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China officers urge economic punch against U.S.
Reuters - Wednesday, February 10
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China gives 5 years to activist who probed quake
AP - Wednesday, February 10BEIJING - A Chinese activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of children crushed in their schools during the Sichuan earthquake was sentenced Tuesday to five years, underscoring the government's determination to suppress questions about why the buildings fell.
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Stranded panda lured to safety in China
AP - Wednesday, February 10BEIJING - It was like getting a cat out of a tree _ Sichuan style.
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Shanghai dissident held as city tightens security
AP - Wednesday, February 10SHANGHAI - A Shanghai-based dissident was taken from his home by officials who left a notice accusing him of disturbing public order, his wife said Tuesday.
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Lawmaker: Taiwan still wants US subs
AP - Wednesday, February 10TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwanese lawmaker says the island's navy commander told him that the island still wants to acquire diesel submarines from the United States, despite their absence from a recent U.S. arms package.
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China sentences quake activist to 5 years' jail
AP - Wednesday, February 10BEIJING - A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.
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Lawyer in China mob trial gets 1 1/2 years on appeal
AP - Wednesday, February 10BEIJING - The lawyer for an alleged mob boss in southwest China was given a reduced 1 1/2-year prison term Tuesday during his appeal on charges that he helped his client falsely claim torture by police during interrogation, the court said.
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Lawyer in China mob trial sentenced
AP - Wednesday, February 10BEIJING - The lawyer for an alleged mob boss in southwest China was given a reduced 1.5-year prison term Tuesday during his appeal on charges that he helped his client falsely claim torture by police during interrogation, the court said.
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UN envoy arrives in N.Korea
AFP - Wednesday, February 10BEIJING (AFP) - - UN envoy Lynn Pascoe arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, China's state Xinhua news agency reported, on a mission to try to revive long-stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks.
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China urges more talks on Iran nuclear plans
AP - Tuesday, February 9BEIJING - China has called for more talks in the wake of calls by other world powers for possible sanctions on Iran if it goes through with its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.
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China quake activist jailed for inciting subversion
Reuters - Tuesday, February 9By Lucy Hornby
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Korea should be nuclear-free, Kim tells China envoy
AFP - Tuesday, February 9BEIJING (AFP) - - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il restated Pyongyang's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons when he met a visiting senior Chinese envoy, Chinese state media reported Tuesday.
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Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger
AFP - Tuesday, February 9MUMBAI (AFP) - - As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction.
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Palau willing to take remaining Guantanamo Uighurs
AFP - Tuesday, February 9KOROR (AFP) - - Palau's President Johnson Toribiong said his country was willing to take the remaining five Uighurs being held at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.
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N.Korea accuses S.Korea of plot amid push for nuclear talks
AFP - Tuesday, February 9SEOUL (AFP) - - Pyongyang accused Seoul on Monday of plotting to topple its regime as relations again soured, while a top Chinese official met North Korea's leader to bring the country back to nuclear disarmament talks.
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Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
AP - Tuesday, February 9WENCHUAN, China - Couples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that leaders had planned to simply seal it off and rebuild elsewhere.
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China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
AP - Tuesday, February 9BEIJING - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China's promises to overhaul its food safety system.
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Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7
AP - Tuesday, February 9BEIJING - A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported.
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At least six dead in China bus accident: report
AFP - Tuesday, February 9BEIJING (AFP) - - At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured in rugged southwestern China on Monday when a bus plunged down a 300-metre (990-foot) valley, state media reported.
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Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 6
AP - Tuesday, February 9BEIJING - A bus collided with a sport-utility vehicle and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing six people and injuring 30.
