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Top News

President picks up green ideas
KAWASAKI, Japan: President Hu Jintao on Friday visited a bottle-recycling factory at a green industrial zone in Kawasaki, a city once known for its heavy pollution.

Tanks back in Red Square for victory parade

Hezbollah gunmen seize control of western Beirut

Epidemic death toll hits 34; 27,500 cases reported

Quintuplets bring Olympic mascots to life

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News

Japanese MP league sends Olympic wish
TOKYO: President Hu Jintao met with members of the Japanese lawmakers' league of support for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday morning, and expressed gratitude for their enthusiasm and goodwill.

Greater controls set to protect economy

Police checks making subways watertight

Evangelist hopes to do more for China

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Nation/China Scene

Calls for five new reservoirs in Beijing
The Beijing municipal government should build five reservoirs to store water from the South-to-North Water Transfer Project when it is partially completed in 2010, local geological authorities have said.

Watery theme for latest relays

Plan seeks to tackle poverty, disease

China Scene: South

China Scene: West

China Scene: Central

China Scene: East

China Scene: North

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Comment

Xu Ting and the era of judicial discretion
Xu Ting, a migrant worker, will undoubtedly go down in this country's contemporary history as a marker of multiple meanings in the path to the rule of law.

Cartoon

Focusing on hydropower

Harmonious labor ties

Hot Words

No compromise on sovereignty

Skin-deep translation may mislead

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Beijing Weekend Guide

Tea party
The old Lao She Teahouse has just finished a revamp. After half a year's renovation, the three-storey teahouse has made major changes to the ground floor entrance, part of the 2nd floor, and the restaurant on the 3rd floor.

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Beijing Weekend Guide

Show me the money
The Olympic Museum of Lausanne in Switzerland launched Beijing 2008 Chinese Cultural Exhibition early this year and the overall design was marvelously cloaked in the color of Chinese Red and images of the Temple of Heaven.

Show of respect

Mom's the word

Cut to the Core

Where everybody knows your name

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Beijing Weekend Guide

Season for succulence
With the change of season, Chef de Cuisine Guillaume Galliot at French restaurant Jaan (家安法餐厅) inside Raffles is introducing a new menu.

Chi fan le ma?

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Beijing Weekend Guide

The big screen
Twenty-eight folding lacquer screens 1.2m wide, done in bright red and framed in black, rise 2.9 m high to separate a 300-sq-m-hall into three parts. Each side of the screen features aspects of 56 of China's ethnic groups.

Cross Talk: Should you stay in Beijing during the Olympics?

People

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Business

Financial safety given top priority
SHANGHAI: China will learn from the US subprime crisis and further strengthen supervision on financial innovation to ensure the safe operation of its capital market, the head of the country's stock market regulator said on Friday.

Hub status bid gets boost

PPI rise fuels fresh worries

Chalco in $4.5b JV plant

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International

Myanmar says no to foreign aid teams
Myanmar will accept foreign aid but not foreign aid workers, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after a disaster rescue team from Qatar that arrived in Yangon on an aid flight was turned back.

Obama and Clinton may join forces in election

Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe

Across the World: Nigeria

Across the World: Austria

Across the World: Spain

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Sports

Barca confirms Guardiola as Rijkaard axed
MADRID: Less than 24 hours after their humiliating 4-1 defeat to Real Madrid in El Clasico Barcelona has announced that the club's reserve team coach Pep Guardiola, a former player, will take over from Frank Rijkaard at the end of the season.

Williams through, Henin out

Parker, Ginobili shine as Spurs battle back

Japan's Fujita on top at Pine Valley Beijing Open

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