Friday, March 15, 2002

• Roundup: Premier Zhu Rongji Meets Press
• CPC Friendship Delegation Leaves for Venezuela, Bolivia
• Transnational Crime Conference to Be Held in HK to Combat Global Crime
• Witnessing Great Changes in China, Interview with Australian Ambassador to China
• Ins and Outs of a Young American's Roguery on Bus in China
• Major Points of Premier Zhu's Press Conference 
• Premier Zhu's Report Revised on Advice from NPC Deputies
• NPC Annual Session Closes, Approves Important Documents
• China to Draft First Civil Code
• Probe Follows Illegal Entry into Spanish Embassy in Beijing
• Son of US Veteran Seeks "Flying Tiger" Remains in South China

• Premier Zhu Meets Participants at International Financial Seminar
• HK, Singapore Sign MOU on Insurance Regulatory Cooperation
• Consumers' Day: Top 10 Consumer Complaints in 2001
• Foreign Banks in Shanghai Apply for Expanded Business
• Shanghai Port Reports Remarkable Increase in Exports to North America
• Retail Sales Go up 8.5% in the First Two Month of 2002
• HK, France Sign MOU on IT Cooperation
• China Files First WTO Complaint Against US
• BIE Delegation Makes Positive Comment on Shanghai's Bid

• 17 Killed in Cuba Plane Crash
• Mugabe to be Sworn in Saturday
• Asylum Seekers to Be Sent to Third Country Friday Afternoon
• Turkmen President Sacks Defense Minister, National Security Chief
• France Welcomes Serbia-Montenegro Agreement
• Chopper Crashes in Hamburg, Killing Five
• Yugoslavia to be Renamed Serbia and Montenegro
• Yugoslav Leaders to Attend EU Summit
• Iraq to Continue Confrontation With US: Vice President
• Improving Ties Between Uganda, Sudan Lead to Security in Border Areas: Deputy PM
• London Sees First Teacher Strike in 3 Decades
• Israeli Apache Helicopter Missiles Kill Palestinian Militant
• Sharon Orders Israeli Army to Withdraw From Ramallah

• "Black Whistles" May Face Judicial Prosecution

• Beijing Takes Measures to Protect Cultural Relics
• Small Hydro-Electric Stations Power Yunnan
• China to Undertake Major Sleep Survey
• Road Accident Kills 15 in North China
• Law Student Volunteers Fight for Consumer Rights
• Sandy Wind Hits Beijing
• Water Shortage Threatens Taiwan Semiconductor Plants