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- Official: Wenchuan quake "not linked" to Sichuan water projects
- Foreigners taken away by Beijing police for instigating "Tibet independence"
- FM: China fully investigating domestic dumpling poisoning case
- China hails progress of DPRK-Japan dialogue
- China revamps passenger car tax rates to conserve energy
- Tickets to Shanghai Expo on sale next month
- Local government: Floods, landslides in southwest China kill 40
- China defends Olympic miming
- Main troop of China's 7th peacekeeping squad leaves for Haiti
- China withdraws more soldiers from quake-hit zone
- China welcomes Russia's announcement of ceasefire in South Ossetia
- S Korean president expects broader cooperation with China
- China calls on France to make joint efforts to safeguard improved ties
- China stresses solving differences on human rights through dialogue with U.S.
- Pope pilgrims seek Australia home
- Over 510,000 take Beijing-Tianjin railway in 10 days
- Olympic book sales going well
- Increase range of CPI declines for 3 months
- China's shares down 0.44% amid weak confidence
- FACTBOX: A snapshot of China's major industrial statistics
- New vote piles pressure on Musharraf to quit
- China's retail sales hit decade high
- Politics › Akiyama served with fresh arrest warrant over more tax evasion, forgery
- Technology › NTT Com introduces Japanese-Chinese SNS with translator
- National › Humpback whale population increases due to hunt ban
- Entertainment › Actress Manami Konishi says 'I need to brush myself up'
- Crime › Psychiatrist arrested for threatening colleague in Yokohama
- Entertainment › Actress Megumi Okina appears at Japan premiere of horror film 'Shutte
- Crime › 61-year-old man found dead in Chiba hospital car park
- National › Hiroshima Pref. appeals ruling favoring A-bomb survivors in Brazil
- Olympics › Matsuda takes bronze on historic day for Phelps
- Olympics › Japanese women place 5th in gymnastics team final
- National › Fukuda fends off criticism over withholding of dumpling info
- Olympics › Ueno books berth in semis, on full throttle for gold
- Olympics › Suetsuna and Maeda lose in badminton doubles semis
- National › Exodus peaks as Japanese head home for 'Bon' holidays
- World › 2.5 million Nepalese need immediate food assistance
- National › Japan, North Korea agree to reinvestigate abductions
- Business › Japan's economy shrinks in April-June for 1st time in 4 quarters
- World › N.Z. parliament evacuated after white powder scare
- China posts more than 40% growth in FDI actually used in 1st 7 months
- 8 Chinese int'l popularizing bases are preparing to build
- 17.28 bln RMB for free textbooks
- Chinese retail sales still strong
- Business › Japanese stocks fall on GDP drop, Wall Street woes
- World › Up to 8 activists detained after Olympics protest
- World › Filipino rebels warn charges may threaten peace
- Olympics › Phelps wins most medals in Olympic history
- ASIAN POP / Balls and birdies
- World › Beijing police deny beating church activist
- Talks off for Commonwealth Bank
- China's retail sales up 23.3 percent in July
- Danone may face resistance from Chinese partners
- Activists held over Games protest
- Contraction in Japanese economy
- Qantas grounds 6 planes over maintenance
- Oil price falls on lower demand
- New attitudes
- Tribunal indicts Khmer Rouge jailer
- Bus crash in China kills 24
- HK resumes poultry imports from UK's Suffolk, Norfolk counties
- Chinese tigers painting exhibition popular in Bangladesh
- Madagascan president appreciates Beijing Olympic Games
- Serbia, China to sign science co-op agreement
- Quality key to post-quake rebuilding
- Beijing tourist spots strengthen security
- Cancer patients' Olympic dream
- Beijing Games 'benchmark for Vancouver 2010'
- Epic cycle ride driven by ideals
- Housing prices up 7% in major Chinese cities in July
- Australia keen to push clean energy
- 'Positive results' on AIDS therapy
- Work begins at Tianjin's eco-city
- China announces full resettlement of quake survivors amid Olympic success
- Australian PM stresses importance of China in shaping regional future
- Ten million quake survivors move into prefabs
- Shukan Post › Kawada's last relationships before suicide draw mother's criticism
- Japan, N. Korea to reinvestigate abductions
- Technology › Furukawa Elec. skips mandatory quality tests on copper products
- Business › Japan beer shipments up 9.6% in July
- Business › Japan sportswear makers see brand promotion at Olympics
- New inquiry into Japan abductees
- Critics: China falls short on Olympic promises
- Have Your Say › What do you think of American swimmer Michael Phelps' long victory ye
- Executive Impact › Rethinking office design
- Technology › Furukawa Elec. Skips Mandatory Quality Tests on Copper Products
- Business › Japan Beer Shipments Up 9.6 Pct in July
- Business › Japan Sportswear Makers See Brand Promotion at Olympics
- Sports › Yomiuri hands Hanshin 5th straight loss
- Sports › Hasegawa, Aoh to fight in world title doubleheader in October
- Sports › Yokohama ousts Koryo from high school championship
- Olympics › Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face
- Olympics › Judoka Tanimoto strikes gold to defend crown in Beijing
- Olympics › Japan's Morita advances to 2nd round in women's tennis
- World › Russia decides to end operations in S. Ossetia
- Lifestyle › Used-up cell phones popular amid surging demand for rare metals
- World › S. Korean ship collides with N. Korean boat, 2 believed missing
- World › 3 security guards killed in another attack in N.W. China
- National › Japan, N. Korea agree abduction probe should end by fall
- Olympics › Olympic marathon champ Noguchi pulls out injured
- Commentary › Bush's balancing act on China dictated by candor and fear
- Top in Category › American Airlines ups miles needed for free trip
- New Products › Ultraman golf ball
- National › Cases of mental illness in public companies on the rise
- National › Man evades immigration check at Osaka port, enters country
- National › Soga anxious to see her mother on 30th anniversary of abduction
- National › Gov't mulling reward system for consumers buying domestic food
- Politics › U.S. hopes Japan will continue refueling mission in Indian Ocean
- World › Senior al-Qaida leader killed in Pakistan
- World › Taiwan's Ma leaves for S. America on first presidential trip
- Crime › Ehime wholesaler disguises use-by dates for 'gyudon' beef
- Quote of the Day › We would like Japan to stop its efforts to turn public opinion, in
- Picture of the Day › Surgery workshop for children
- Dalai Lama begins visit to France
- Olympic ceremony used girl's voice, not face
- UPS expects to deliver more than 19 million items for Beijing Olympics
- Chinese state councilor meets Ukrainian vice PM
- Australian PM stresses importance of China in shaping regional future
- HK resumes poultry imports from UK's Suffolk, Norfolk counties
- HK stocks pare morning gains to end lower
- Eonomist: Olympics raise global profile of China
- China has advantages in producing Airbus
- HK resumes poultry imports from UK's Suffolk, Norfolk counties
- 1 dead, 2 missing after ship capsizes in south China gulf
- Pest infestation breaks out on grassland in NW China's Xinjiang
- Attack on U.S. tourists will not have significant impact on China's tourism security
- Ten million quake survivors move into prefabs
- China solicits advice for post-quake reconstruction outline
- Australian drought hits vineyards
- Dalai Lama begins visit to France
- Khmer Rouge's Duch set for trial
- Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face
- Japan issues stamps to mark anniversary of Japan-China peace, friendship treaty
- Growth in China clothing exports continues to slow
- CNOOC announces new oil, gas discovery in Bohai Bay
- Offical: Xinjiang bombings dampen tourism prospects
- Three security staff killed in attack at road checkpoint in Xinjiang
- Oily substance found floating off Qingdao coast
- China moves to retrieve disaster relief items for emergency store
- China Olympic star mimed
- 3 police officers slain in western China
- China's foreign trade reaches 1.5 trillion USD
- The 2nd China brand Festival opens in Beijing
- China's trade surplus declining
- China travel warming up
- China shares down 0.52% amid thin trading
- Olympics › Japan takes team silver in men's gymnastics, China wins
- Olympics › Tanimoto reaches semifinals, Ono knocked out
- Crime › Wife arrested for stabbing husband to death in Kumamoto
- Entertainment › Celebrity Waka Inoue says 'I want lots of people to attend my wedding
- Entertainment › Model Karina to costar with sisters in new drama
- Crime › Osaka suicide mother charged with murdering her own daughter
- World › Security forces fire at Kashmir protesters, 6 dead
- Politics › Support rate for Fukuda Cabinet stands at 28.3%: Yomiuri
- Business › Japan wholesale prices rise 7.1 percent in July
- Renewed violence in west China
- Philippine troops retake villages
- Olympics › Phelps, Chinese gymnasts dominate Olympics
- Crime › Man arrested after throwing bottle at U.S. Embassy
- Business › Japanese stocks fall on profit-taking, China fears
- Olympics › Tanimoto keeps Japan in range of judo gold
- National › School staff covers children's unpaid school fees in Osaka Pref.
- National › Gen. Tojo critical of Japan's acceptance of Potsdam Declaration
- World › China arrests 90 Uighurs after bombs
- National › Computer use at schools still half gov't target: survey
- World › Chinese Christian 'beaten, warned off seeing U.S. president'
- World › Bush urges Russia to end military action in Georgia
- Politics › Ma faces few choices for envoy to Japan, post still unfilled
- National › Japan, N. Korea hold 2nd day of talks on bilateral rows
- National › Relatives of 1985 JAL jet crash victims visit accident site
- Death toll from storms, landslides rises to 28 in SW China
- Hybrid Tibetan-Peking opera set for last days of Olympics
- Yuan falls against U.S. dollar for 11 straight days
- China steel exports up 20 percent in July
- BOCOG official reiterates scalping unlawful in China
- Who Serves Volunteers?
- China promising to be No.1 manufacturing country
- 10 mln USD in card payments made in Beijing on August 8
- Second assembly urges Musharraf to resign
- Six killed in Kashmir protests
- Two missing in Korean collision
- World › Ma calls relations with U.S. 'just like 2 normal countries'
- Empty Olympic seats cause concern
- China capture team gymnastic gold
- President pardons Hyundai's boss
- Deadly blast targets Pakistan military
- Salaries for Chinese central SOEs principals revealed
- Execs get pardons in South Korea
- Bomb-shocked Xinjiang county resumes normal life
- China reports 6.3% rise in CPI in July
- Chinese vice president meets Bangladeshi army chief
- Fuel prices raise PPI to 12-yr high
- Stocks slide to lowest in 19 months
- Silk Market magnet for VIPs
- Quake victims are not forgotten
- Pin collector has star appeal
- Hangzhou: The home of TCM
- Officials: East China's private firms face difficulty, but not as serious as reported
- Tiny singer wins heart of nation
- Bouquet of roses awaits golden Guangzhou mom
- Champ hopes win will help bring back dad
- China issues national decree on energy savings at state-funded organizations
- Senior Chinese leader meets PFP chairman
- Kitamura: "I was the secret envoy for negotiations of Japan-China Peace and Friendshi
- Chinese president meets foreign leaders on sidelines of Beijing Games
- China, Colombia mull to join hands in cultural relics protection
- Fiji, China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to boost agricultural cooperation
- Shanghai closes in on green roof target
- Tourism hit as Beijingers stay home
- Bar boss recruits Sichuan students
- New forex rules seek to balance capital flow
- Technology › Softbank boosting efforts to shore up sales of Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G
- Sports › Keio advances to 3rd round of high school championship
- Sports › Door opens for Kameda brothers to resume fighting again in Japan
- Olympics › Kanamaru, Sato fail in judo medal quest
- Kuchikomi › Countdown to the collapse of the LDP
- Olympics › Sugiyama crashes out in 1st round in Beijing
- Business › Gov't studies maximum 20% hike in wholesale wheat prices
- Olympics › Japanese duo upset defending champs in badminton
- National › Gov't outlines economic package to lift sagging economy
- Business › LDH files 3.5 bil. yen damages suit against Horie, other former execs
- Book Reviews › Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan
- Travel › Sad summer: Economic woes hit European vacations
- National › Defense industry consultant suspected of more tax evasion
- National › Nat'l Diet Library shelves file on crimes by U.S. service personnel
- World › 23 killed, 27 wounded in fighting in S. Philippines
- World › G-7 agrees to seek immediate cease-fire in S. Ossetia
- Politics › Japan lists demands for N. Korea's probe into kidnapping cases
- Crime › LDH files 3.5 bil. yen damages suit against Horie, other former execs
- Politics › Fukuda criticizes Ota for calling consumers 'noisy'
- Crime › Tokyo man arrested for mugging while wearing Winnie-the-Pooh suit
- World › Ex-Thai premier Thaksin to go into exile in Britain
- Entertainment › Aya Ueto to play Paris Hilton-like celebrity in new drama
- Quote of the Day › If you explain 'keigo' as a form of respect, you might be countere
- Prized eggs
- Picture of the Day › Tokyo Midtown
- Pressure grows on Musharraf to quit
- Chinese vice president meets Bangladeshi army chief
- NBC's coverage of Olympics to set viewership record
- Two Chinese students being murdered in Newcastle identified by friends
- Chinese mainlanders allowed to visit Israel, French Polynesia
- Former Japanese diplomat: Japan-China friendship conforms to world trend
- China to host int'l advanced materials summit
- China air force bans lunchtime drinking
- After 11 years, beauty pageant to be brought back to Macao
- Japan: Bunch of grapes sold for $910
- Iranian quits Olympic race against Israeli
- State Councilor meets Bill Gates, agree to closer collaboration on information, educa
- Chinese FM meets Canadian FM