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President Hu Jintao lays a wreath at a monument to Cuban independence hero Jose Marti in H...

Microsoft in wings as Yahoo boss steps aside

By Anupreeta Das | 2008-11-19

YAHOO! Inc said yesterday that Jerry Yang would step down as chief executive officer as soon as the board found a replacement, sending shares soaring on hopes the departure would clear the way for a deal with Microsoft...

Protestors attack Party office in Longnan

STREETS have been locked down in Longnan, Gansu Province, after thousands of residents attacked the city’s Party committee office building in a protes...

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Buzzword

November 16

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Policies for home buyers

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Find friends and love

Metro news

Police catch 8 suspects in telephone scam

CITY police have caught eight telephone scam artists who defrauded residents out of more than 20 million yuan (US$2.86 million) combined since Septemb...

City gets frosty wake up call

A SUDDEN cold snap meant a chilly wake up call for Shanghai today as the temperature dipped to as low as 3 degrees Celsius in some parts of the city, ...

Mom jumps, but little girl dies in fire

Young lives snuffed out by tragic circumstance

Expo Memo

Shanghai to get panda magic in 2010

SHANGHAI will get cuter and cuddlier just in time for World ...

Expo tourism to sell 'discovery'

TOURISM officials yesterday unveiled their new slogan to att...

Sweden to promote spirit of innovation

SWEDEN will showcase in its pavilion at World Expo 2010 how ...

Business news

Three big US automakers plead with Congress for US$25b lifeline

THE three biggest US automakers pleaded with Congress yesterday for a US$25 billion lifeline to save their once-proud companies from collapse, warning...

Car makers drive market higher on aid speculation

SHANGHAI’S key stock index jumped the most in seven trading days today as auto makers and refiners gained on speculation the government will widen ass...

Strict policy reminder to banks

Cars' debut shows optimism in market

biz insight

Policy turnaround shows China not holding back in boosting economy

By Zhang Fengming

National news

Petitioners unrest `under control' in NW China's Gansu

AUTHORITIES in northwest China's Gansu Province have put the violent protest under control after a group of petitioners attacked local government buil...

Out of danger, Chen resumes strike

FORMER Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian resumed a hunger strike yesterday to protest his arrest in a corruption case after accepting glucose and saline in...

Tibet's orphans to get a new home

Rescuers save 32 from mine

November 19

On this day in 1980, the first fashion model team on China’s mainland was formed in Shanghai. The team had 12 female and seven male models. A local clothes company established the team to increase the sales. The criteria of the team included that male models should be taller than 179 centimeters and females taller than 165 centimeters. Their income was 1.50 yuan a person for each performance.

World news

US$23m artwork for UN unveiled

A US$23 million ceiling painting featuring hundreds of dangling icicle shapes that has been criticized for its hefty price tag was unveiled yesterday ...

EU looks to free fruit to battle obesity in kids

WILL free fruit fight fat? Governments across the European Union think so, a top official said yesterday. And the EU appears ready to offer free f...

Space walkers land cleaning task

By 2080, half the world may go thirsty

With her gloved hand spacewalker Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper reaches for a tool bag that ...

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Sport news

Liu coach offered bribe for tell-all tale

THE first coach of Liu Xiang told a Beijing newspaper that foreign journalists offered him 100,000 euros (US$126,440) to reveal that the star hurdler ...

Senna test drives for Honda in new-look F1

BRAZILIAN Bruno Senna, nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton, made his test debut for Honda in a new-look Formula One at Barcelona's Circuit...

Real vote of confidence for Schuster

Armstrong fears for his safety on Tour

Buffalo Bills cornerback Terrence McGee (left) breaks up a pass to Cleveland Browns wide r...

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Feature

Young expats challenge stereotype of loaded laowai

EXPATS are stereotyped as being well-off high livers and partygoers in Shanghai - and they are charged "foreigners' prices" accordingly. But numerous ...

YCIS 'green team' leads the way in protecting our world

IN its second year at the Yew Chung International School of Shanghai, Pudong, the "Ecology Action Team" has grown to involve 25 enthusiastic students,...