Wednesday, March 10, 2004

• US sailor from Kitty Hawk dies in HK
• Chinese FM holds talks with Afghan FM
• Procuratorates to step up fight against job-related crimes
• Six ministerial officials given guilty verdicts in 2003 
• State park plan OK'd to protect diversiform-leaved poplar
• Top legislature vows to step up supervision 
• Hubei to send medical teams to AIDS-hit rural areas
• Foreign media pay attention to NPC, CPPCC sessions
• Red Cross celebrates 100-years of helping
• National advisors voice views on better society
• Government advisors, lawmakers propose ways to soothe thirst of nation
• China's foreign policy serves its development: Vice FM
• Constitution to enshrine "social security" for fair cake-cutting
• "Road map" to balanced development
• Constitutional amendment paves way for emergency bill
• China to scrap oldest tax on farmers' crops
• When nationals grow bigger and fatter
• Officials to be rated on pollution control
• Former newspaper head sentenced for corruption
• President Hu Jintao stressed a balanced development

• China's industrial output up 16.6% in first two months
• Epson leads printer sales in Chinese market
• E. China province attracts most foreign investment
• 10% firms in Shanghai want to hire staff from HK
• Sinopec to explore Saudi reserves
• Shanghai to pioneer liberalization of interest rates
• Brewer to expand business in East China
• Lufthansa-Shanghai Airlines code share closer
• Bus JV revs up for new project in Qingdao
• Private firm to enter auto industry
• Trademark at core of Apple case
• Sony sets up wholly owned company
• Improved quality in exports planned
• Sharp steel price increase expected to continue
• Edging towards free flow of fungus
• Grain prices likely heading up
• Security fund secured off capital market
• China's foreign trade surges 35.4 pct in first two months
• Overseas investor participation in HKEx Security Market continues to grow
• Interview: World top fine men's clothing company sees steady growthin Chinese mainland market
• Spot oil trading center planned
• Banking assets up 16.8% in 2003

• Iran syas to resume uranium enrichment
• Liberia reaffirms adherence to one-China policy
• Roh Moo-hyun's brother indicted for taking bribe
• Washington sniper sentenced to death
• Thai Cabinet reshuffled
• 2,000 French scientists resign over lack of funding
• Blix likens Iraq war to witch hunt
• Austria adheres to one-China policy: Chancellor
• Special envoy delivers President Hu's letter to Bush
• Haiti chooses new prime minister
• Russia to have a trim cabinet of 17
• Study: Americans eating themselves to death
• Impeachment motion against Roh Moo-hyun filed
• US lawyers to arrive in Iraq for Saddam's trial: website
• Cote D'ivoire reconciliation process faces fresh test
• New prime minister to be nominated in Haiti
• Philippines' former first lady summoned for graft trial
• Iraqis have different opinions about interim constitution
• Putin names new cabinet members
• Bin Laden may be eyeing move: report

• Chinese risk investments quietly seek changes
• New government focused on people
• Japanese PM's remark on shrine visit leads to long-term cold relations with China: Kyodo
• All are war-incurred calamities: Commentary
• French Presidents' China complex

• Students unmoved as school removes marriage, birth ban
• Brain drain threatens French scientific future
• HK scientist's skeletal research program funded by UGC
• Painted earthen pot with ostrich design unearthed in Gansu
• 2,000 French scientists resign over lack of funding
• Planets to be visible to naked eye
• Survey shows genetic mutation leads to disc degeneration
• Digital R&D base to be built in hi-tech park in Beijing
• Driving, pollution may cause lung cancer: scientists
• Children advised not to risk lives in emergencies
• Japanese electric giant to present 3-in-1 DVD recorder
• China to host WPC Youth Forum

• Beijing reiterates commitment to host corruption-free Olympic Games
• Soccer player Qu Leheng wins compensation
• Chinese women's volleyball aims at title in Athens

• Dusty weather sweeps north China
• Discovery reveals "custody over minors" in ancient China
• China to hold national dance contest in May
• Photos: Successfully separate siamese twins
• 17-year project launched to preserve unique culture
• Photos: Love blooms in 'Foliage'
• Man hires detective to find ideal bride
• Shanghai hold Job fair for disabled
• Ladies' Underwear Museum to Open in Shanghai
• Half of middle school students suffer from short-sight: survey
• HK police shut down vice villas
• Macao links up semi-direct flights across Taiwan Straits
• Death toll rises to five in Xinjiang coal mine flooding accident