Sunday, May 18, 2003

• Chinese Mainland Reports 28 New SARS Cases(May 18)
• E. China Mine Blast Kills 86 Miners
• Ningxia Takes Measures to Tackle Water Shortages
• Russia Gives Aid to China's Anti-SARS Efforts
• WHO Experts Inspect Anti-SARS Operations in Rural Henan
• SARS Cases Fall Among China's Medical Staff
• 4 New SARS Patients, 5 More Deaths Confirmed in HK
• Chinese President Sends Condolences to Moroccan King Over Terrorist Attack
• Senior CPC Leader Inspects Central China Province
• Rainstorms Cause 7 Deaths, 2 Missing in South China City
• Chinese Vice-premier Meets World Health Assembly Chairman

• Pudong District in Shanghai Sees Rapid GDP Growth
• Shanghai Plans Massive Suburban Development
• South China City to Build 136 New Industrial Projects
• Hi-tech industrial park in Shanghai attracts increasing investment
• Vice-premier Stress Economic Growth in Fight Against SARS
• Foreign Businessmen Support HK People's Fight Against SARS
• China's Service Industry gets Facelift in SARS Crisis

• India sticks position on talks with Pakistan
• New York Official Attributes Low SARS Cases to Precaution, Goodluck
• 7 Killed in Jerusalem Suicide Bombings
• Argentine President Calls for Support to President-elect
• Annan Urges Sustained Campaign Against Global Terrorism
• Casablanca Bomb Toll Rises to 39  
• Panama establishes SARS detection center
• Thailand Sends Medical Kits to SARS-stricken Hong Kong
• S.Korea complets construction of inter-Korean transportation routes in DMZ
• Turkmen president sends condolences to Chinese leaders over mine disaster
• 1 killed, 47 Wounded in Cinema Bomb Blast in Yangon
• Russia: Changes Needed for New US-proposed Resolution on Iraq
• Roadmap amendment might foil Abbas-Sharon meeting: PNA minister
• Arab League Chief Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Morocco
• S. Korean President Reaffirms Peaceful Solution to DPRK Nuclear Issue
• DPRK Denounces Japan Over "Emergency" Bills
• Plot to Remove Zambian President Uncovered: Minister
• Sharon, Abbas End Meeting in Jerusalem Over "Road Map"

• Picture Improves for China's Color Televisions
• Science Week of SARS-control Theme Opens in Beijing
• Beijing Students to Gradually Return to Classroom
• 700 Foreign Students Apply to Study in Beijing

• NW China Unearths 17 Ancient Tombs
• Ancient Tombs Discovered in North China
• China to Revive Ancient Town in Southwest
• Museum of Bronze Relics Planned for South China
• Giant Owls Discovered in NW China Desert
• 102 Year Old Chinese Man Recovering from Hernia Surgery in North China
• China Opens First SARS Hotline for Rural Residents
• Children's Play Rooms in HK to Reopen as SARS Under Control
• First Recovered SARS Patient in Gansu Discharged from Hospital