Miracle rescues save at least 63 buried people

(Xinhua News Agency May 18, 2008) Rescuers pulled at least 63 people alive from the earthquake debris in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday, when searches entered the fifth day -- tens of hours after the generally-believed 72-hour "prime time" for rescue ended.

More than 4,000 troops dispatched by the Jinan Military Area Command saved 56 survivors in Yingxiu Township in Wench
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China wins Uber Cup

Defending champions China retained Uber Cup Saturday night after thrashing host nation Indonesia 3-0 in the Uber Cup final showdown at Bung Karno Sports Hall.

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OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a crowded shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska, on Wednesday, killing eight people and then himself, police said.

Five people were wounded in the rampage at the Westroads Mall, two of them critically, according to hospital spokesmen. One man with a chest wound was in surgery.

WASHINGTON -- US President Bush has approved "a significant reduction" in the US nuclear weapons stockpile, cutting it to less than one-quarter its size at the end of the Cold War, the White House said Tuesday.

China and Japan are actively making preparations for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's upcoming visit, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Tuesday without confirming media reports that the four-day trip is set to start on December 27.

Rochester - A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office Friday and demanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama that dragged on for nearly six hours before he peacefully surrendered.

China and Japan are actively making preparations for Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's upcoming visit, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Tuesday without confirming media reports that the four-day trip is set to start on December 27.

WASHINGTON -- Defending his credibility, US President Bush said Tuesday that Iran is dangerous and must be squeezed by international pressure despite a blockbuster intelligence finding that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago.

China and the United States are expected to sign two binding agreements today to ensure the safety of food and drug exports, top officials from both countries said Monday.
One pact, to be signed between China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), deals with exports of food and animal feed; and the other, between China's State
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