Saturday, January 31, 2004

• HK Int'l Conference on Infectious Diseases 2004 opens
• China halts poultry exports from three newly reported regions with suspected bird flu cases
• Chinese mainland steps up quarantine over poultry exports to Hong Kong
• No human cases of bird flu reported on Chinese mainland
• Bird flu cases confirmed in two central China provinces
• Official calls for better protection of wetland
• US senior official reiterates US adheres to one-China policy
• Chinese, US officials meet on Taiwan issue
• National Bird Flu Prevention Headquarters founded
• Chinese Premier meets Armitage

• Bank of China to be listed in 2005
• US company brings proprietary microwave technology to HK
• China's auditors recover 14.82 billion yuan last year
• Travel peak continues in China after festival's golden week

• WHO refutes claims that bird flu virus originated from China
• People who die for eating well-cooked chicken get compensation: Thai PM
• Russia said preparing nuclear exercise
• Egyptian President praises progress in China-Arab relations
• China, Arab League issue communique on establishment of cooperation forum
• Hu Jintao and Arab League leader meet to boost ties
• Sino-Arab cooperation forum is of milestone significance: Chinese FM
• Chinese president meets with Egyptian speakers
• Pentagon seeks significant spending increase in missile defense
• Peruvian first vice president resigns
• Mass culling key to eradication of bird flu: FAO
• Israeli army starts withdrawal from Bethlehem
• Bush, Schroeder to meet on bilateral, global issues
• BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan resigns over Kelly affair

• Shanghai reports 62 new patent applications every day
• Mars rover sees possible water evidence
• China's first heterogenous animal born in Xinjiang 
• Chinese scientists decode evolution of SARS virus
• Breakthrough made in research of SARS virus

• China beats Canada in women's four-nation soccer
• Chinese Tennis: Select the Right Breakthrough Point
• China pulls off second win at Four-Nation soccer tourney

• Two arrested in connection with fatal hotel fire
• HK govt considers free flu vaccine to public
• Spring Festival not so merry for some Beijingers
• Major poultry exporter makes painstaking efforts to prevent bird flu