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• After scandal, China tightens dairy regulations
BEIJING - China’s State Council tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry Friday, as authorities in Macau and Hong Kong reported several children had kidney stones blamed on Chinese tainted milk. Contaminated milk powder, laced ...
• U.S., India sign unprecedented nuclear deal
The Bush administration portrays the accord as the cornerstone of a new strategic relationship with a friendly democracy that borders China and Pakistan and that supporters hail as a responsible nuclear power. India's government hopes the deal will ...
• China says it won't torture Gitmo detainees
BEIJING - China on Thursday rejected concerns that it would torture Chinese Muslims held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay if they are returned to China, saying they will be dealt with according to the law. China has called on the U.S. to ...
• Scandal forces reforms in China's dairy industry
HOHHOT, China - Peering into five pails of foaming milk, Wang Guifeng quickly jotted down the farmer’s name before signaling the batch was OK. Every day he rejects milk from two or three farms whose cows don’t meet hygiene standards or show signs ...
• South Africa will sell ivory to Japan, China
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government said Thursday that it will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. The Convention on ...