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Body checks upset Chinese tourists to Saipan

National
2008-10-8

ABOUT 200 Chinese tourists were angered after dozens of them were forced to accept body checks by US Drug Enforcement Administration and Customs officers on Sunday upon arriving in Saipan, capital of US administrated...

Fear of toxic chemicals in Philippine ferry halts retrieval of bodies

World
2008-6-27

PHILIPPINE officials suspended retrieval today of hundreds of bodies believed trapped inside a sunken ferry due to fears divers may be exposed to toxic chemicals in the cargo hold. Vice President Noli de Castro...

Divers search first-class cabins on Philippine ferry

World
2008-6-25

DIVERS scouted for bodies in first-class cabins on a capsized ferry in the Philippines today looking for more than 700 people still missing in the disaster. Hundreds of passengers were feared trapped inside the...

Body of Catholic archbishop is found near N. Iraq

World
2008-3-14

THE body of a kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found in a shallow grave in northern Iraq yesterday, one of the most dramatic attacks on the nation's small Christian community. In Rome, Pope Benedict...

DHL locates missing packages of body parts

World
2007-3-8

GERMAN-owned DHL delivery service said it located two missing packages of human body parts sent from China and intended for a lab after part of the shipment, a liver and a partial head, was delivered accidentally to...

Herbal products favored

Business | FMCG/food
2006-3-20

FOR years, both foreign and domestic makers of body care products used a "high-tech" approach in marketing their shampoos, soaps and skin creams here.

Chinese flex their muscles

Sport | Bodybuilding
2005-11-28

CHINESE musclemen excelled at the men's World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships in Shanghai over the weekend. Qian Jicheng, a national champion, topped the competition in the 60-kilogram category of the championships at Changning International Gymnastics Center in Changning District last night.

UCI clears Lance

Sport | Cycling
2005-9-10

THE governing body of world cycling said yesterday it had no evidence of doping against Lance Armstrong and was unable to express any judgment regarding recent doping allegations.

Shanghai to host worlds

Sport | Bodybuilding
2005-8-30

THE world's best bodybuilders will display their awesome abs in Shanghai at the 2005 World Bodybuilding Federation Championships slated for November.

Revenue growth slows in steel

Business | Metallurgical industry
2005-7-29

INVESTMENT and profit growth in China's steel sector slowed in the first half of this year amid measures to cool the industry, said China's top economic planning body.