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China GDP grows 7.1% in first half '09

chinadaily.com -- The gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.1 percent from the same period a year ago to 13.99 trillion yuan (US$2.06 trillion) in the first half, as massive government spending and record lending helped the economy rebound from the worst growth in a decade.Chinese economy expanded 7.9 percent year on year in the second quarter, said Li Xiaochao, spokesperson with the National Bureau of Statistics (NB...     07-16     采编 Kitty923
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Last Titanic survivor dies in England

chinadaily.com -- Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died Sunday in a care home in England, media reports said. She was 97.Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died Sunday in a care home in England, media reports said. She was 97.Elizabeth Gladys Dean, known to friends as Millvina, was only nine weeks old when the liner hit ...     06-02     采编 mary1016a
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Is the dog washing machine an owner's best friend?

chinadaily.com -- A pet pooch gets a scrubbing inside the Dog-o-Matic washing machine. [Agencies]When a dog comes home from a walk filthy and smelling of something unmentionable, the temptation sometimes is to throw the darn thing in the washing machine.Well, now you can. An entrepreneur has come up with the Dog-O-Matic, a mini car-wash that transforms pets from filthy to fluffy in half an hour.Frenchman Romain Jar...     05-20     采编 mary1016a
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Star Crust 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel, Physicist Finds

chinadaily.com -- Illustration of a neutron star -- the core remains of a star once bigger than the Sun yet now small enough to fit within the Washington Beltway -- containing densely packed matter. (Credit: Image courtesy of NASA)ScienceDaily (May 6, 2009) — Research by a theoretical physicist at Indiana University shows that the crusts of neutron stars are 10 billion times stronger than steel or any other of the ...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Babies Brainier Than Many Imagine

chinadaily.com -- A new study from Northwestern University shows what many mothers already know: their babies are a lot smarter than others may realize. (Credit: iStockphoto/Jason Lugo)ScienceDaily (May 7, 2009) — A new study from Northwestern University shows what many mothers already know: their babies are a lot smarter than others may realize.Though only five months old, the study's cuties indicated through thei...     05-08     采编 saraa
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GM posts $6B Q1 loss, spends $10.2B in cash

chinadaily.com -- DETROIT – General Motors Corp. lost $6 billion in the first quarter and its revenue was cut nearly in half as car buyers feared the wounded auto giant would enter bankruptcy and no longer honor its warranties. General Motors President and CEO Fritz Henderson addresses the companies viability plan in Detroit, in this April 27, 2009 file photo. [Agencies]  The Detroit-based company also said it spen...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Sichuan aims high to revitalize tourism industry

chinadaily.com -- Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the 8.0-magnitue earthquake, southwest China's Sichuan province, once a tourist hotspot for both domestic and overseas tourists,has endeavored to rejuvenate its tourism industry shaken by last year's May 12 earthquake. Tourists select souvenirs at a market stall near the old Beichuan County, Mianyang City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 1, 2009. [Xinhu...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Brazil rushes to aid flood victims, 32 dead

chinadaily.com -- SAO PAULO -- Brazil rushed aid Wednesday by air, over land and through rapidly rising waters to scores of cities and towns isolated by floods that have killed at least 32 and left nearly 200,000 homeless.But in an ominous sign that worried officials, rain continued to fall across a vast region stretching from the Amazon jungle to the northeastern Atlantic coast and meteorologists predicted the bad...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Chinese chartered plane brings back nationals from Mexico

chinadaily.com -- SHANGHAI - A plane sent to fetch 98 Chinese citizens from Mexico arrived in Shanghai Wednesday afternoon. All onboard were in normal condition, the city's quarantine bureau said. Chinese citizens walk down from the chartered plane sent to fetch them from Mexico, the epicenter of the A (H1N1) flu, after the plane arrived in Shanghai Wednesday afternoon with 98 passengers on board. [Xinhua]Mexicans ...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Thousands flee Swat as Pakistani forces fight militants

chinadaily.com -- ISLAMABAD -- Thousands fled for safe places as Pakistani security forces and Taliban-linked militants Wednesday fought gun battle in the restive Swat valley in the country's northwest. An internally displaced girl, fleeing military operations in Buner, holds her sibling at a UNHCR camp (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) in Mardan, about 100 km (60 miles) north west of Pakistan's capital...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Rehearsal for Red Square military parade

chinadaily.com -- Russian tanks move along a central street during a rehearsal for a military parade in Moscow May 7, 2009. Russia will celebrate on Saturday the 64th anniversary of the World War Two victory over Nazi Germany. [Agencies] Topol-M missile launchers leave Red Square during a rehearsal for a military parade in Moscow May 7, 2009. Russia will celebrate on Saturday the 64th anniversary of the World War T...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Stress tests find 10 big banks need $75B more

chinadaily.com -- WASHINGTON -- The US government's long-awaited "stress-test" results have found that 10 of the nation's 19 largest banks need a total of about $75 billion in new capital to withstand losses if the recession worsened. The Federal Reserve's findings, released Thursday, show the country's financial system, like the overall economy, is healing but not yet healed.Some of the largest banks are stable, t...     05-08     采编 saraa
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One year on, quake zone moves on

chinadaily.com -- One year on, quake zone moves on(Xinhua) Updated: 2009-05-07 11:41Earthquake survivors wait for buses as they prepare to leave for new houses as part of a relocation project in Qingchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday May 6, 2009. [Xinhua]  Earthquake survivors weep to separate with old folks as they prepare to leave for new houses as part of a relocation project in Qingchua...     05-08     采编 saraa
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China issues student death toll from last year's quake

chinadaily.com -- China issues student death toll from last year's quakeBy Chen Jia in Chengdu and Hu Yinan in Beijing (China Daily) Updated: 2009-05-08 07:38A total of 5,335 students died or went missing in the Sichuan earthquake, local authorities said Thursday, giving an official figure for the first time since 11,687 schools were destroyed or damaged on May 12.No detailed list of the dead or missing students ha...     05-08     采编 saraa
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China to send new purchase teams to Europe

chinadaily.com -- BRUSSELS: China promised Thursday to send its companies on new multibillion dollar spending sprees in Europe as it called on the bloc, its largest export market, to resist new trade barriers.Vice-Premier Wang Qishan told EU officials that the Chinese government will send several business delegations to Europe to repeat a February shopping trip where they spent $13.6 billion on contracts in Germany...     05-08     采编 saraa
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Recession will be worst since 1930s, Greenspan says

chinadaily.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday the current global recession will "surely be the longest and deepest" since the 1930s and more government rescue funds are needed to stabilize the U.S. financial system.     02-18     采编 hemonie
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Michelle Obama -- fashion's non-icon

chinadaily.com -- NEW YORK (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama is widely hailed as a fashion icon, but industry insiders say she's quite the opposite, and that's a good thing.     02-17     采编 hemonie
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Wen says fighting drought top priority

chinadaily.com -- Premier Wen Jiabao told officials to make drought relief work a "top priority" during his visit to Henan province, even though rain brought some relief to parts of North China over the weekend.     02-15     采编 fanyiren
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'Baby brain' is a myth - women's intelligence increases during motherhood, claims study

chinadaily.com -- The popular belief that pregnancy addles women's brains is a myth, a comprehensive study suggests.     02-10     采编 fanyiren
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Japan told to keep away from Diaoyu

chinadaily.com -- China has urged Japan to stop violating the country's sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands by anchoring vessels near them, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said yesterday."Any move by Japan to control the islands is violating China's sovereignty over its territory, (it) is illegal ..."     02-08     采编 fanyiren
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