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15 killed by water-borne diseases in wake of typhoon in Philippines
At least 15 people have been killed in the Philippines by water-borne diseases in the wake of a typhoon which hit the country last month, according to local media reports Saturday. Seven people have died in a diarrhea outbreak in ce ...
Source : people.com.cn | 13-Jul-2008 09:48

Rare Shakespeare book recovered 10 years after being stolen
A 400-year-old collection of works by William Shakespeare stolen 10 years ago has been recovered, police in Durham, northeast England, said Friday. The recovered volume, the First Folio edition of Shakespeare's works, dates back to ...
Source : people.com.cn | 13-Jul-2008 09:47

Mongolia's national Naadam over
Mongolia's annual National Naadam held the closing ceremony on Saturday evening in the central stadium of Ulan Bator. The word "Naadam" means game or competition in Mongolian. The Naadam, mainly including the Three Manly Games of wr ...
Source : people.com.cn | 13-Jul-2008 09:46

Kyodo poll shows support for Fukuda cabinet up to 26.8%
The approval rating for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet edged up by 1.8 percentage points to 26.8 percent from the previous June survey, Kyodo News reported Saturday. The disapproval rate for the Fukuda Cabinet went down 6.7 p ...
Source : people.com.cn | 13-Jul-2008 04:43

8 killed by suspected leptospirosis in Philippines
The Philippine government said on Saturday eight people have died and 77 fell ill with suspected leptospirosis in the wake of a typhoon disaster, the official Philippines News Agency reported. The suspected leptospirosis was caused ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 10:09

Eighth Chinese Cultural Festival held in Cuba
The eighth Chinese Cultural Festival kicked off here on Friday with shows of China's traditional lion dance and shadowboxing. The festival, co-organized by Cuba's Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Embassy in Cuba, was held in the ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 09:54

Matthew McConaughey's baby fortune
Matthew McConaughey has reportedly sold photos of his new son for 3 million U.S. dollars. The "Fool's Gold" actor and model girlfriend Camila Alves - who welcomed Levi, their first child together, earlier this week - are said to have signed ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 05:39

Victoria Beckham's men line collection shelved
Victoria Beckham's plans for a men's range in her dVb collection have reportedly been shelved. The former Spice Girls star was expecting to launch her male line this autumn, but has had to scrap the plan after retailers proved unwilling to ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 05:39

War epic "Red Cliff" declares opening victory in Asian market
"Red Cliff", reportedly Asia's most expensive ever film, gained 27 million yuan (3.91 million U.S. dollars) of box office on its first-day release, setting the highest record among homemade movies. The first of this two-part epic mo ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 05:38

British sex tourists to face prosecution at home
British paedophiles who abuse children in foreign countries will face prosecution at home as a new law comes into force next week. The law will allow police to bring charges against "sex tourists" even if their activities were legal ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 04:59

Iberoamerican health ministers meet in Salvador
The 10th Iberoamerican Conference of Health Ministers began Friday in Salvador to discuss measures to improve sanitary conditions of young people and teenagers in the region. According to reports reaching here from San Salvador, 19 ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 03:42

Official: China provides free contraception services for 120 mln rural women every year
One of China's senior family planning officials hailed the continued success over the past seven years of the government's free contraception services, which now help 120 million rural women every year reduce the risks associated with pregn ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 03:41

Britney, Madonna to perform nude "bondage" routine
Madonna and Britney Spears are set to perform a bondage routine together. The pop superstars - who caused controversy when they shared a kiss at the MTV Music Awards in 2003 - will appear in bandages which they will remove to reveal ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 03:39

Indian company buys Hollywood firm
Valuable group, a privately held media house of India, has acquired Hollywood-based media company MovieBeam, the first acquisition of a Hollywood media company by an Indian firm, Valuable group said here on Friday. MovieBeam special ...
Source : people.com.cn | 12-Jul-2008 03:34

HK puts food alert on smoked salmon
The Center for Food Safety of Hong Kong Friday advised people not to eat a batch of "Wild Alaskan Smoked Salmon Nova Lox" that might have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. "The alert followed the detection of Listeria m ...
Source : people.com.cn | 11-Jul-2008 13:51

More than 1,000 online newspapers in China
The Beijing Times reported statements by Kou Xiaowei, deputy director of the audio-visual and Internet publication department of the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), at the recent Digital Publication Industry and Pros ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 10:45

Sanqing Mountain added to World Heritage List
At 5:18 a.m. on July 8, in Quebec, Canada, Sanqing Mountain, located in Jiangxi Province, was included on the World Heritage List during the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee. According to the Municipal Committee Secretary of ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 10:42

Seventh "Chinese Bridge" kicks off in Changsha
According to Xinhua Net, on July 8 the 7th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Language Competition for college students in the world kicked off in Changsha. Held by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, "Chinese Bridge" is an inter ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 10:41

Jolie and Pitt are employing live-in nanny
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are employing a live-in nanny. The couple have so far shunned full-time help in bringing up Maddox, six, Pax, four, Zahara, three, and two-year-old Shiloh, but now Angelina is expecting twins, they are looking f ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 09:09

Maggie's new role: empowering young women
Maggie Cheung, the internationally acclaimed Hong Kong actress, had been looking for a change. "I would love to try anything but films," she said in a recent interview. Now she has found it. Since she vanished from the big screen afte ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 09:04

Heart screening for children stressed
Some children as young as 2 should be screened for high cholesterol, high blood pressure and other heart disease risks, according to new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The new policy statement issued on Monday recomm ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 03:04

Study shows value of food diary to help lose weight
Keeping a food diary - a detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs - is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, US researchers said yesterday. The study involving 1,685 middle-aged men and women over six ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 03:02

Sanqingshan on UN heritage list
Mount Sanqingshan National Park in Jiangxi province has become another of China's natural scenic spots to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The World Heritage Committee agreed on Monday to add the park to its natural sites' list ...
Source : people.com.cn | 09-Jul-2008 02:16

Does having twins drive parents crazy?
Parents of twins are more likely to have mental health problems than those of single-born babies, researchers said Monday. In a small study that tracked the parents of about 100 twins and more than 700 single-born babies, Finnish exp ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:42

Cheap IVF procedure available soon in Africa
Often ostracized as witches or social outcasts in Africa, women who cannot bear children can soon take advantage of a new, inexpensive in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure. Experts say that more than 30 percent of women on the cont ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:42

West Nile virus detected near Los Angeles
California health officials issued a warning on Monday against West Nile virus which was detected in mosquitoes collected from two traps in Long Beach near Los Angeles. In the warning, health officials urged residents to take precau ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:41

U.S. broadens search for salmonella source
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding the testing of food beyond tomatoes to find the source of the salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 943 people in 40 states and Washington, D.C. Although tomatoes are still ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:40

Cholesterol drugs for kids as young as 8
Kids as young as eight should take cholesterol drugs to prevent them from getting heart disease, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended as quoted by media reports on Monday. According to the academy, heart disease begins ear ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:40

Chinese Islamic college graduates embrace economic boom
At a grand mosque modeled on India's Taj Mahal, Ma Chunjun, 24, a graduate from the Islamic Scripture College of Ningxia, the only higher school which trains senior Islamic clergymen in the region, was telling a group of visitors of the his ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:20

Chinese college grads dump decent city jobs for work in quake-hit areas
Instead of going the typical route and opting for high-paying jobs with excellent prospects, many new university graduates in China are deciding to rough it with positions in small towns hit hard by the May 12 earthquake. Wen Li, an ...
Source : people.com.cn | 08-Jul-2008 11:19

More than 8,000 people in China's largest Muslim region pay pilgrimage to Mecca
A total of 8,288 Muslims in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the largest Muslim region in the country, have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia, a religious official said. A pilgrimage ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 12:22

Celebrating the Fourth of July in Beijing
I celebrated American Independence Day 12 hours earlier than most of my friends in the States, changing my status message on various online chat programs to "happy birthday USA!" once my clock read 12:00 AM on July 4. I was alone in my room ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 11:01

Untold stories about Swedish Director Ingmar Bergman
Legendary late Swedish Director Ingmar Bergman's death last year was a great loss to Swedish film industry. Yet he is still alive. A guided tour of costumes used in Bergman's opera and stage in Swedish Royal Opera House shows many untold st ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 07:40

More teenagers in LA infected with HIV
There has been a jump in newly diagnosed HIV cases among young gay men in Los Angeles, according to a report. From 2001 to 2006, such cases among all gay males ages 13 to 24 rose by 12 percent, said the report published by the Los ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:52

Millions Watch Olympic-Themed Movies
More than 800 residents from 24 villages in Huairou in suburban Beijing gathered at a plaza to watch two Olympic-themed films on Saturday. At the same time, nearly 10 million moviegoers nationwide watched the same two films, includi ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:52

"Hancock" sparks box office fireworks over Independence Day weekend
Sony Pictures' superhero movie "Hancock" sparked the box office fireworks over this Independence Day weekend in the United States, breaking the 100-million-dollar sale mark in its first week of release, preliminary figures released Sunday s ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:50

Story behind Olympic dancing man's seal of approval
One year after Beijing won the rights to host the Games, organizers launched a contest in a bid to find a special logo for China's largest public event. Seasoned advertising man, Guo Chunning, beat 1,300 other professionals with his ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:48

Why we're staying
The number of expats in China has soared in the lead-up to the Olympics. But with the Games set to begin a month from tomorrow, the question is: Is it true that what goes up must - or at least, in this case, will - come down? Beiji ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:47

One more Chinese property added to World Heritage List
One more Chinese property was inscribed on the UNESCO's World Heritage List Sunday during the 32nd session of the World Heritage Committee that is taking place in this eastern Canadian city. The 21 members of the committee agreed to ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:46

High-tech exam cheat caught using radios in E China
Education authorities in east China say they smashed a ring that used high-tech radio transmitters and receivers to help students cheat in the national college entrance exams. The ring involved at least 33 people, including nine hig ...
Source : people.com.cn | 07-Jul-2008 02:45

Thai official: Controversial temple likely to be approved as World Heritage site
Attempts by Cambodia to list the controversial Preah Vihear temple, which stands across the area of both Cambodia and Thailand, as a World Heritage site during the current United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UN ...
Source : people.com.cn | 06-Jul-2008 09:06

Dengue fever claims 3 lives in western Yemen
Three women died of dengue fever on Saturday in Yemen's western mountainous areas, local media reported. Among the dead were a mother and her daughter, the reports said. Many local residents were taken ill with suspected sym ...
Source : people.com.cn | 06-Jul-2008 07:18

More cases of salmonella epidemic reported in U.S.
A salmonella epidemic continues to spread across the United States, raising the number of infected cases to more than 900, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Saturday. Among the 943 reported cases nationwide, at lea ...
Source : people.com.cn | 06-Jul-2008 07:17

4 million Filipino children malnourished amid soaring inflation
Officials of a Filipino government research institute said Saturday 4 million Filipino children are malnourished and the number is expected to grow as inflation forces households to cut down on food, the Philippine Daily Inquirer said on it ...
Source : people.com.cn | 06-Jul-2008 04:22

Vivian Hsu denies love affair rumors
Taiwan actress and singer Vivian Hsu on Friday denied a rumor that she has love relation with Hong Kong actor and director Stephen Fung, a report on QQ.com said. Hsu told reporters that she and Fung are just friends, and she did not ...
Source : people.com.cn | 06-Jul-2008 04:16

5,000-year-old cemetery found in S Egypt
An Egyptian archeological mission has unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal burial ground in southern Egypt, the official MENA news agency reported on Saturday. The cemetery was discovered in Umm el-Ga'ab area, south of the historical ci ...
Source : people.com.cn | 06-Jul-2008 04:07