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Chinese Food
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The World's Best Chinese Food
Protests, traffic and pollution are three things visitors to Beijing expect to encounter at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. But the city has something else to offer attendees willing to venture beyond ... (photo: Creative Commons / Applebee )
Carrefour
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Carrefour's Chinese outlets become targets of anti-Tibet protests again
| Beijing: Hundreds of Chinese demonstrated in front of outlets of French supermarket chain Carrefour on Thursday, denouncing Tibet independence and voicing support for the Beijing Olympics, Xinhua ne... (photo: WN / theresa)
Chinese supporters cheer in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, April 24, 2008 as the cauldron to signify the end of the Australian leg of the torch relay for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is li  NZ Herald 
Clash feared as pro-China rally planned for city
| Chinese nationalist sentiment is running high among Auckland's mainland Chinese community as they prepare for a pro-China rally this weekend. | Encouraged by organisers to wear red - China's colour ... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith)

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US losing its tourism lead to China
> | For years, the United States has held the number one position as the world's most popular travel destination. However, according to the World Tourism Organization, by 2015 China will be number one... (photo: GFDL / John Manuel)

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 KLdy1 - THAdy1 - thailand - haadyai - Hat Yai - Carrefour. (dy1) The Times
French supermarket Carrefour faces wrath of Chinese protesters
| Chinese anger towards pro-Tibetan sympathisers escalated yesterday into street protests around the country against branches of Carrefour, the French hypermarket chain. ... (photo: WN / deniseyong)

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 French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures while speaking during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday June 22, 2007. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Poland and Britain to give up their staunch opposition to key parts of Hong Kong Standard
Diplomatic flurry as anti-French protests spread across China
Two French envoys travel to China this week to deliver messages from President Nicolas Sarkozy as anti-French protests spread across the mainland. | //--> Monday, April 2... (photo: AP /Michel Euler)
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 Carrefour SA is an international supermarket group, headquartered in France - hires - wn/aruna Syracuse
Protests against French supermarket Carrefour spread
| BEIJING (AP) - Protests against French supermarket Carrefour spread to several cities across China on Saturday, fueled by anger over recent pro-Tibet demonstrations in ... (photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Beijing   France   Photos   Protests   Supermarket  
nuclear station China Daily
Hubei Energy plans A-share IPO this year
(Agencies) | Updated: 2008-04-16 14:32 | Hubei Energy Group, in which China Yangtze Power holds a 45 percent stake, plans to list on the mainland stock market to raise ar... (photo: public domain photo / )
China   Energy   Hubei   Nuclear   Photos  
Festival of the Tibetan traditional Opera The Australian
Tibet to be reopened to tourists
| CHINA announced today that foreign tourists would be allowed to travel into Tibet again from May 1, after the Himalayan region was sealed off following violent unrest t... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Independence   Photos   Tibet   Tourism  
Wuhan China Daily
Plans ready for Hubei urban zone
By Gong Zhengzheng (China Daily) | Updated: 2008-03-14 10:36 | Hubei will submit a plan for a new experimental zone that is designed to build a "resource-saving and envir... (photo: Creative Commons / Leonard G.)
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The Times Square news ticker displays financial headlines on Friday, Aug. 10, 2007 in New York. U.S. stocks moved toward another sharply lower open Friday after Thursday's huge sell-off and as bank regulators in Europe and Asia injected cash into money markets, stoking concerns of a more pronounced liquidity crunch News of USA's demise greatly exaggeratedThe Australian
A large statue of Buddha sits in water at a temple that was heavily damaged by last week's destructive cyclone Nargis, in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday May 11, 2008. Tear down Burma's bamboo curtainThe Australian
Rice Farm High demand, price of rice good news to US farmersExaminer
Air Pollution - carbon emission - environment Solar-cooker project could cut air pollutionSan Diego
America-China
U.S. State Department's top Korea specialist Sung Kim, left, and other officers carry box loads of documents detailing activity at North Korea's key nuclear reactor at the border village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas, South Korea, Saturday, May 10, 2008. Kim traveled Saturday back to South Korea by land after collecting approximately 18,000 secret papers during a three-day visit to Pyong U.S. says North Korea documents date back to 1986 The Star
Homeless children whose homes were destroyed in last weekend's devastating cyclone look on while taking shelter in a monastery in Kaw Hmu village, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) southwest of Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. The U.N.'s World Food Program says its first flight carrying aid has landed in Myanmar after the military regime gave clearance to send relief material to cyclone victi The case for invading Myanmar Asia Times
More than 400 Afghan soldiers graduated Nov. 13 after 10 weeks of basic infantry training in Kabul. U.S. forces oversee the training, which has produced nearly 1,400 Afghan soldiers since May. Afghan army far from fighting fit Asia Times
 Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks during a meeting with local officials in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. Al-Maliki fired a top Sunni official who had called for an international investigation into the rape allegations Pressure for Iraq to pay its own way Asia Times
Europe-China
Plastic Bag (sl1) In English village, ban on plastic bags attracts worldwide interest The Boston Globe
 Airbus A380 - Flights - Aircraft /aaeh China forms company to make regional and jumbo jets International Herald Tribune
Horst Koehler German President won't meet Dalai Lama Khaleej Times
macaroni-pasta-food /ntf1 Soaring price of a staple diet The Times
Politics Economy
- A test of the UN's moral authority
- Torch fans pass the tolerance test
- Timely journey into the real Tibet
- Surging food prices bite across Asia
- Beijing's behemoths want more iron action
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
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Surging food prices bite across Asia
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- Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
- News of USA's demise greatly exaggerated
- The dollar's dominance called into question
- Laos, where rubber hits the road to China
- Beijing Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand: analysts
- Look who's buying American:
 farming- rice- ricefield - philippine crops- harvest- agriculture. Rice, the principal staple crop, is grown everywhere, but especially in central and north-central Luzon, south-central Mindanao; western Negros and eastern and central Panay. Much of the
Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
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Oil Technology
- Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand
- Why high oil prices are not squeezing us more
- China and Venezuela form venture to feed refinery
- Shadows lighten over Asia
- Nymex Surges Past $125/Bbl Milestone
- Petrobras to start building Cacimbas-Catu gas line
 KLdy1 - July07 - jkt07 - Beijing 2008 Olympics. (dy1)
Olympics to boost Chinese energy demand
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- As markets emerge, newspapers find growth
- China launches jumbo jet company to reduce reliance on Boein
- Chinese use TV station to attack Australian firm
- Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution
- Last call for flight 2008 to Europe...
- FBI snaps fake Chinese computer parts
Air Pollution - carbon emission - environment
Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution
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Sports Entertainment
- Perfect end to Ben Ainslie's pre-Olympic racing
- Fujita bags 2nd Asian title in China
- Noguchi comes through in last test before Beijing
- Olympics standing tall on top of financial podium
- Apache Cat a national inspiration
- Quarantine puts Apache Cat's trip in doubt
Haile Gebrselassie from Ethopia, Marathon  (rks2)
Paula plays down pollution
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- FACTBOX-Films in competition in Cannes 2008
- Addicted to shoplifting
- Feeling festive? Then soak it up
- Quick Draws
- Query about red planet inspires look at our own world
- In short, stature's no joke, filmmaker argues
Norah Jones
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