Survey: People want lowdown on pay People want to know how much government officials earn, a survey published on Monday has found. The research was carried out following the introduction on May 1 of a government information disclosure regulation, wh
The mourning begins in Dujiangyan Dujiangyan, Sichuan --Zhou Xingrong never thought she would not talk to her 16-year-old son again after Lu Qianliang shouted: Mother, I'm in school! on the Monday morning. Relatives cry while waiting for news about
Death toll exceeds 12,000 in Sichuan, 9,400 trapped (China Daily, Xinhua and agencies) Updated: 2008-05-14 02:03 Rescuers were Tuesday night racing against time to find survivors a day after the strongest quake to hit China in 32 years jolted southw
BYLINDASTA FFORD When I was eight years old, I saw a movie about a mysterious island that had an erupting 1)volcano and 2)lush jungles filled with wild animals and 3)cannibals. The island was ruled by a beautiful woman called Tondalaya, the Fire God
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A young boy wearing a mask looks at the camera in Hong Kong March 13, 2008. Hong Kong children stayed home on Thursday after the government shut elementary schools for two weeks to contain a seasonal flu outbreak as experts probed the deaths of four
