Saturday, May 10, 2003

• WHO Reiterates Taiwan Issue not to be Listed in Meeting Agenda
• China Tightens Supervision of Construction Work in Rural Areas
• Chinese Mainland Reports 85 New SARS Cases
• Possibility of Big Floods Poses Menace to Yangtze River
• China Confident of Overcoming SARS Disaster 
• Chinese FM, US Secretary of State Talk over Phone
• WHO Experts Inspect SARS Prevention Network in China's Rural Areas 
• Chinese, Russian FMs Discuss Iraq Issue on Phone
• Foreign Leaders Support China's Fight against SARS
• Chinese, Pakistani FMs Talk on Phone
• Two Chinese Sentenced for Plotting Overthrow of State Power
• Chinese FM Meets with WHO Director-general Nominee
• Chinese President Removes, Appoints Diplomatic Envoys
• China Offers Sympathy to Bangladeshi Tornado Victims

• China's Current, Capital Accounts in Surplus
• China to Speed up Rural Reform of Financial System
• SARS Impact on China's Economy Looms
• Guangdong Publishes Preferential Tax Policies in midst of SARS Crisis
• Chinese Govn't Waives Fees for SARS-affected Industries
• Domestic Airlines not Allowed to Invest over 25% in Airports
• China's Economic Upsurge Irreversible by SARS: Experts
• Bank of China Jakarta Branch Resumes Business
• Economist Turns Upbeat on HK's Recovery Despite SARS
• Chinese Copper Producer Enters Overseas Futures Market

• Iraqi Reconstruction to Take 10 Years, US$93bn: Spain
• France, Germany Cautious about Technical Details of US Draft Resolution
• US, UK Push Resolution to Further Own Agenda in Iraq
• US President Announces Middle East Free-trade Plan
• Three US Soldiers Killed in Iraq in Helicopter Crash
• US House Approves Tax-cut Bill of 550 Billion Dollars
• Ugandan, Rwandan MPs to Meet for Peace Building
• Scores Feared Sucked to Deaths from Congo Cargo Plane
• Sri Lankan President in Collision Course with Government
• US Senate Passes New Bill to Wiretap Foreigners
• Security Council Meets on US Draft Resolution on Iraq

• US Asks UN to Approve Iraq Occupation

• "Shenzhou V" Spacecraft to be Launched as Scheduled
• PLA General Logistics Develop Products for SARS Frontline
• Tech to Detect SARS Virus in Animals, Food Developed

• China Unveils Roster for East Asian Soccer Tournament

• Xinjiang Greens World's Longest Desert Highway
• Beijing Shortens Traffic Light Timing during SARS Period