China Daily
Top legislature passes Anti-Secession Law
(chinadaily.com.cn/Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-14 09:19
The annual session of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), voted to pass the Anti-Secession Law Monday, setting a legal framework to prevent Taiwan from being seceded from China and promote peaceful national reunification.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/14/content_424612.htm
Anti-Secession Law adopted by NPC (full text)
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-14 09:41
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China
No. 34
The Anti-Secession Law, adopted at the Third Session of the Tenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of Chinaon March 14, 2005, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/14/content_424643.htm
Chinese scientists conduct HIV vaccine test
By Zhang Feng and Qin Yan (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-03-14 06:25
China has begun the first phase of testing an HIV vaccine.
Eight volunteers were injected with either an HIV vaccine or a placebo that is free of the virus on Saturday in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, reported Xinhua News Agency.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/14/content_424516.htm>
EU firm on ending China arms embargo
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-13 08:44
The European Union is determined to lift its 15-year ban on arms sales to China and does not expect any retaliation from Washington when it does so, a top official said on Saturday.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/13/content_424357.htm
Hu: Society should be energy efficient
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-03-14 06:25
The Chinese central authorities held a seminar on population, resources and the environment on Saturday. President Hu Jintao presided over the meeting and stressed the importance of building an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly society.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/14/content_424553.htm
'The Da Vinci Code's' amazing success
Two years ago this month, Doubleday published a historical thriller with an announced first printing of 85,000 and high hopes that a little-known writer named Dan Brown would catch on with the general public.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/11/content_424013.htm
Miss Germany is Miss Europe 2005
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-13 08:35
Dark-haired Miss Germany, Shahrivar Shermine, a 22-year-old of Iranian origin won the title of Miss Europe 2005 in Paris.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/13/content_424354.htm
President sets forth guidelines on Taiwan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-03-04 16:50
President Hu Jintao said Friday that the Chinese people will do their best to seek peaceful reunification of the motherland but will never tolerate "Taiwan independence".
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/04/content_421902.htm
China Puts Threat to Taiwan Into Law
Move Could Reverse Recent Warming in Cross-Strait Relations
By Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A01
BEIJING, March 14 -- China enacted a law Monday authorizing the use of force against Taiwan if it moves toward formal independence, codifying its long-standing threat to attack the island. The measure could provoke a popular backlash in Taiwan and quickly unravel recent progress in cross-strait relations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32353-2005Mar13.html
Battle on Teaching Evolution Sharpens
By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A01
WICHITA -- Propelled by a polished strategy crafted by activists on America's political right, a battle is intensifying across the nation over how students are taught about the origins of life. Policymakers in 19 states are weighing proposals that question the science of evolution.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32444-2005Mar13.html
Daschle Moving to K Street
Dole Played a Key Role in Recruiting Former Senator
By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A17
Former senator Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.), following a bipartisan path blazed by many prominent ex-members of Congress, has moved from Capitol Hill to K Street, joining Alston & Bird as a special adviser in the law firm's legislative and public policy group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32604-2005Mar13.html
Treasury Has That Vacant Look
By Al Kamen
Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A17
Good to see Treasury Secretary John W. Snow, last seen campaigning constantly for President Bush in Ohio and Pennsylvania, back on the road. He's been a key player, a leader in the critical "60 Stops in 60 Days" effort to pass Bush's ideas on Social Security.
Of the 112 top officials listed on the department's Web site organization chart as of Friday, about two dozen jobs were vacant or temporarily filled by "acting" folks. These include three topmost jobs, such as the deputy secretary and the undersecretaries for domestic and international affairs.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31959-2005Mar13.html
Airline Probed in Activist's Murder
Indonesian Officials Allege Coverup After Poisoning of Rights Figure
By Alan Sipress
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, March 14, 2005; Page A14
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Munir Said Thalib, Indonesia's best-known human rights campaigner, started feeling sick shortly after his overnight flight left for Europe last September. After he made brief layover in Singapore, the pain grew so intense that a doctor on board was roused from his sleep to tend to him. Within hours, somewhere in the night skies above Eastern Europe, Munir died.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32206-2005Mar13.html
THE NEXT PEACE VENUE !!
The Globe and Mail
China rattles sabre at Taiwan
Sunday, March 13, 2005 Updated at 9:20 PM EST
Associated Press
Beijing — China's , a day after President Hu Jintao told the 2.5 million-member People's Liberation Army to be prepared for war.
The measure was approved by a vote of 2,896 to zero, with two abstentions at the closing session of the National People's Congress' annual meeting.
“We shall step up preparations for possible military struggle and enhance our capabilities to cope with crises, safeguard peace, prevent wars and win the wars if any,” the official Xinhua news agency quoted Mr. Hu as saying Sunday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050313.wchina0313/BNStory/International/
Task force urges joint security perimeter
Washington — Canada, Mexico and the United States should collectively gird against terrorism with a common security perimeter, protecting an increasingly integrated continent where residents freely cross internal borders and the three countries share a common energy strategy.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050314.wxnadraft0314/BNStory/National/
Talks continue on Iraq coalition
Baghdad — Kurdish leaders were converging in Baghdad for last-minute talks Monday with majority Shiites as both sides pressed to secure a deal to form a coalition government before the newly elected parliament meets for the first time later this week.
In northern Iraq, gunmen killed Hussam Hilal Sarsam, a Kurdish cameraman for the Kurdish satellite channel KurdSat, said witnesses who saw his corpse transported by Iraqi troops outside the governor's office in Mosul.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050314.wiraq0314/BNStory/International/
Israel approves final route of Jerusalem barrier
Jerusalem — .
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approved the final route of a barrier around Jerusalem that will include the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank on the Israeli side, officials said Monday, prompting
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050314.wmideast0114/BNStory/International/
Philadelphia Inquirer
On tapes, working a deal on racetrack
Wiretapped talks offer a look at city power brokers trying to get big-name investors for a Navy Yard gambling plan.
By Mark Fazlollah, John Shiffman and Emilie Lounsberry
Inquirer Staff Writers
In a Center City law office, two Philadelphia power brokers, one a black Democrat, the other a white Republican, talked of the millions they would make if they got the backing to put a racetrack and slot machines at the Navy Yard.
"If we don't get this ... deal done, we should be ashamed of ourselves," Manuel Stamatakis told Ronald A. White on Aug. 21, 2003, unaware that the FBI was listening. "I mean, Jesus, everybody in our deal has done so much for so many people."
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11124442.htm
Editorial Land Deals and Casinos
Starved for ethics
The sleaziness has begun.
Stories of questionable dealings are arising as legalized gambling arrives in Pennsylvania. It's happening in Erie, the Poconos and Philadelphia.
The latest revelations involve State Sen. Michael Stack 3d, his family, and a riverfront tract in Fishtown.
This affair involves big bucks, political donations, shaky memories, and shakier ethical standards.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/11120260.htm
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