Sunday, April 11, 2004

• Senior CPC official meets Singaporean guests
• Massive protest rally in Taiwan demanding Chen shooting investigation
• Second report not to cover specific election plans: HK official

• Investment in China's three industries soars despite government warning
• Rich gas reserves proved in Tarim
• Airbus A380 expected to be in use on Chinese routes
• Ad expenditure soars in 2003

• Japanese hostages in Iraq released: reports
• Al-Jazeera airs images of two Americans killed in Iraq
• Unidentified gunmen raid church in Indonesia
• Kidnappers in Iraq threaten to kill US hostage: Al-Jazeera
• Russian mine explosion death toll rises to 39
• Japan informed hostages will be released: FM
• US spy agency plans to hire 7,500 people in five years
• Bush vows to hand over Iraq sovereignty on June 30
• Rwandan PM irked by BBC coverage of genocide prisoners
• Russian mine explosion kills 28
• Japanese FM to address kidnappers on video
• Thai foreign minister pays one-day surprise visit to Myanmar
• Annual cultural festival inaugurated in Pyongyang
• Former UK foreign secretary raps US policy in Iraq
• Berlusconi visits Italian troops in Iraq

• Over 80 articles unearthed in a newly discovered tomb
• Scientists localize freckle gene
• Thriving David's deer population in captivity surprises Chinese scientists
• Columbia University to expand cooperation with Chinese schools
• Village boasts recorded history of 6,000 years

• China wins Beijing int'l marathon relay
• Zheng Wu named as head coach of Chinese under-18 national basketball team
• Rockets top Nuggets to clinch playoffs

• Landslide kills eight in Xinjiang
• Bus plunges into river, killing 6 in Guangxi
• Over 80 articles unearthed in a newly discovered tomb
• Female entrepreneurs face physical exhaustion
• First babies conceived from frozen germ cell due in May
• Traffic accident kills 7 in east China province
• Most industrial, mining accidents happen in non-state enterprises
• Cause of Guangdong electric shock accident pinpointed