- 1st int'l aid from Russia to arrive in quake-hit Sichuan
- Chinese mainland hope for "new situation" in cross-Strait relations after Ma's inaugu
- Foreign trade volume nears $800 bln in first 4 months
- Foreign Media perspective on China's relief efforts
- Major oil pipeline in China's quake region back in service
- Fire on derailed freight train finally put out
- All stranded rail passengers evacuated after China earthquake
- Girl survives earthquake, thanks to dead parents
- China central bank provides $785 mln finance for quake area
- World's oldest irrigation system in China safe after quake
- Chinese army sends 70 medical teams to quake-hit areas
- Accelerated construction in Three Gorges Resevoir Area
- Notice from China Charity Federation on emergency relief operations
- Sports Matsui homers but Yankees fall to Rays
- World Troops parachute into China quake zone
- Tesco set to grow in South Korea
- Sony announces unexpected losses
- Crime Man dies after being hit by truck, several cars in Ibaraki
- Technology Honda's ASIMO robot conducts Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Video: Central government continues rescue efforts
- Video: Premier Wen Jiabao directs rescue efforts
- Video: Premier Wen visits disaster scene
- China's State Council appoints four senior officials
- Premier oversees quake rescue in SW China's Beichuan
- China's air force sends 1,500 more medical staff to Chengdu
- Schools in Sichuan's capital city resume classes after earthquake
- Deposits in Residential Sector growth accelerated
- Video: Premier Wen arrives at Shifang to direct relief work
- 30,000 more troops to reinforce disaster relief in Sichuan
- Quake death toll rises to 5,430 in Mianyang
- HK legislature passes urgent funding proposal for quake victims in SW China
- China quake 'worse than expected'
- World Troops to be parachuted into China quake zone
- Commentary Dealing with stress in the office
- AIPA sends condolence to China
- Chinese army airdrops disaster relief goods to Wenchuan
- Train travelers to SW China urged to make way for relief operations
- Troops, Xinhua staff arrive at township worst hit by quake
- Chinese communities in Canada raising donations for Sichuan quake victims
- Air China sends planes for stranded tourists in quake-hit Sichuan
- China quake aftermath: Images from the ruins of a kindergarten
- China's massive investment to protect Tibet's heritage
- Three earthquakes jolt Taiwan early Wednesday
- Crime 2 men sentenced to life for smuggling drugs from N Korea
- Technology Honda's ASIMO robot 'conducts' Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Business FY 2007 current account surplus hits record high
- Technology Panasonic to launch worlds 1st HDD car navigation system with network l
- Entertainment Drama with Kimutaku as PM trails 'Gokusen' in ratings battle
- Entertainment Actress Takako Tokiwa to be 21st heroine in 'Tsuribaka'
- Business Japan, N.Z. sign customs arrangement
- World Clinton wins in West Virginia
- Soldiers press search for quake survivors
- Entertainment Koike, Sakata to hold gala wedding party in July
- Overseas Chinese donate to earthquake-shaken Sichuan
- Myanmar allows more U.S. aid flights
- China's industrial output up 15.7% in April
- China's ambassador to Algeria presents credentials to president
- UAE president, PM extend condolences to China over earthquake
- Californian relief agencies collecting aid for China quake victims
- Earthquake measuring 5.1 jolts SE Taiwan
- Situation at China's quake epicenter worse than expected
- 800 armed police start rescue operation in quake-hit SW China
- China ready to parachute 100 soldiers to epicenter
- One Taiwan boy killed in SW China's quake
- 588 Taiwan tourists stranded in quake-hit scenic area in Sichuan
- Earthquakes above 6 magnitude in China since 1976
- EU official to press Burma on aid
- PLA sends 1,500 more medical staff to quake-hit areas
- France to boost transport exchange
- 5 university staff linked to bribes
- Peeping toms face fines, detention
- 65 people evacuated from quake debris by professional rescuers
- 21.6 mln bottles of mineral water shipped to quake-hit areas
- Chengdu Military Command authorized to direct military rescue efforts in SW China
- EU says ready to provide aid to earthquake-hit China
- People want lowdown on pay
- Grieving dad told to pay up
- All aboard for a pedicab tour
- Impact on economy 'will be limited'
- Blood flown in, donors needed
- Torch relay will mourn lost lives
- Donations boost to rescue operations
- Air, railways reopen, but roads still blocked
- Medical teams prepare for challenges
- Overseas Chinese support homeland
- Rescue efforts move netizens
- Shares fall after 66 companies halt trading
- Troops, police mobilized to worst-hit areas
- Cultural heritage not spared
- Residents do their part for relief operations
- Man out from 'place of death'
- Electric plant one of the worst hit
- Most networks in affected areas resume operations
- Chalco, Tencent rise on inclusion in HSI
- Software sector booms but still has miles to go
- Retail sales hit record high of 22%
- Fears grow yuan lending may stoke inflation
- Impact of quake may be modest
- Parents pray for kids trapped under rubble
- Malaysians making donations to quake-hit areas in China
- Chinese FM: British tourists back to Chengdu safe after quake
- Chinese vice premier, U.S. secretary of treasury hold telephone talks over quake
- Chinese, U.S. presidents talk over phone on quake, ties, Tibet
- Senior CPC leader calls for more judicial co-op between China, Portugal
- Premier Wen reemphasizes saving lives in quake relief
- Chinese vice president urges officials to be studious and clean
- China's media urged to do a good job in reporting earthquake relief
- Almost 20,000 soldiers arrive in quake-hit SW China, 30,000 more coming
- Entertainment Actress Yu Yamada confirms relationship with Oguri
- New Products Sticky situation
- Picture of the Day Schoolgirls
- World Vatican: Believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God
- Business Hitachi stays in red for 2nd year
- Sports Lewis pitches, hits Hiroshima past Hanshin
- World Soldiers hike over landslide-blocked roads to reach Chinese villages buried i
- National Japan to give Y500 million in aid to quake-hit China as death toll nears 1
- World Myanmar police block aid workers; food piles up
- Technology NTT profit up first time in four years
- Politics Ishihara seeks fast settlement of tainted 'gyoza' issue
- Politics Lawmakers go for healthy lunches to support school meals in Africa
- World Clinton poised for West Virginia win that offers little hope of halting Obama
- National 500-kg concrete block falls off train bridge in Yamaguchi
- Rescuers reach Chinese epicentre
- Crime Woman, two minors arrested for confining, fatally assaulting teen
- Business Nissan 4th-quarter profit jumps 95%
- Technology Honda says hydrogen-powered vehicle lighter, more efficient
- Have Your Say Do you think reports of the Myanmar junta hoarding cyclone relief aid
- Crime U.S. Marine's court-martial to begin over alleged rape of Japan girl
- National Tokyo gov't to offer aid to NPOs helping non-Japanese residents
- Business Two Tohoku banks discuss integration
- Politics Japan to send big delegation of 76 to Taiwan presidential inauguration
- World Blasts kill more than 50 in western India
- National Part apparently from aircraft falls on field in Chiba
- National Gov't eyeing time-based landing fees to ease congestion at airports
- Quote of the Day It's so strange that many Japanese companies don't allow career-mi
- National Japan's candidate for WIPO top post withdraws from contest
- World U.S., Japan, S Korea envoys to meet on N Korea
- Business Toyota Financial to issue Islamic bond in Malaysia
- US welcomes N Korea nuclear files
- Technology Acca Networks to launch data service in June
- India on alert after serial blasts kill 50
- UN calls for Burma aid corridor
- Economy woes stall Nissan growth
- $38B plan to boost Australian economy
- Shanghai shares fall after quake
- Agency: Junta holding back best cyclone aid
- No slowdown for China's shoppers
- Sports Hakuho, Asashoryu pick up wins
- National Japan to give Y500 million in aid to quake-hit China as death toll nears 1
- World Rescuers dig for thousands buried in China quake as death toll nears 12,000
- Business Gov't orders TCI not to acquire larger stake in J-Power
- China's subway trains first export to India
- CDB offers a 1.2 billion loan support to cope with water pollution in Taihu Lake
- Beijing built 150,000 mu green land in 7 years
- 34,000 officers, men move in for resuce and relief in quake-hit area
- Barroso: EU ready to support relief
- Officials: Yangtze River waterways normal after quake
- Quake takes 2,000 lives in SW China city, injures 10,000
- Nearly 20,000 militias en route to quake-stricken regions in China
- Teams sent to quake area to monitor, repair dams
- KMT Honorary Chairman sends condolences to SW China quake area
- 58 people rescued from quake-hit SW China
- China Children and Teenagers' Fund donates 2 mln yuan to quake-hit areas
- China allocates emergency funds to restore transport in quake area
- Shareholder meeting approves China Ping An's plan of additional H share offering
- China's top political advisor concludes visit to Slovenia
- Singapore PM extends condolences to Premier Wen
- Pakistani President, PM send condolences to China
- HP plans to buy EDS for 13 billion USD
- Pakistan coalition crumbles over judges
- Taiwan's Soong sends quake condolences to President Hu
- Qinghai-Tibet power line recently launched
- China's power regulators announce first-class emergency response to secure power supp
- China sends satellite telecoms facilities to quake-hit Sichuan
- Expert team sent to China's quake area to assess pollution risks
- 1,000 special rescue forces to gather in China's quake-hit Sichuan
- Most railways affected by quake "open for disaster relief"
- 11 military planes to send 5,000 relief personnel to SW quake-hit province
- Strong aftershock rocks Chengdu
- China allocates 860 mln yuan relief fund to quake-hit areas
- Three Gorges Dam unaffected by devastating quake
- 20,000 armed police sent to quake relief in SW China
- Army plans to send two remote-sensing planes to quake-hit areas
- BOCOG conveys condolences to earthquake victims
- Roads still blocked to county in Gansu following quake
- Paratroop stops action for heavy rainstorms in quake-hit county
- 1,300 rescuers reach epicenter in China
- China work safety agency urges caution in quake-hit areas
- Driver buckles beer in car -- but not child
- Sports Jojima goes deep with 3-run jack in Mariners' loss
- Politics G-8 agrees on support for vulnerable workers, eco-friendly workplaces
- World Rescuers dig for thousands buried in China quake as death toll rises to 10,00
- Politics Road-related tax bill passes Diet in lower house revote
- Business Toyota, other Japanese companies suspend China operations after earthquake
- Thai PM puts off visit to China after earthquake
- Australia offers expert rescue help to China
- China's health ministry urges public to donate blood for quake victims
- China's Jan.-April steel exports down 24%
- China Jan.-April oil imports up 10% in volume, 81% in value
- China's retail sales of consumer goods up 22% in April
- Burma continues to reject help
- Executive Impact Dealing with nuclear power issues
- National Japan to issue commemorative coin for G-8 summit
- Video: Wen Jiabao directs rescue work
- Rain or shine, spirit of Olympics remains sky high
- Crime SDF member who attempted suicide had protest message against Fukuda
- Business Pair of Yubari melons sell for record high Y2.5 mil
- Business British fund urges J-Power auditors to sue management for profit fall
- National Japan to issue Hokkaido commemorative coin in time for G-8 summit
- National Typhoon moves northward off eastern Japan
- Politics Referendum on carrier deployment proposed to Yokosuka assembly
- Picture of the Day JAL plane
- Australian bank accepts takeover
- China pushes quake rescue efforts
- China's retail sales of consumer goods up 22% in April
- Jordan ready to send field hospital to quake-hit China
- Russian president sends message of solace to Chinese president
- Chinese vice premier meets Uruguayan president on ties
- Japanese PM, business leader pledges all-out support to China over earthquake
- 15 British tourists out of reach in Sichuan
- New Zealand extends sympathy after China earthquake
- Earthquake death toll in Shaanxi Province rises to 92
- China intensifies disaster-relief work as aftershocks jolt quake-hit areas
- Kuomintang conveys condolence to SW China quake victims
- Chinese Premier orders to open up roads to epicenter before 12 p.m.
- Chengdu Shuangliu Int'l airport re-opens
- Still in pain, quake-hit China races against time as death toll nears 10,000
- South Korea fights new bird flu outbreak
- World China quake death toll rises to nearly 10,000
- Rescue teams thwarted from entering quake epicenter
- Cargo train derails in NW China after earthquake
- Over 16,000 soldiers join in disaster relief after Sichuan quake
- No report of deaths of foreigners in Sichuan earthquake
- China Exclusive: At least 57 dead at China quake epicenter
- Nepal assembly date set to oust king
- Entertainment Singer Hikaru Utada hits million sales with new album
- Crime Nail found in ham at Saitama supermarket
- Crime Man arrested for killing ex-wife in Fukushima after crashing into her car
- Entertainment KAT-TUN Akanishi to dub 'Speed Racer'
- Entertainment Tsuchiya, Sakaguchi promote surfing gear
- Chinese shares open 3.07% lower after Sichuan earthquake
- 66 listed companies stop trading after Sichuan earthquake
- Greek FM expresses condolences to Chinese gov't for quake victims
- Spain's royal family expresses condolences to Chinese quake victims
- EU expresses sympathy to China over earthquake
- UN General Assembly president expresses sympathy to China quake victims
- Balkan leaders send condolences to China over earthquake
- IOC offers support to China after earthquake
- Chinese FM, UN chief hold telephone talks over massive earthquake
- British seismologist explains cause of earthquake in Sichuan