The broad response underscores how deeply the dairy crisis has resonated with the Chinese public as well as the political problem the scandal has presented for the government, which only last year promised to revamp the country's food and drug
MANILA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- A Filipina receptionist was seriously wounded in the suicide bombing that rocked the Marriott Hotel in Pakistan Saturday night, a Philippine government official said on Sunday.
KABUL, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-led Coalition forces on Saturday eliminated a militant and detained seven suspects during operations targeting the Haqqani network in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province, said a Coalition statement released here
Premier Wen Jiabao said on Saturday China was confident and fully capable of keeping a good momentum of economic growth this year despite domestic difficulties and a global economic slowdown.
A fire at a nightclub in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has killed at least 43 people and injured another 51, state media reports. The fire broke out at 2300 (1500GMT) on Saturday, Xinhua news agency said.
By Chris HoggBBC News, TokyoThe LDP has been in power since before Michiko Terada (R) was bornAlmost exactly a year to the day after it last convened to select a new leader, Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party is doing it again.
BEIJING -- China's leaders scrambled Saturday to contain public dismay over widespread contamination of milk supplies, castigating local officials for negligence while moving to tamp down criticism of the government's response.
