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BCCI’s Annual General Meeting agenda to focus on national selectors

Rupesh — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:51:13 +0000

BCCI plans to upgrade its working system by proposing a new set of selection rules and also by bringing changes in the salary system of the National selection committee. The agenda is supposed to be put forth in the upcoming annual general meeting...

Earthquake hits China, no casualties reported

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:38:27 +0000

China’s official Xinhua News Agency says a 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Sichuan province. There were no reports of casualties.

Earthquake hits China, no casulaties reported

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:32:49 +0000

China’s official Xinhua News Agency says a 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck Sichuan province. There were no reports of casualties.

China revokes sentence for elderly protesters

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:08:19 +0000

Chinese authorities have reversed their decision and will not send two elderly women to a labor camp after they applied to protest during the Olympics, a human rights group said...

Police in China shoot dead 6 suspects in Xinjiang

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:19:39 +0000

Chinese police investigating a spate of attacks this month in western Xinjiang province shot dead six suspects and arrested three others, state media reported.

Magnitude 5 quake hits Tibet, no damage reported

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:29:54 +0000

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Tibet on Friday near the border with Nepal, close to an area hit earlier in the week by a stronger quake that damaged hundreds of...

Sydney orchestra faked 2000 Olympics performance

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:16:40 +0000

China isn’t the only country to fake a musical performance during an Olympic opening ceremony. Turns out Australia knows a thing about miming music, too.

2 Chinese policemen killed, 7 wounded in Xinjiang

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:27:55 +0000

Chinese police clashed with members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in the far western region of Xinjiang, authorities and an activist said Thursday, the first reported outbreak of violence in the area since two high-profile attacks during the...

Chinese agencies embezzled $660 million in 2007

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:00:40 +0000

Chinese government auditors have uncovered the misuse of millions of dollars in disaster assistance as part of an embezzlement probe spanning 10 central government departments, state media reported...

China, Iraq reach deal to revive oil agreement

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:23:58 +0000

China and Iraq have reached a tentative agreement for a Chinese state-owned oil company to help develop the Ahdab oil field, an Iraqi Embassy spokesman said Thursday.