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Seattle Times, 03.09.10 10:07 UTC

China orders action to cool food prices

China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.

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WashingtonPost Print Edition, 03.09.10 09:42 UTC

Abstinence program in China a milestone for U.S. evangelicals

BEIJING - If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him. And he'll have an abstinence program from the ...

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Telegraph, 03.09.10 08:52 UTC

China farmers under siege from wild boar invasion

Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars that is wreaking a trial of devastation across the crop fields of the countryside.

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Telegraph, 03.09.10 08:27 UTC

Celebrity Chinese monk on the run from the authorities

One of China's most famous monks, who counts some of the country's most senior figures among his followers, is on the run after being exposed as a fraud.

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Seattle Times, 03.09.10 07:09 UTC

Thousands of trucks stuck in China traffic jam

Thousands of coal trucks were backed up for miles on a northern China highway Friday, the latest in a series of monster jams that have plagued the overloaded road since construction began on a parallel route earlier this summer.

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Houston Chronicle - World, 03.09.10 06:19 UTC

US, SKorea to hold further naval drills

SEOUL, South Korea South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03.09.10 06:18 UTC

North Korea Takes Steps to Extend Dynastic Rule

SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader, is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of ...

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Seattle Times, 03.09.10 05:55 UTC

US, SKorea to hold further naval drills

South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills.

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New York Post, 03.09.10 05:30 UTC

Last Train Home

MOVIE REVIEW LAST TRAIN HOME. In Mandarin, with English subtitles. Running time: 85 minutes. Not rated (mature themes). At the IFC Center, Sixth Avenue and Third Street. Rush hour on the New York ...

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BusinessWeek, 03.09.10 05:06 UTC

Ex-Googler Lee Backs China Companies to Foster Startup Culture

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google's China division, business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups amid strong demand for Web technology