Beijing Olympics gold medal diver Guo Jingjing (left) and table tennis champion Zhang Yini...

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NPC pushes fast path to sustainable growth

2008-8-30

CHINA'S national legislature yesterday passed a new law designed to put the country on a faster track to sustainable development with stepped-up efforts to save energy and cut pollution. The law stresses recycling...

McCain surprises with female running mate

US Senator John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as his vice presidential runnin...

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Culture on show for Confucius

TWO culture exhibitions will be held at the newly renovated Shanghai Confucian Temple near Yuyuan Garden on September 27 to commemorate the birthday o...

Lattice shops hold trends and trinkets

SPECIAL stores called "lattice shops" have begun popping up across the city and have become a popular shortcut for young entrepreneurs to showcase the...

Fake passport lands South Korean in legal limbo

Student Internet addicts live by remote control

Air-raid test set

SHANGHAI will test its air-raid siren system on September 20...

Paralympic torch run

VEHICLES will be banned around Songjiang University Town bet...

Mid-Autumn Festival

HERE'S the holiday calendar for this year's Mid-Autumn Festi...

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Costs drive down earnings at SAIC

SAIC Motor Corp, China's biggest auto maker, said first-half profit fell 28 percent on higher raw material costs and lower-than-expected demand. N...

Yuan falls on talk state to limit gains

THE yuan had its first monthly loss against the United States dollar since May 2006 on speculation weaker global demand will prompt the government to ...

Investors lose US$158b

Fast premium growth forces Ping An to increase capital

   National news

Kashi cops kill 6 in gang fight

POLICE in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have killed six people and arrested three others during their investigation into the murd...

Olympic sex scandal rocks soccer team

OFFICIALS are investigating a Chinese national soccer team player for ''booking a hotel room'' during the Beijing Games. In China, booking a hotel...

Teacher guilty of intercourse with pupil

Museum set for October opening

August 30

On this day in 1977, China established a memorial hall for Mao Zedong, the former chairman of the People’s Republic of China, at Tian’anmen Square in Beijing. Mao’s body was put in a crystal coffin in the center of the hall. The hall also set up memorial rooms for Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Deng Xiaoping and other former leaders. About 5.4 million people visit the hall every year.

   World news

Obama has presidential dream

BARACK Obama was to accept his historic nomination yesterday as the first black to top a major US political party's presidential ticket, delivering on...

Wild storm devastates Haiti, heads toward Jamaican coast

TROPICAL Storm Gustav surged toward hurricane force yesterday as it drove toward Jamaica and headed for the Cayman islands, prompting evacuations of t...

Thai PAD protesters refuse to leave

'Eco-mariners' spend 3 months adrift at sea

German anatomist Gunther von Hagens with a preserved human body during Koerperwelten (body...

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Jankovic overcomes fatigue

JELENA Jankovic lay sprawled on her stomach in the middle of the court for several moments. Was she hurt? Maybe a reoccurrence of the knee injury su...

Man U draws Celtic, Villarreal

DEFENDING champion Manchester United will face British rival Celtic in the group stage of the Champions League after the draw was made on Thursday i...

LPGA receives flak for its English policy

Ivanovic loses, Nadal cruises

Berlin’s Gojko Kacar, (left) his teammate Fabian Lustenberger (right) and Ljubljana’s Rok ...

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Creepy, crawly food

WHILE some might think of bugs as a noisy nuisance, a growing number of "brave hearts" and scientific experts believe they have health benefits - not ...

HIGH on nature Tree climbers recapture childhood joy

TWELVE meters up in a gorgeous willow oak, the sudden cool breeze on an August afternoon feels like a gift. A pair of woodpeckers zooms past, while th...

Hotel weaves never-ending tale

ECO TIPS Reduce consumption

Peter “Treeman” Jenkins is perched in a tree at Blackburn Park in Atlanta with students, ...

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   Opinion

Authors who predicted disaster offer tips on financial survival

PICTURE this: A monetary collapse hits the United States, bringing disaster to the average American's financial well-being. Housing prices crash ...

Chinese sport under starter's orders

THE Beijing Olympic Games have just come to an end with China topping the medal chart for the first time with 51 golds. Yet what the Olympic Games...

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Lightning strikes as man takes oath

IN a bizarre incident, a man in eastern China was struck by lightning just as he lifted an iron bar over his h...

Owl swoops on chicken farm

MORE than 1,300 chickens at a chicken farm of Lanzhou City were left dead in a savage attack by a night owl on...

Baby pronounced dead lives after hours in cooler

A STILLBORN Israeli baby who was pronounced dead by doctors "came back to life" on Monday after spending hours...