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2 reportedly held in 'ghost bride' sale (AP)
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:00:37 GMT | Yahoo! News
AP - Police in northern China have detained three men for the deaths of two women whose corpses were to be sold as "ghost brides" to accompany dead men in the afterlife, state media said.
Hong Kong eyes tougher Vatican for China (AP)
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:40:59 GMT | Yahoo! News
AP - Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal said it was time for the Vatican to take a more uncompromising line toward the Chinese government, which broke with the church more than a half-century ago and has sought to maintain control of Catholic institutions.
China's WEF envoy sees space weaponizing (AP)
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:47:03 GMT | Yahoo! News
AP - A senior Chinese military officer predicts that weapons will be deployed in outer space despite the government's long-standing desire to prevent an arms race in space.
Shanghai retrieves 'every cent' of embezzled cash (AFP)
Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:50:31 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - Shanghai has retrieved "every cent" siphoned off from its social security in a major scandal that shook China's largest city last year, according to state media reports.
China further tightens control over state asset sales (AFP)
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:36:13 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - China has announced new rules aimed at guaranteeing that state assets identified as key to the nation's economic security are not sold too cheaply to foreigners.
Chinese cautiously pole dance their way to fitness (Reuters)
Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:20:09 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - Treadmills are
run-of-the-mill -- Luo Lan wants the Chinese masses to pole
dance instead.
Head of coal-rich Chinese province sorry for accidents (AFP)
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 03:39:43 GMT | Yahoo! News
AFP - The governor of China's coal-rich Shanxi province has made a rare public apology for a rash of coal mine disasters last year and vowed to address the problem, according to state media reports.
