UN Security Council to vote on Syria

2012-2-4

THE UN Security Council is scheduled to meet in an open session on the current situation in Syria, the UN Spokesperson's Office announced yesterday. ...


HK may adjust its quota for mothers from the mainland

HONG Kong's Secretary for Food & Health York Chow said yesterday that the city government is to review the need for an adjustment in the quota and pol...


Swiss watches clocking up record sales in China


Demand gives rise to increase in firms' profits

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Hotels and restaurants in Sanya have been accused of overcharging tourists for seafood. What do you think?

I will still go to Sanya for seafood because I love it so much.
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Certain rules to avoid overcharging are needed to protect tourists.

Writer brings suit over authorship claims

POPULAR young writer Han Han yesterday brought a civil suit against "science cop" Fang Zhouzi at Putuo District People's Court over accusations he use...


Residents shocked by sadistic cat killings

POLICE are seeking three teenagers suspected of brutally killing more than 10 stray cats over the Spring Festival holiday. Almost daily over the b...


5 held after masked gang bind guards

POLICE said yesterday that they have detained five men in connection with a robbery on Chinese New Year's Eve in which guards were bound and their cas...


Abandoned boy reunited with father


Mailbox windfalls baffle community

China ready for bigger euro role

PREMIER Wen Jiabao said yesterday that China was considering playing a bigger role in resolving Europe's debt crisis by getting involved in European r...


Stepfather detained after child drowns in washer

A MAN in Chongqing City has been detained for allegedly drowning his two-year-old stepdaughter in a washing machine to collect life insurance payouts....


9 officials punished over toxic spill

NINE officials in Hechi City in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have been punished in connection with a cadmium spill that seriously co...


Female bodyguards muscle in on market


Skipper of fishing boat repatriated by Japanese

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CHINA'S premier yesterday said the country does not discriminate against foreign companies in terms of rare earth supplies, stating that policies and ...


Premier hopes for Sino-German trade boom

PREMIER Wen Jiabao yesterday said trade volumes between China and Germany will "hopefully" exceed US$200 billion this year. The total trade volume...


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Expansion of China's service sector weakens


Stocks hit 8-week high on better outlook


EU retail sales decline in December

US job growth rises to 9-month high as unemployment drops

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Play called off in windy Doha

EUROPEAN Tour officials reduced the Qatar Masters to 54 holes when they called off play yesterday after strong winds moved golf balls and damaged the ...


Rose blooms as Bulls gore Knicks

DERRICK Rose took over scoring duties late in the game to ensure the surging Chicago Bulls held off the New York Knicks to record a 105-102 victory at...


Ferrari unveils new car on Net


Dragons take huge bite out of Sharks

First lady's pressing engagement


4 die in Egypt clashes over deadly soccer riot

ROCK-THROWING protesters yesterday fought riot police through clouds of tear gas to within meters of Egypt's Interior Ministry on a second day of clas...


Leaks grow at 'stable' Japan nuclear plant

LEAKS of radioactive water have become more frequent at Japan's crippled nuclear power plant less than two months after it was declared basically stab...


Khmer Rouge jailer's prison term extended


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Festival of lanterns and laughter

THE Lantern Festival on Monday ends the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, and cities nationwide are ablaze with multicolored lanterns, children eyes...

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In search of his father's history

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Westminster accepts 6 new breeds


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Migrants go west as factories relocate

AS some manufacturers pull out of China's increasingly costly coastal regions and move to the hinterlands, many workers in traditional manufacturing h...


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STRESSING the importance of drawing on collective wisdom, a Chinese idiom says that "three cobblers with their wits combined surpass Zhuge Liang, the ...


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Rings stuck on man's penis, a high price for his anti-theft tactic

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