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• Report: Flood in China coal mine traps 23
Brought on by the Olympics, the transformation of Beijing reflects change across all of China, albeit at a much faster pace in the capital. With the Olympic Games in Beijing, the thorny issue of the future of Tibet and its spiritual leader are back ...
• Mortgage giants were blind to housing risks
Nevertheless, the Bank of China said in late August that it cut back its portfolio of the Fannie and Freddie's debt by about one quarter since the end of June.
• Drug-addicted elephant kicks heroin habit
BEIJING - A once drug-addled elephant fed heroin-laced bananas by illegal traders will return home after emerging clean from a three-year detox program on China's tropical island province of Hainan. The four-year-old bull elephant, referred to ...
• Asian markets plunge after Wall Street sell-off
Markets in mainland China, India, Australia and Singapore were also down more than 2 percent. Pessimism permeated markets as they nervously awaited the August U.S. employment report later Friday.
• Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast
For example, regions of Bangladesh, China and elsewhere could be devastated, while coastal cities such as New Orleans, Amsterdam or Venice could be swamped.