Monday, August 31, 2009
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Germany to Host Six-Nation Meeting on Iran
New Chinese Lead Poisoning Case
Reuters reports:More than 200 children living beside an industrial park in southwest China have been found to have excessive lead in their blood, state media said on Monday, in the third such case reported in the last month.
Health authorities tested around 1,000 children in a neighbourhood of the city of Kunming, the official China Daily said.
Continue here.Asian Shares Sink on China Plunge, Japan News
Dalai Lama Tries to Mollify China Over Taiwan Trip
The exiled TIbetan Buddhist leader began his five-day visit to Taiwan to comfort typhoon victims. He sought to mollify China, assuring Beijing that the trip's purpose is "purely humanitarian." Click here for the story.
Monday, 31 August 2009
The meeting--at a "high civil servant level"--will take place in Germany this week. Clickhere for the report.
Japanese investors reacted cautiously Monday to the political upheaval and the surging yen, as Chinese stocks plunged. Read all about it here.
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