Mozambican Guests
• China Strengthens SARS Prevention among Border Trains
• Chinese Mainland, Taiwan Need SARS Information Exchange: Experts 
• Symposium on SARS Control Held in Beijing 
• China Creates SARS Task Force, Special Fund
• China, Africa to Strengthen Cooperation in Traditional Medicine

• Construction Bank's NPL Rate Lowered to 14.05 Percent
• China's Goods Trade Volume Ranks Fifth in the World
• WB: China's Economy to Grow 7.2 Percent This Year
• Shanghai City to Complete 25 Container Berths by 2020
• Bosch to Help Produce Diesel-powered Cars in China
• WWII Battlefield in SW China Turns New Economic Arena
• Income Gap in Beijing Residents to Get Wider
• Minister Says 2003 a Tough Year for Job Seekers
• Bank in NY's Chinatown to Resume Business after Rumor-ignited Panic Cash Withdrawal
• World Trade Expected to Grow Slightly in 2003
• China's Transportation Sectors Step up Anti-SARS Efforts
• Shanghai Auto Show to Close Ahead of Schedule

• Prosecutors Demand Death Penalty for AUM's Asahara
• France Urges Iran to Accept Full Inspections of its Nukes
• WHO Cautions Against Visiting Beijing, Toronto
• Tension between US and Syria Tends to Ease
• At Least One Killed, 12 Injured in Apparent Suicide Bombing in Israel
• Cambodia, Thailand Restore Full Diplomatic Relations
• DPRK Urges US to Drop Hostile Policy in Talks
• Iraq War Brings about Profound Impact on World
• Arafat and Abu Mazen Agrees on New Cabinet
• Home-made Bomb Explodes near UN Building in Jakarta
• US Holds Four More Key Iraqis, Warns Iran
• Greenspan Says He Would Accept Fifth Term as Fed Chairman
• American Charged with Smuggling Stolen Iraqi Paintings
• Blair, Aznar Hold Talks on Mideast, Iraq
• Russia Ready to Join US-DPRK Talks on Nuclear Crisis
• Three US Marines Killed in Grenade Accident in Iraq
• WHO to Cooperate Closely with DPRK on SARS Prevention
• US Says UN Sanctions on Iraq Should be Lifted
• Suspected Murderer of Russian Deputy Yushenkov Detained
• US Occupation in Iraq will Lead to Resistance: Hezbollah

• Computer Virus Takes Chances on SARS
• Australian Scientists to Test Effect of SARS in Animals
• Beijing Schools to Close for Two Weeks
• HK City University to Honor Four Distinguished Persons

• Bayi Rockets Claims Seventh CBA Championship Title 

• Chinese Insurance Companies Agree to Compensate SARS Patients
• HK Hospital Authority Hands out Chinese Medicine Against SARS
• Bronze Culture-themed Park to be Built at Ancient Tomb Site
• Lives of Tibetans Improve Markedly, Statistics Show
• Shanghai Reports 6 More Suspected SARS Cases
• Beijing Moves to Aid Economically-disadvantaged Residents in SARS fight
• China Issues Monthly Report on River Water Quality
• Two Taiwan SARS Patients Recover in Beijing