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Wen backs farmers' land rights

2012-2-6

CHINA has failed to give farmers adequate protection from arbitrary seizures of land, Premier Wen Jiabao said at the weekend as he acknowledged that t...

Giants edge Patriots for Super Bowl title

AHMAD Bradshaw ran six yards for the deciding touchdown with 57 seconds remaining yesterday to give the New York Giants a 21-17 victory over the New E...

Clinton rallies 'friends' after veto by China and Russia

China bans airlines from paying EU carbon tax

Hundreds saved from highway snow storm

Giants edge Patriots for Super Bowl title

Shikumen restoration condemned as 'fake'

GOVERNMENT-BACKED restoration of Shanghai's biggest shikumen neighborhood has been dismissed as "reconstruction" by critics. Locals have raised q...

Restaurant patrons pay the price for being foreign

FOREIGN tourists visiting restaurants in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, a popular attraction in Shanghai, are being charged up to three times the price char...

Garden celebrations set to light up city

VISITORS are promised a dazzling display at Yuyuan Garden to celebrate the Lantern Festival this evening. Festivities will include a parade led by...

Woman dies after being thrown from convertible

School pupil suicides double

Wen backs farmers' land rights

CHINA has failed to give farmers adequate protection from arbitrary seizures of land, Premier Wen Jiabao said at the weekend as he acknowledged that t...

South-to-north water set to flow next year

CHINA'S massive project to divert water from the south to its arid north will be partially completed this year and will start flowing in 2013, accordi...

City to relocate plants in wake of toxic river spill

AUTHORITIES in a southwestern China city said yesterday that they will relocate all smelting plants near downtown within five years, after a spill of ...

20 held over 80m yuan fake health product ring

Thousands gather for 'sunning of the Buddha'

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1956, the State Council of China, the country's cabinet, urged Chinese people to lear...

FEB

Greek PM implores cooperation to secure US$171b rescue plan

GREECE'S prime minister scrambled yesterday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a 130 billion euro (US$171 billion) rescue, after his f...

China bans airlines from paying EU carbon tax

THE Chinese government today barred domestic airlines from paying carbon emissions taxes imposed by the European Union on flights into and out of Euro...

Hungary eyes credit of up to US$26b

HUNGARY is seeking an international credit line of 15 to 20 billion euros (US$20-US$26.3 billion), the secretary of state heading the prime minister's...

Funds still seek capital after losing US$79b

Micron CEO dies in plane crash

China State Grid gains REN stake

Swiss watches clocking up record sales in China

Sales imply Brilliance Auto is overvalued

Demand gives rise to increase in firms' profits

Enduring success of D&G ‘boys’

2012-2-3

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Ba, Cisse fire Newcastle past Villa

SUBSTITUTE Papiss Cisse scored on his debut to give Newcastle United a 2-1 win over Aston Villa yesterday and push the hosts up to fifth in the Premie...

Parker-led Spurs steal the Thunder

TONY Parker scored a season-high 42 points to propel the San Antonio Spurs past the league-leading Oklahoma City Thunder 107-96 on Saturday night. ...

Sharks remain in playoff hunt

THE Shanghai Sharks remain in the hunt for a postseason place after a resounding 89-77 victory over the Bayi Rockets. The visitors struggled to contai...

England, France open with victories

James wins 400 in Boston with fastest time, Farah falls in mile

Romney scores victory in Nevada

US Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney has declared victory in Nevada's caucuses. He thanked Nevada voters for their confidence in hi...

Judges rule NGO staff to stand trial in Egypt

EGYPTIAN investigating judges have referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, for trial before a criminal court over alleged involvement in bann...

Car bomb in Afghan city kills 7

A car bomb exploded outside the police headquarters of a southern Afghanistan city yesterday, killing at least seven people, officials said. The b...

Bitterly cold weather sweeps across Europe as hundreds die

Iron Lady movie humanizes Thatcher

Art | Stage | Fashion | Travel

Jakarta makes traffic in Shanghai look good

BORN and bred in a metropolis like Shanghai, with more than 22 million residents, I find that traffic jams and rude unruly drivers are a way of life. ...

Rooted in ancient rites of spring and pleasures of wine

CARNIVAL comes from the Latin words carne meaning flesh and vale, meaning farewell. Thus, it's farewell to pleasures of the flesh until after Easter. ...

Carnival means party time

CARNIVAL literally means "farewell to the flesh," and it's the last glorious bash of food, wine and all kinds of revelry before the abstinence of Lent...

Courtroom sketch artists fear end is near

Celebrate Valentine's Day with music

Crossover: classics, rock and jazz

Play about love and freedom

Chinese perspectives | Foreign perspectives

Stamping out scandalous official gluttony at public trough

IN a rare move, People's Daily devoted a page on Tuesday to several readers' letters lambasting lavish official banquets for which the public is bille...

Migrants go west as factories relocate

AS some manufacturers pull out of China's increasingly costly coastal regions and move to the hinterlands, many workers in traditional manufacturing h...

Tapping masses' opinions can both help and hurt

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And now, scandal over tainted olive oil