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Chinese dairy blames subcontractors for tainting

A dairy ensnared in China’s chemical-tainting scandal said it was a victim of unscrupulous subcontractors who provided raw milk.

China snubs CNN apology over remarks

China on Thursday snubbed an apology from CNN over remarks by one of its commentators as a wave of verbal assaults on foreign media raised concerns over coverage at this summer’s…

Sudan told to speed deployment of peacekeepers

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called Friday for Sudan to speed up the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur and to end aerial bombing in the troubled region’s western…

China denies cyber-spying charges

From the German chancellery to the Pentagon, government computer networks have been targeted by cyber spies that media reports say were directed by China’s military. The reported…

Stoner wins Chinese Grand Prix

Casey Stoner won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to notch up back-to-back MotoGP victories and firm his hold on the championship lead. The Australian started fourth on the grid,…

Chinese pet-food makers unfazed over melamine

The mildly toxic chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China, a manager of a feed company and one of the chemical’s producers said on Monday, describing a process…

IOC never expected so much traffic in Beijing

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had not envisaged how fast Beijing’s traffic situation would worsen, and are waiting to see the city’s plans for avoiding gridlock…

Attacks kill 66 Iraqis

A pair of mortar rounds slammed into a soccer field while young men were playing a game in a Shi’ite district of Baghdad on Wednesday, as more than 60 people were killed in…

China launches another mass dog slaughter

The dog days of summer are murder on China’s canines. For the second time in days, a Chinese region has ordered a mass slaughter of dogs to curb a rabies outbreak, drawing…

Typhoon threatens severe destruction in China

Tropical Storm Prapiroon strengthened into a full-blown typhoon on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of possible severe destruction to parts of southern China. The storm had…

Chemical explosions kill several in China

An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed at least 12 people on Friday and prompted the evacuation of 7 000 others, state media and officials said. Also on Friday,…

China ‘prepares for worst’ after mining disaster

Electricity shortages were slowing attempts to clear a flooded mine shaft on Monday, and community members began to lose hope for 57 miners trapped for a fourth day in China’s…

Third attempt to cap gas leak in China fails

Workers have abandoned a third attempt to cap a poisonous gas leak from a drilling site in south-western China that has forced the evacuation of almost 15 000 residents, state…

Harbin residents uneasy after pollution scare

Officials declared water safe for drinking on Tuesday in a northern Chinese city where supplies to 3,8-million people were shut down for five days after a pollution scare in a…

Quake survivors gather in rubble for prayers

Quake survivors massed in debris-strewn fields to pray and mark a normally joyous Muslim festival in a somber tone on Friday as preachers called South Asia’s devastating…

The Games will go on, despite attacks

Thursday’s deadly bomb attacks in London won’t affect the city’s determination to stage a successful Olympics, the head of the British Olympic Association said on Friday. The…