”Local government officials” News

Papua Proposal: A Microchip to Track HIV-Positive Residents

Several years ago in the town of Merauke, on the southern coast of Papua province in Indonesia , a young woman was diagnosed with HIV . Upon learning that she had been infected by her boyfriend,
12 6 2008 9:02PM (...more)

China coal fume victim wakes from 10-day coma

BEIJING – A girl who survived carbon monoxide poisoning in her north China school dormitory while all 11 of her roommates died has come out of a coma, an education
12 13 2008 3:39AM (...more)

China's south to build nation's largest offshore wind farm: report

BEIJING (AFP) - China will build its largest offshore wind farm in the southern province of Guangdong , state media reported Tuesday, in a bid to alleviate looming power shortages.
03 6 2008 3:32AM (...more)

US State Department expects 'some' fraud in Pakistan polls

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US State Department said Tuesday it expected Pakistan 's upcoming elections to be tainted and called on all groups, including international monitors, to make sure they were credible.
01 30 2008 10:21AM (...more)

China reports 7 detained in Tibet riots

BEIJING - Rioters in Chinese-ruled Tibet destroyed shops and government offices following a dispute between Buddhist monks and a local shopkeeper, the government's news agency reported.
11 30 2007 2:00PM (...more)

Japanese officials battle through "samurai" diet

TOKYO (Reuters) - Overweight local government officials in Japan have slimmed down with a three-month "samurai" diet,soldiering on despite a fellow samurai's death.
10 12 2007 8:32PM (...more)

Chinese firm rejects blame for toxic beans found in Japan

BEIJING (AFP) - The company at the centre of China 's latest food exports alarm said Wednesday it was investigating how pesticides were detected in frozen beans sold in Japan , but it believed it was not at fault.
10 16 2008 12:02AM (...more)

Protesters reported beaten, detained in China

BEIJING - Police have beaten and detained protesters holding a rally in southern China to seek compensation for damaged property, an activist group said Thursday.
10 9 2008 11:22PM (...more)

At least 30 dead in Tibet quake: state media

BEIJING (AFP) - At least 30 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck China's Himalayan region of Tibet on Monday, state media reported, citing local government sources.
10 7 2008 8:11PM (...more)

China's milk scandal bares government shortcomings

BEIJING - The note posted in July on the Web site of China's food safety inspection agency came from a doctor: There had been a sudden rise in infants turning up at his hospital with kidney stones after drinking the same brand of formula.
09 24 2008 1:33PM (...more)