Thursday, April 08, 2004

• China hopes all sides in Iraq remain calm
• Key power station on Wujiang River begins to store water
• China urges implementation of Siberian pipeline project
• China willing to further overall cooperation with Iran: Hu
• Armed forces to hire civilians for logistics posts
• Japan should create conditions for exchange of high-level visits: spokesman
• Chinese FM to visit 4 countries, attend int'l meetings
• HK's constitutional development must go in gradual and orderly manner: official
• Prodi's visit to promote Sino-EU cooperation: spokesman
• Mozambican president visits Sichuan
• Lien Chan refiles lawsuit for new election
• Tanker explosion leaves two dead, one more missing
• Beijing's Capital Airport to build "capital aviation city"
• Partial easing of visa policy for US citizens
• Taiwan election lawsuit put on hold
• Top legislator meets Philippine guests
• Party beefs up internal supervision
• China hopes Holland will play active role in China-EU ties: President  
• Major Chinese coastal province warns of red tide outbreaks
• China in crucial period for AIDS prevention
• Mozambique president visits Sichuan

• Made-in-China vertical fin delivered to Boeing
• China Life Group faces US$8 million in fines
• 2,000 bln yuan to be invested in expanding railways
• Emirates new airline connects East Africa, China
• Ugandan coffee export to China to soar
• China to speed up railway transport beginning April 18
• Macao's import of poultry from mainland back to normal
• Shanghai tightens controls on licensing
• Programme paves way for free trade deal
• Natural gas plant under construction in Shanghai
• Multinationals reshape operational model
• China's foreign trade faces many challenges
• China to build modern "China Town" at the Gulf
• Locally-made BMW 318I to debut late April
• Four HK banks join China Unionpay network
• Chinese, French finance ministers discuss cooperation
• Intel invests US$375m in opening new chip plant in China
• Chinese finance minister vows to keep currency policy stable
• Shanghai Futures Exchange does brisk business
• Chinese, US airlines should cooperate for global competition: UA senior vice president
• China seeks public consultations on draft revisions of Loan Rules
• Japanese chain store magnate to open outlet in Beijing
• Hong Kong foreign currency reserves up in March

• Three Japanese taken captive in Iraq
• Mubarak embarks on trip to Washington
• Cypriot, Greek leaders against U.N. plan
• Only 5 prc of young people in Russia healthy
• 35 coalition troops, 170 Iraqis die in 3 days
• Chechen president conducts talks with separatist leader Maskhadov
• Ukrainian party urges withdrawal of troops from Iraq
• US, Japan, South Korea hold talks on DPRK nuclear issue
• Japanese PM vows to continue shrine visits
• 10th anniversary of 1994 genocide marked in Rwanda 
• Germany refuses to be scapegoat for Iraqi disinformation
• Gay playwright wins Pulitzer for drama
• Kagame blames UN for Rwanda's darkness during genocide
• Spanish King proposes Rodrigues Zapatero for prime minister
• Sri Lankan new gov't to resume peace talks with Tamil rebels
• AU apologizes for not helping Rwanda during genocide
• Georgia presents partnership action plan to NATO
• Kerry calls Iraq situation great failure of Bush policy
• Chinese finance minister vows to keep China's currency policy stable

• Caution the situation in Iraq: Commentary
• A ruling of law and justice: Commentary 
• Plan to remove Arafat may have dire results

• China's patent applications lead the World
• Support for home-grown WLAN standard
• Intel to roll out lead-free chips
• "Monkey king gene" proves gene split: Chinese scientist
• Increasing number of Chinese youngsters suffer hypertension
• China, EU agree to deepen sci-tech cooperation

• Former world champion Martin beaten in Japan Open badminton
• Chinese soccer premier league to kick off in May
• Yao and Rockets suffer longest losing streak this season

• "Professional diseases" threaten farmers' health
• Gallery biz prospers in cities
• Macao's import of poultry from mainland back to normal
• China's super-luxe trains to debut
• China to build its first Arctic station in Norway
• China sees over 300 millions short messages every day
• She was born for dancing
• Chinese intellectuals die young
• China to redeem farmland loss in Three Gorges Dam area
• Superfluous rural laborers hit 150 million: official
• Int'l prosecutors to gather in HK for regional conference
• China, US to promote air safety
• Major Chinese coastal province warns of red tide outbreaks
• Corpse exhibition to stage in Beijing amid curiosity and criticism