Saturday, February 09, 2002

• Trade Unions Assist Needy Employees Over Spring Festival 
• Beijingers Able to Drink Water from Yangtze River in 2007
• Rumors Spread by Falun Gong Cult Denounced
• Student-made Bomb Caused Deadly Blast in Guangxi
• Reception Marks 45th Anniversary of China-Sri Lanka Ties
• Vice Premier Calls for Better Services for the Elderly
• Vice Premier Meets Japanese Guests
• Hong Kong Makes Another Grant to Afghan Refugees
• Jiang Zemin Stresses Multi-Party Cooperation Under CPC Leadership

• UN Food to Reach 2.6 Million Chinese
• CCB to Set Up Housing Deposit Bank with German Partner
• China Grants Permission to Solely-owned Commercial Banks to List after Reformation
• CCB to Maintain Income Recovery
• ICBC's Five-Year Development Targets
• Beijing to Begin Manufacturing Cars
• Central Bank Concentrates on Financial Supervision in 2002
• Hong Kong Releases Survey on Business Prospects for 2002
• Roundup: Monopoly Fading from Macao's Gambling Market
• China to Tighten Insurance Regulation

• Conspiracy of "International Campaign for Tibet " to Participate in World Conference Foiled
• Another 21 Chinese Fishermen Detained by Philippine Army, Total Hits 118
• El Nino Appears in Peru
• U.N. Ends Plan to Try Former Democratic Kampuchea Leaders
• Taliban Foreign Minister Surrenders
• Singapore's Former President Passes Away
• US Delta Jet Diverted After Passenger Became Unruly
• Pakistan, Afghanistan Agree to Work for Cooperation
• Liberian President Declares State of Emergency
• DPRK Wants to Resolve Tensions on the Korean Peninsula Through Talks
• 42 People Die of Ebola Outbreak in Gabon
• Sri Lanka's Two Ministers Resign Over Election Dispute
• Ivanov, Powell Agree on Importance of Signing Nuclear Agreement
• India, Russia Sign Protocols on Military Cooperation
• Madagascar Opposition Leader Calls for Dialogue With President
• British Prime Minister Holds Talks with Ghanaian President

• Shanghai Communique v. Sino-US Economic and Trade Relations

• US President Bush Formally Opens Winter Olympic Games
• China and Kuwait Level 1-1 in Davis Cup Tie
• Russians Hope to Win Seven to Ten Golds in Winter Olympics
• Iranian Skiing Team Arrives in US for Winter Olympics

• China Strives to Provide Jobs to 8 Million People This Year
• Chinese Celebrate Spring Festival in New Fashions
• Dog Therapy Program for Disabled
• China-India Air Routes to Start Soon
• Terracotta Warriors Start National Tour
• "Bravo China" to be Staged in South Africa
• Lo Wu Bridge Improvement Works Completed on Schedule
• HKSAR Passport Holders to Get Relaxed Visa Measures to Japan