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Fireworks greet opening of Paralympics
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| Sep.7 |
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Asian Markets jump on US mortgage deal Shares in Asia have rallied after the US government said that it was taking over troubled Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
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| Sep.8 |
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Landslide kills 34 in Shanxi  Map of Shanxi China A mud and rock slide caused a warehouse to collapse. Torrential rain caused the slide near the warehouse. The flow of rocks roared down a valley
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| Sep.13 |
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'Blade Runner' claims 2nd Paralympic gold
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| Sep.14 |
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Death toll from landslide reaches 254| Rescue workers continue to recover more bodie from a mud and rock slide that occurred at an unlicensed mine | |
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Farms be inspected over baby formula China's food safety watchdog sent inspectors to the main dairy producing regions after at least 432 babies were sickened by tainted milk pow...
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| Sep.15 |
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Tainted milk kills second child More than 1,200 others have been sickened; 340 infants are hospitalized and 53 are considered to be in serious condition
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  Lehman collapse hits Asian shares Global markets were reeling after a historic day on Wall Street that saw 2 famous names become the latest victims of the credit crunch
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| Sep.16 |
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Baby milk toll escalates Health Minister Chen Zhu: More than 6,200 babies have fallen ill after drinking milk made from contaminated powder
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| Sep.17 |
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3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group
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| Sep.18 |
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4th baby dies from tainted formula Officials in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported the death of a baby in the expanding contaminated infant formula cas...
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Tests find liquid milk tainted| Milk samples from 3 dairies have tested positive for a chemical that has already killed 4 babies and sickened thousands more | |
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| Sep.19 |
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Religious groups targeted before Olympics U.S. State Department: The Chinese government increased its harassment of religious minorities before the Olympic Games
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'All-out effort' for babies Chinese cabinet has ordered an all-out effort to save babies made ill by contaminated milk products
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| Sep.20 |
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Fire at club leaves 43 dead Map of Shenzhen China A fire at a nightclub Dance King has killed at least 43 people and injured another 88 in the city, which is near the border with Hong Kong
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| Sep.21 |
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Girl sick from tainted milk A 3-year-old has been diagnosed with a small kidney stone after drinking Chinese-produced milk contaminated with an industrial chemical
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13,000 children sickened by tainted milk The number of children sickened by suspected melamine-tainted milk products has more than doubled and apparently spread beyond mainland
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| Sep.23 |
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China's tainted milk scare spreads globally| African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis spreads | |
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  Venezuelan president arrives in China Hugo Chavez arrived in Beijing to meet with top Chinese officials and to discuss the possibility of buying weapons
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| Sep.24 |
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 Deadly typhoon hits China Typhoon Hagupit that killed eight people in the Philippines smashed into southern China with a top wind speed of 172 km an hour
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| Sep.25 |
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China stops tainted sweet sales Guanshengyuan has stopped domestic sales of one of its best-known brands after it was found to contain the industrial chemical melamine
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| Sep.26 |
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Japan recalls sweets in melamine scandal A Japanese food corporation has recalled 5 products after determining they contained the chemical melamine
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| Sep.27 |
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Astronaut takes China's first spacewalk| A Chinese astronaut has completed his country's first-ever spacewalk as part of a program that is starting to rival the U.St. and Russia. Zhai Zhigang waved to a camera as he emerged from the hatch of the Shenzhou-7 sp... | |
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| Sep.29 |
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'Melamine gang' detained Police have arrested 22 people suspected of producing melamine, the chemical found in milk products which have made thousands of babies ill
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| Sep.30 |
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Giant recalls melamine tainted tea Unilever is recalling four batches of Lipton Milk Tea sold in Hong Kong and Macau after finding traces of the chemical in the product
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