Posts Tagged ‘China’

CHINA EARTHQUAKE: Kills 1,144 in Qinghai province

A rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area of China’s Qinghai province early Wednesday, killing 1,144 people, state-run media said, quoting local quake relief headquarters. RELEIF NOT REACHING FAST At least 10,000 others were injured, the Xinhua news agency reported,...
April 14th, 2010 | WORLD | Read More

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Price of a girl child $500 in china

TIME TO ACT IS NOW! Police in China say they have recovered more than 2,000 children in a six-month campaign against human trafficking. The ministry of public security has set up a website with pictures of some of those kidnapped, in the hope of returning them to their families. The ministry website...
October 28th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

DEVASTATION AND RELIEF: Nature wreaks havoc in Philippine

Typhoon Parma has pounded the northern Philippines, killing at least 15 people and leaving a trail of destruction. The storm toppled power lines, tore off roofs and ripped up trees as it swept across the islands’ far north-east. Thousands of people have been displaced and hundreds feared dead or...
October 4th, 2009 | COMMUNITY | Read More

RENEWED PLEDGE: TO Clean Energy sources, Obama

President Obama joined other world leaders Tuesday in calling for immediate and substantive steps to combat climate change, saying failure to act now would bring “irreversible catastrophe.” Speaking to a special summit on climate change at the United Nations, Obama pledged the full commitment...
September 22nd, 2009 | WELLNESS | Read More

OIL PRICES RISE: Highest spike of this year so far

OIL PRICES SPIKE Oil prices hit their highest level this year on Friday as traders looked past a mixed batch of U.S. economic data to focus on a strong rise in China’s bellwether stock index. Benchmark crude for October delivery was up $1.29 to $74.20 a barrel by afternoon European electronic trading...
August 21st, 2009 | BUSINESS | Read More

CHINA STOCKS: Post biggest decline of year

BIGGEST ONE DAY DECLINE China’s main stock index has posted its biggest one-day decline this year, after one firm’s successful share issue raised fears of market overheating. Shares in Shanghai and Hong Kong tumbled on Wednesday as investors snapped up two newly listed mainland construction...
July 30th, 2009 | BUSINESS | Read More