The Boston Globe
Big Dig tunnels sound, US says
Method of leak repair still subject of debate
By Raphael Lewis, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
The Big Dig's tunnels are structurally sound despite hundreds of roof leaks and dozens of wall defects, according to a Federal Highway Administration report released yesterday, but the state must develop an aggressive tunnel inspection program to ensure the roadway's future safety.
http://www.boston.com/news/traffic/bigdig/articles/2005/04/05/big_dig_tunnels_sound_us_says/
Aide to pay $20,000 for missed days
By Sean P. Murphy and Connie Paige, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent April 5, 2005
Governor Mitt Romney yesterday ordered Angelo R. Buonopane, the director of the state Department of Labor, to pay $20,000 in restitution to the state for unauthorized time off taken by Buonopane since January 2004, in response to a Globe report Sunday that showed Buonopane worked less than three hours a day.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/aide_to_pay_20000_for_missed_days/
As pope lies in state, throngs bid farewell
Leaders to attend funeral on Friday
By Charles M. Sennott, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
VATICAN CITY -- The body of Pope John Paul II traveled on the shoulders of 12 pallbearers in a solemn procession from the Apostolic Palace through a packed St. Peter's Square yesterday to lie in state inside the basilica where hundreds of thousands of people flocked to say a last goodbye.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/as_pope_lies_in_state_throngs_bid_farewell/
Boston Catholics get complex view of pope
By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
BOSTON -- Living at the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis has given Boston Roman Catholics a complicated view on Pope John Paul II's tenure. For many, however, the pope doesn't bear the brunt of their anger and disappointment.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/05/boston_catholics_get_complex_view_of_pope/
John Paul II held unique place in Mideast
By Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Sheik Salah Keftaro has a picture on his office wall of John Paul II standing next to his father, like his son a prominent Muslim cleric.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/john_paul_ii_held_unique_place_in_mideast/
Church leaders rarely mention sexual abuse
By Rachel Zoll, AP Religion Writer April 5, 2005
ROME -- Three years ago Pope John Paul II summoned America's cardinals to the Vatican for an emergency meeting on the clergy sex abuse crisis. Now that those cardinals have returned to elect his successor, abuse victims fear the lessons from their suffering may be forgotten amid the ceremonies and papal politicking.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/church_leaders_rarely_mention_sexual_abuse/
Sea lab vessel to be named after Harvard scientist
April 4, 2005
MOBILE, Ala. -- Dauphin Island Sea Lab has named its new research vessel after Harvard scientist Edward O. Wilson, a Mobile native and Pulitzer Prize-winning entomologist.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/04/04/sea_lab_vessel_to_be_named_after_harvard_scientist/
Harvard to sell its stake in firm tied to Sudan
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
Under mounting pressure from student activists, Harvard University announced yesterday that it will sell an estimated $4.4 million stake in PetroChina, whose parent company is closely tied to the Sudanese government, accused by the United States of waging a genocidal campaign to suppress rebels in Darfur.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/04/05/harvard_to_sell_its_stake_in_firm_tied_to_sudan/
Globe reporter Cook wins Pulitzer
Honored for work on stem cell issues
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff April 5, 2005
The Boston Globe's Gareth Cook won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism yesterday for his coverage of the scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2005/04/05/globe_reporter_cook_wins/
Report said to find 9/11 evacuation slow
By Devlin Barrett, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Investigators have concluded that new thinking is needed on how to evacuate people from endangered skyscrapers and how to get rescuers into them more quickly, according to two individuals familiar with a federal report on the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/report_said_to_find_911_evacuation_slow/
Ukrainian president visits Chicago
By Michael Tarm, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
CHICAGO -- Fresh off a friendly visit with President Bush in Washington, Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko arrived here to a crowd of adoring Ukrainian-Americans, with one calling him the "culmination of our dreams."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/ukrainian_president_visits_chicago/
UK's Blair to Call Election as Poll Lead Shrinks
By Mike Peacock April 5, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair will call Britain's election for May 5 on Tuesday as polls showed his opponents catching up and dissent flared within his party.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/uks_blair_to_call_election_candidate_defects/
US Troops Battle Insurgents East of Baghdad
April 5, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi troops battled dozens of insurgents in a remote part of Iraq east of Baghdad on Monday and two American soldiers and an Iraqi soldier were killed in the fighting, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/us_troops_battle_insurgents_east_of_baghdad/
U.S. Marine Killed in Action West of Baghdad
April 5, 2005
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine was killed in action on Monday in Iraq's volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the military said only that the Marine was killed by "an explosion which occurred during combat operations."
The killing raised to 1,168 the number of U.S. military and Pentagon personnel killed in action in Iraq. Including non-combat deaths, the toll is 1,536.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/us_marine_killed_in_action_west_of_baghdad/
Iran Insists It Will Retain Nuclear Programme
April 5, 2005
PARIS (Reuters) - Iran will not abandon nuclear activities, despite its negotiations with the EU about ensuring its nuclear program cannot be used for weapons, President Mohammad Khatami said in an interview published on Tuesday.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/04/05/iran_insists_it_will_retain_nuclear_programme/
Drenching rain floods Delaware River
By Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press Writer April 5, 2005
EASTON, Pa. -- After the remnants of Hurricane Ivan filled their little ranch house with several feet of water, Dale and Charlotte Barr spent $40,000 to get it back in shape.
They were just about to tackle the last room -- the kitchen -- when the Delaware River overflowed its banks again this weekend.
"We're tired," said Dale Barr on Monday. "I'm 65 years old. I can't continue to do this every six months."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/04/05/drenching_rain_floods_delaware_river/
Backing seen weakening for Abbas
By Charles A. Radin and Sa'id Ghazali, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent April 5, 2005
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is being hailed internationally for his peacemaking efforts with Israel, is failing on virtually every important domestic front and is rapidly losing support in the territory he governs, Palestinian and Israeli officials, activists, and analysts say.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/04/05/backing_seen_weakening_for_abbas/
The China Daily
Japan approves textbook glossing wartime atrocities
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 16:46
Risking new rows with its neighbors, Japan authorized for school use a nationalist-written history textbook which China and South Korea accuse of glossing over Japan's wartime atrocities.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431488.htm
China: US move on textile quota 'unfair'
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 08:55
China on Tuesday criticized a U.S. plan to try to re-impose textile quotas in order to protect American manufacturers, calling it unfair and a violation of free trade.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431147.htm
Basic Law guarantees prosperity, stability
China Daily Updated: 2005-04-05 06:40
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR was promulgated 15 years ago and has been implemented for almost eight years since July 1, 1997. The 15 years' history of the SAR's mini constitution has been a convincing proof that it is indeed a ground-breaking masterpiece and a piece of legislation that has far-reaching historical and international implications.
Since its creation and implementation, the Basic Law has brought about the successful return of the SAR to its motherland, and proven itself to be the "guardian angel" of Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431250.htm
Three Gorges reservoir gets quake alarm
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
CHONGQING: A tremour monito-ring and early warning network for the Three Gorges reservoir area has been set up in Chongqing, Southwest China's biggest municipality, the local government said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431067.htm
Haywire weather sounds alarm
By Liang Chao (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:16
The drastic and fast changing differences in temperatures and weather conditions have prompted a warning for authorities to be prepared for possible spring disasters.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431110.htm
400,000 to be relocated for water project
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-05 14:52
China announced Tuesday that nearly 400,000 people would be relocated to make way for a gigantic project to divert water from the country's river-abounding south to the thirsty northern regions.
Zhang Jiyao, office director of the South-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee under the State Council, China's cabinet, made this announcement in Beijing Tuesday morning at a meeting on land requisition and residents relocation for the hefty billion-dollar project.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431415.htm
Price to pay for a cleaner Beijing
China Daily Updated: 2005-04-05 06:40
It is a welcome sign that Beijing now puts environmental concern before industrial development.
Pei Chenghu, deputy director of the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, recently indicated that the capital will put a check on the use of vehicles to protect the city's air quality.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431249.htm
Bewildering American stance
admchengho Updated: 2005-03-22 11:25
Upon arrival in China, Condi restate Washington's recognition of 'One China' and expresses their wish for peace in this region and they will be part in the effort to resolve the conflicts.
One China. Peace. Be part of.
These are the words that strikes many with petulance. Not when Washington show conflicting attitude with its state level policy.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/22/content_427153.htm
Calm waters agitated all of a sudden
Sammy bbs.chinadaily.com.cn Updated: 2005-03-22 08:20
I believe the North Korean issue was going well during the late Clinton administration. There were some discussions and progress in the unification talk of the two Koreas (which it should be only one).
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/22/content_427004.htm
Iran president wants U.S. to change mind
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:34
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami appealed Monday to the United States to drop its opposition to his country's nuclear activities — programs Washington says are directed at making weapons.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431215.htm
No TB epidemic in Chinese university: official
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:50
The Beijing Center for Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment Tuesday refuted rumors that tuberculosis (TB) is spreading widely in Beijing-based China Agricultural University, saying that there is no epidemic and people have no reason to worry.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431254.htm
26m still in poverty despite progress
By Jiang Zhuqing (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
Six hundred yuan (US$72.3) is not a big sum, but it means the world to 39-year-old He Yufang, a poor villager from Zhoubai Township in Southwest China's Chongqing.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431123.htm
Pets are mourned on Tomb Sweeping Day, too
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 09:09
There is melancholy in the air today as the country observes the annual Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Festival, but not just for dead ancestors. Plenty of people's best friends are being remembered, too.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431175.htm
Beckham tops rich list
(soccer365.com)
Updated: 2005-04-05 10:07
England football captain David Beckham has enhanced his position as Great Britain's richest young sportsman despite his low productivity with Real Madrid.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431264.htm
Taiwan fishing boat on fire, rescued
By Liang Qiwen (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-04-05 06:20
GUANGZHOU: A coastguard helicopter and two rescue ships from the Chinese mainland yesterday went to the aid of a Taiwan fishing boat which caught fire off China's south coast.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-04/05/content_431122.htm
1/3 Chinese youth condone premarital sex
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-03-16 15:00
One-third of urban Chinese youth believe extra-marital affairs and sex before marriage should be tolerated, while viewing pre-marital sex as "good" for married life, state press said.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425551.htm
Taiwan, China
KMT President accepts mainland visit invitation
TAIPEI-- Lien Chan, president of the Kuomintang (KMT), Friday said he is pleased to accept the official invitation for him to visit the mainland by the mainland side, according to reports by local media.
Lien said this at a news conference in Tokyo, which was held for Japan-based reporters from Taiwan.
Lien is now in Japan to visit the 2005 Aichi Expo.
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76521.html
Wedding feasts bloom in May despite Rooster
Spring fever and a weeklong holiday combine to make May a busy month for wedding banquets - and this year is no exception even though it's considered an inauspicious time to tie the knot.In fact, the crowds of couples lining up to schedule wedding feasts are so large that Shanghai is facing a shortage of masters of ceremonies.
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Yasukuni visit sparks criticism in Taiwan
Su Chin-chiang, chairman of the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), a hardline pro-independence Taiwan opposition party and occasional strategic partner of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, paid homage at the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Monday along with several other party "legislators".
http://www1.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76938.html
Successful Taiwan-based KMT mainland tour sets a precedent
The mainland visiting delegation led by Chiang Ping-kun, vice-chairman of the Taiwan-based Chinese Kuomintang Party, has hurriedly completed a series of worshipping activities during days of the Chingming Festival (lunar April 5), initial results have been achieved as agreement was reached on 12 projects in its working talks with relevant mainland department concerning the strengthening of cross-Strait economic and trade exchanges.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A77063.html
Taiwan fishing boat ablaze in Beibu Gulf, rescue under way
BEIHAI-- A Taiwan fishing boat caught fire on Monday morning in Beibu Gulf seawaters, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
http://www.chinataiwan.org/web/webportal/W2037304/A76568.html
The People's Daily
Chinese premier leaves Beijing for South Asia visit
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left Beijing Tuesday on an official visit to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India with the aim of increasing trust, friendship and cooperation with China's southern neighbors.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179568.html
'Ocean No 1' lets China's global research mission dream fly away
China's ocean research ship Da Yang No. 1 leaves Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province April 2, 2005. The ship will carry out a round-the-globe ocean scientific research trip, the first for China, in 300 days.
With sounding a siren, the scientific mission ship of the Dayang Yihao (Ocean No 1) said good-bye to the crowd seen off. From the morning of April 2 the research ship would visit the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean after setting off from Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province, which is the first ever round-the-world ocean research mission for China.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179522.html
China's largest natural rubber base to be set up in Hainan
The largest natural rubber base, covering an area of five million mu (one mu equivalent to 6.667 acres), has been set up in the former barren hill and wild mountain ridge in south China's Hainan Island. The yield in Hainan natural rubber garden has now taken up half of the nation's total.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179573.html
China to launch "people's war" on drugs
A Chinese senior official Monday vowed to launch a "people's war" against drugs, aiming at checking the sources of drugs, curbing the harmful influence of drug crimes and keeping the number of drug addicts from growing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179445.html
China not to keep silence on limited access to EU textile market
An official with the research academy of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in an interview with the International Finance News yesterday that if EU made a unfavorable evaluation on Chinese textiles in its review on its new Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) on April 6, China would likely act quickly to support its textile exporters to take the case to the World Trade Organization.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179521.html
Construction of large-scale coastal defense infrastructure gears up
National Frontier Defense Commission recently proved the establishment of a "national coastal defense infrastructure construction expert warehouse", and now the first construction of a large-scale coastal defense infrastructure since the founding of the People's Republic of China is in full swing.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179574.html
Nias quake toll climbs to 2,500
Indonesian authorities say more than 2,500 people were killed in last week's earthquake on the Indonesian island of Nias.
More than 500 bodies have been recovered, while a further two thousand people are missing and now presumed dead.
The assessment was made after a village-by-village survey by the Indonesian armed forces.
Heavy lifting equipment is still being brought to the island to lift rubble and debris from the scene of collapsed buildings.
Source: CRI news
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179515.html
Chinese workers set foot on global market
Chinese workers have so far set foot in more than 180 countries and regions across the globe. Earlier this year, the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) issued its 2004 Report of Overseas Chinese Labour.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/02/eng20050402_179208.html
Root-seeking journey "breaks ice" for cross-Straits relations
Sweeping tombs of 72 martyrs who laid down their lives in an uprising against imperial rule, and paying homage to the mausoleum of KMT founding father Dr. Sun Yat-sen..., the first ever Kuomintang (KMT) delegation from Taiwan has toured the mainland after a span of 56 years since 1949, and their journey has more or less looked like a root-tracing action.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/01/eng20050401_179013.html
National treasure imperial tablet unearthed in Beijing
After dozens of years' hard search, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Cultural Heritage has finally unearthed a stone tablet inscribed with Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy in a food factory in Xiannongtan, Beijing on April 3. The existence of the imperial tablet is not recorded in history books but legend about it has been heard among people.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179579.html
Beijing to impose restrictions on mining
Beijing will impose restrictions on the exploitation of mineral resources except for geothermal heat, stop issuing mining license and gradually reduce the exploitation of solid minerals.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179577.html
Doha Asiad set to top Sydney Olympics opening, closing ceremonies
The Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) on Monday announced the appointment of the David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) of Australia as the Produce and Artistic Director of the 2006 Asiad opening and closing ceremonies.
http://english.people.com.cn/200504/05/eng20050405_179465.html
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