Sunday, 12 October, 2008

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A giant panda takes a nap at the Wolong Research Base in Sichuan Province. Scientists said...

Bush appeals for patience, unity to solve money crisis

2008-10-12

THE United States appealed for patience yesterday as world leaders raced to restore financial market confidence and avert the deepest global recession in decades. President George W. Bush met with Group of Seven...

Panda's genome code sequence breakthrough

CHINESE scientists announced yesterday they had completed sequencing the genome of giant pandas. They hope the new information will give them a be...

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October 12

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Metro news

Air quality report may add more pollutants

DAILY ozone and carbon monoxide measurements may be included in Shanghai air quality reports to meet new standards proposed by the Ministry of Environ...

Shanghai hotline's a hit, consumers decide

SHANGHAI residents are generally satisfied with the service they get from the 12315 consumer rights hotline, says a new survey. Most of the 5,000 ...

Springs tipped to heat up tourism development

City offices get energy-stingy

Expo Memo

Time To Catch The Latest Ideas

CHINA'S young people should take advantage of the 2010 Shang...

Muslim meals on Expo's menu

ORGANIZERS of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo are making sure t...

Expo promotion makes a stop at UN

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Business news

Euro zone leaders want plan before trade opens

LEADERS of euro zone countries will discuss a bank rescue package based on Britain's model when they meet today, a source close to the French presiden...

Russia will buy to prop up market

THE Russian government will start buying stocks next week, spending billions of rubles to help prop up stricken markets, said Prime Minister Vladimir ...

Auto rivals in crisis: merger discussed

Custom flees as crisis gets worse

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National news

Games traffic rules now law

A NEW traffic restriction expected to help sustain the smooth traffic and better air quality achieved during the Olympic Games was implemented in Beij...

Cabinet enacts tougher rules for dairy industry

THE State Council, China's Cabinet, has issued new regulations to tighten quality controls on the dairy industry in the wake of the tainted-milk scand...

Ma pushes cross-Strait harmony

Another quake rattles Sichuan

October 12

On this day in 1885, Taiwan became a province of China's Qing Dynasty government. Liu Mingchuan, the top official of the government's army, was appointed the first governor of the island. Liu helped to strengthen the local army and built the first railway line on the island. Liu largely improved the educational system and economy of Taiwan and is regarded as one of the great patriotic officials in China's history.

World news

Financial turmoil won't stop space development

THE ongoing global economic turmoil and increasingly strained ties between Moscow and Washington will not stand in the way of further space exploratio...

Taliban's suicide bomb attack on prison foiled

AFGHANISTAN'S intelligence service claimed yesterday it foiled a Taliban plot to attack the country's most notorious prison with a wave of suicide bom...

NATO troops set to target drug traders

Ukraine's early election stalled

Kim Jong-il, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visits a military unit a...

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Sport news

Liang lead cut to one shot

CHINA'S Liang Wenchong held on to a one-stroke lead after firing his second straight 71 in the third round of the Hero Honda Indian Open in New Delhi ...

Kiwis level Bangladesh ODI series

JACOB Oram scored an unbeaten 75 and Kyle Mills took three wickets for 13 to lead New Zealand to a 75-run win against Bangladesh in the second limited...

Hamilton on track for first crown

Phillies go 2-up Bosox take lead

Russia's Vera Zvonareva returns a shot en route to a 6-2, 7-6 (5) victory over compatriot ...

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Feature

No way out for Shanghai's crusading cat lover

IT started with a small romantic gesture. Duo Zirong was on the way home from dinner some 20 years ago, when her date stopped at a subway station and ...

Big daddy his two girls

IT was during a trip to Shanghai last year that American businessman Jim Gradoville was overcome by Special Olympics fever and decided to apply to be ...