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China rounds on critics 1 month ahead of Olympics+ BEIJING, July 8 (Kyodo) - The Chinese government and the state-controlled media rounded on the country's critics one month ahead of the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, saying they are certain the Chinese... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)AOL
Bombardier sale predicted | MONTREAL -- Shanghai Airlines is the second Chinese carrier expected to purchase Bombardier Inc.'s planned CSeries family of jets, analyst Jacques Kavafian wrote in a note Monday. Kavafian said Shan... (photo: WN)Canada Dot Com AirlinesBusinessIndustryPhotosTransport
Chinese activists unmask tiger hoax SHANGHAI, China -- It all started with a farmer and his claim of sighting a rare tiger, backed up by supposed photos of the animal in the local woods, curled up and staring at the camera. | Zhou Zheng... (photo: public domain)The Columbus Dispatch AnimalsChinaEnviromentPhotosWildlife
North Korea nuclear talks to resume | SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program will resume this week in Beijing, South Korea's chief nuclear envoy said Tuesday, accordin... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)CNN NKoreaNuclearPhotosSKoreaTalks
U.S. sets new records for travel abroad in 2007 The overall U.S. outbound market grew by one percent in 2007 compared to annual 2006 figures, enabling it to post the fourth successive record for total U.S. outbound tra... (photo: Creative Commons / Rubyk)TravelDailyNews MarketPhotosTourismTravelUS
