| Hand-foot-mouth disease kills 18 children in central China (2009-04-08) |
| Eighteen children have died in a hand-foot-mouth disease outbreak in central China's Henan Province as of Monday with another 195 in severe conditions. |
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| China urges prudence over DPRK sanctions (2009-04-08) |
| China Tuesday asked the United Nations to respond prudently to the rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as Security Council members scheduled a second meeting. |
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| DPRK says every country has right to use outer space for peaceful purpose (2009-04-08) |
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night for a three-day working visit as guest of President Hu Jintao. |
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| Sun unmoored as acquisition talks hit standstill (2009-04-07) |
| Without IBM Corp.'s $7 billion takeover offer, Sun Microsystems Inc., a Silicon Valley rebel known for independence, is possibly alone again. |
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| Daqing to maintain crude output (2009-04-07) |
| China's largest oilfield Daqing aims to produce 400 million tons of crude in the next 10 years, according to officials with the oilfield. |
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| WB: China's recovery could start this year (2009-04-07) |
| China is likely to emerge from its economic slump later this year, helping the rest of Asia stabilize and possibly rebound, the World Bank said Tuesday. |
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| Strong quake in Italy kills over 150, wounds 1,500 (2009-04-07) |
| The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit central Italy early Monday has risen to 179, 40 of which still need to be identified, the Italian news agency ANSA said on Tuesday. |
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| GM readies giveback proposals for bondholders, UAW (2009-04-03) |
| General Motors Corp. has prepared a new proposal for bondholders that aims to satisfy the government's demand for much deeper givebacks from creditors. |
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| Thousands protest against Olympic Games in Chicago (2009-04-03) |
| A group opposed to spending money on the Olympics rather than on basic needs such as housing and education, held a rally at downtown Chicago Thursday. |
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| Chinese president meets Australian PM (2009-04-03) |
| Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday met with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after the second Group of 20 (G20) financial summit ended in London. |
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| U.S. House approves budget plan for 2010 fiscal year (2009-04-03) |
| The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a 3.45-trillion-dollar budget blueprint for the 2010 fiscal year largely in line with Obama's proposal. |
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| G20 agrees to make available additional US$850 bln through global financial institutions (2009-04-03) |
| G20 agreed to make available an additional 850 billion U.S. dollars of resources through the global financial institutions to support growth in emerging and developing countries. |
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| Google logs into free music search (2009-03-31) |
| U.S. search engine Google Inc yesterday launched a legal music search service in China that allows users to download licensed songs for free. |
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| New GM CEO says bankruptcy still an option (2009-03-31) |
| General Motors Corp.'s new chief executive said Monday there's a greater risk that the company will have to reorganize through bankruptcy. |
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| Pakistan says arrested suspect in police school attack is Afghan national (2009-03-31) |
| A suspect arrested in the police school attack in Pakistan's Lahore city is a Afghan national, said Advisor on Prime Minister's Interior Rehman Malik. |
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