News Archive --- Date:20060806
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China revises law in move to reduce energy costs (16:50, August 06, 2006)
Indonesia imports 1.2 million tons of soybean annually (11:04, August 06, 2006)
Second trade union established at Wal-Mart store
in China (10:14, August 06, 2006)
Gold price lower in Hong Kong -- Aug. 5 (10:14, August 06, 2006)
Kuwaiti crude oil price hovers around 67 dlrs per barrel (10:20, August 06, 2006)
Malaysia considers opening KL-Singapore route to budget airlines (10:20, August 06, 2006)
Sales of production materials expected to jump 16 percent in 2006 (10:21, August 06, 2006)
Companies in Slovenia increased by 4.3 percent in 2005 (10:21, August 06, 2006)
Norwegian fishermen concerned over planned Russian nuclear tests (10:21, August 06, 2006)
Kuwait's exports see 30 percent rise in June (10:22, August 06, 2006)
UAE company wins bid for resort development project in north Egypt (10:22, August 06, 2006)
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Iran pledges to continue nuclear program despite UN
resolution (08:06, August 07, 2006)
Philippines to send evacuation vessels to Lebanon (16:48, August 06, 2006)
Israeli attacks on Lebanon may breed new terrorists: Kuwaiti PM (16:49, August 06, 2006)
Indonesian police ask masses to behave well in solidarity actions for Lebanon (16:50, August 06, 2006)
3 injured by gunshot in Thai South (08:10, August 07, 2006)
Sri Lanka faced with serious problem of displaced from eastern Muslim town (14:25, August 06, 2006)
Lebanese cabinet expresses reservations about UN ceasefire draft (13:46, August 06, 2006)
Canadian soldier killed in car crash in Afghanistan (13:44, August 06, 2006)
Yemeni president, Abbas meet on crisis in Mideast (13:43, August 06, 2006)
Senator shot injured in Thai South (13:03, August 06, 2006)
Hiroshima marks 61st anniversary of atomic bombing (13:04, August 06, 2006)
Pakistan government to improve security for projects in Balochistan (13:02, August 06, 2006)
Earthquake hits Argentina (13:01, August 06, 2006)
Tens of thousands call for peace in Hiroshima at A-bomb anniversary (11:09, August 06, 2006)
Castro recovering from surgery: vice president (11:08, August 06, 2006)
Iran calls for international probe into Israel's "atrocities" in
Lebanon (10:35, August 06, 2006)
Demonstrators gather in London calling for immediate ceasefire in
Lebanon (11:01, August 06, 2006)
Pakistan terms diplomat's expulsion by India "retaliatory" (11:00, August 06, 2006)
Bush happy with UN draft resolution on Lebanon (10:59, August 06, 2006)
Damascus writes to UN on Israeli "massacre" against Syrians,
Lebanese (10:57, August 06, 2006)
Israeli army arrests Palestinian parliament
speaker Dweik (10:55, August 06, 2006)
One Israeli soldier killed, 8 naval commandos wounded
in Lebanon (10:53, August 06, 2006)
Pakistani gas pipelines damaged in explosion (10:52, August 06, 2006)
Philippines resumes evacuation of overseas workers from Lebanon (10:51, August 06, 2006)
Some 200 Indonesian jihad bombers ready to leave for Middle East: report (10:49, August 06, 2006)
Israeli troops press incursion in southern Gaza, 16 killed in three
days (10:48, August 06, 2006)
Gunmen shoot dead Iraqi policeman, 9 bodies found in Baghdad (10:46, August 06, 2006)
Key Gaza crossing fails to reopen despite agreement (10:38, August 06, 2006)
Abbas to visit Sudan, Yemen over crises in Gaza, Lebanon: official (10:37, August 06, 2006)
Palestinian boy killed in Israeli airstrike on
Rafah (10:35, August 06, 2006)
Sri Lanka gov't accuses Tamil Tigers of massacring civilians (10:33, August 06, 2006)
Arab world unified in supporting Lebanon: Arab League chief (10:32, August 06, 2006)
Malaysia says no to dialogue with Israel on Middle East
issue (10:29, August 06, 2006)
Fatah militants storm Jericho prison, kill six (10:28, August 06, 2006)
Pakistani women, children rally to condemn Israel (10:26, August 06, 2006)
South Africans protest Israeli actions in Lebanon (10:24, August 06, 2006)
Formerly-held S. Korean fishing vessel safely reaches Mombasa (10:24, August 06, 2006)
Israeli offensive in Gaza turns school into temporary home (10:22, August 06, 2006)
Jordan supports Lebanese PM's seven-point plan (10:21, August 06, 2006)
Egyptian FM holds phone talks with Rice on Lebanon (10:20, August 06, 2006)
Security Council holds consultations on U.S.-French draft on Lebanon (10:17, August 06, 2006)
French-U.S. draft on Lebanon calls for "full cessation of hostilities" (10:15, August 06, 2006)
Schwarzenegger gets boost for re-electon (10:13, August 06, 2006)
Putin favors immediate ceasefire in Middle East (10:10, August 06, 2006)
Nigeria Police to clamp down on party thugs in 2007 elections (10:09, August 06, 2006)
Blair welcomes draft UN resolution on Lebanon conflict (10:07, August 06, 2006)
Turkey could be EU's bridge with Islam, says commissioner (10:05, August 06, 2006)
Palestinians launch more homemade rockets at Israel (10:04, August 06, 2006)
U.S. diplomat says talks with Lebanese PM "important step" (10:02, August 06, 2006)
Syria condemns Israeli "massacre" in Lebanese village al-Qaa (10:00, August 06, 2006)
Three killed in rocket attack on northern Israel (09:58, August 06, 2006)
Israeli soldier killed in fighting with Hezbollah in south Lebanon (09:57, August 06, 2006)
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USADA takes over Landis doping case (16:54, August 06, 2006)
Russian veteran Avetisyan wins third world title at shooting worlds (16:54, August 06, 2006)
Tian Jia/Wang Jie win gold medal in world beach volleyball tour (16:56, August 06, 2006)
Hansen breaks 200m breaststroke world record (16:56, August 06, 2006)
Stern more ready to bring NBA regular-season game into China (16:56, August 06, 2006)
Liu Xiang caught in dilemma before "Xiang Fever" (16:57, August 06, 2006)
Russia beat China 3-0 in volleyball World League (16:57, August 06, 2006)
Zambia beats Madagascar 4-1 in African Youth Championships
qualifier (16:58, August 06, 2006)
Malawi extensively uses juju during football matches (16:58, August 06, 2006)
Zambia to bid for 2007 Africa Senior Badminton Challenge (16:58, August 06, 2006)
Philippine player into final of San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour (16:58, August 06, 2006)
Schumacher handed same penalty as Alonso (10:23, August 06, 2006)
Hiking organizer warns against blind love for outdoor events (10:24, August 06, 2006)
FUFA referees to undergo mandatory cooper test (10:24, August 06, 2006)
Yellow river crossing event kicks off (10:25, August 06, 2006)
Japan loses to Poland in world men's volleyball league (10:27, August 06, 2006)
Landis says he is innocent of doping (10:27, August 06, 2006)
Landis fired by Phonak team for positive drugs test (10:29, August 06, 2006)
East Asian A3 Champions Cup soccer result (10:29, August 06, 2006)
Landis' backup sample confirms positive test (10:30, August 06, 2006)
Ulsan trounces Gamba 6-0 in A3 Champions Cup (10:31, August 06, 2006)
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Experts retrieve top piece for 1100-year-old religious stone pillar (16:52, August 06, 2006)
More antibiotic injection recalled in China after three deaths (16:52, August 06, 2006)
3 die after eating poisoned fish in eastern Nepal (11:11, August 06, 2006)
Heat wave claims at least 20 lives in New York (11:10, August 06, 2006)
Bronze statue of pioneering Chinese Buddhist monk shipped to India (11:09, August 06, 2006)
Antibiotic injection suspected of killing three, making 78 ill (11:12, August 06, 2006)
Tanzania starts national campaign against TB (11:08, August 06, 2006)
New cocktail created to celebrate Singapore's 41st birthday (11:07, August 06, 2006)
Refugee influx floods Sri Lanka's eastern town of Kantalai (11:07, August 06, 2006)
Heavy rain kills at least 40 people in east India (11:06, August 06, 2006)
EAC to stage disaster management exercise (11:06, August 06, 2006)
Thailand confirms second bird-flu death this year (11:05, August 06, 2006)
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Painting on leaf vein
Zhu Yuyao shows a piece of leaf-vein painting created by himself in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 5, 2006. Zhu began his creation of paintings on the vein of leaf after his retirement.
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Israeli soldier's funeral
A soldier of Israel Defence Force (IDF) mourns during a funeral for Shiran Daniel, an IDF soldier killed in the fight against Lebanese Hezbollah, in a cemetery of Haifa, Israel, August 4, 2006.
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Book exhibition in Shanghai
Two people wearing traditional Chinese costumes sell book at the 2006 Shanghai Book Exhibition, Shanghai, east China, August 5, 2006. The one-week exhibition opened at the Shanghai Exhibition Center on Saturday, with the theme of "Loving Book, Loving Life".
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A cool summer in sea water
Thousands of people crowd in Wanpingkou Seaside Tourist Area of Rizhao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 5, 2006. Statistic from the local tourism department shows the daily average number of tourists to the seashore resorts surpassed 100,000 since late July.
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Tens of thousands call for peace at A-bomb anniversary
People pray at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 5, 2006 for victims killed by the atomic bombs in the World War II. A memorial service marking the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing in World War II was held on August 6 in the city of Hiroshima, with tens of thousands of people from around the world gathering to pray for peace. The atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima at an altitude of some 600 meters 61 years ago, killing an estimated 140,000 people by the end of 1945.
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Traditional Wushu competition opens in Hangzhou
An American contestant compete in the match of the officially standardized fist during the 2006 Zhejiang International Traditional Wushu Compepition which opened in the capital city of Hangzhou, Saturday, August 5, 2006. More than 3000 Wushu lovers from 18 countries and regions will vie for titles of 260 programs, with their age ranging from 4 to 93.
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Dinosaur in shop
A dinosaur replica is seen in a shopping center in Ankara, Turkey, August 4, 2006. Thirty life-size replicas are placed here with the imagined living environment during the summer vacation for children to have a fun.
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Rescuing sinking container cargo ship
Rescue workers conduct rescue operation in the sinking container cargo ship "Hanlun" near Dachandao Island in Shenzhen of south China's Guangdong Province on Aug. 5, 2006. The ship, which set off from Guangzhou, capital of Guandong Province, sank in the sea near Dachandao Island, with 8 crew rescued and 43 containers blocking the main channel at the mouth of Pearl River. The accident is under investigation.
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