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China milk boss admits delay in reporting danger: state media
Beijing (AFP) Jan 1, 2009The former boss of the company at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal has pleaded guilty to selling dodgy products and admitted she delayed reporting the danger, state media said Thursday. Tian Wenhua, former head of Sanlu Group, told a court she was informed in May that children were falling ill from Sanul's products but she did not alert authorities until August, the China Daily repo ... more New Zealand partner rejects China's contaminated milk 'confession': report 
Wellington (AFP) Jan 2, 2009New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has rejected claims the former head of its Chinese joint venture pleaded guilty to charges related to the tainted milk scandal, reports here said Friday. Tian Wenhua, former general manager of Sanlu Group, had "absolutely and unequivocally" pleaded not guilty in a Chinese court to the charges, a Fonterra spokesman told the New Zealand Herald. According to ... more Peace and calm for 2009, but not economic recovery: soothsayers 
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 31, 2008The world can look forward to peace and harmony in 2009, but Chinese soothsayers warned that the road to economic recovery will be long. The Year of the Rat, marked by an unprecedented, global financial crisis, will give way to a much more stable Year of the Ox, Chinese astrologists and feng shui masters predicted. "The soil represents a garden or a green field, a feng shui symbol for ha ... more Analysis: Brazil pumps ethanol to Japan 
Miami (UPI) Dec 30, 2008 Brazilian state energy firm Petrobras is planning to open gas stations in Japan with the intent of distributing its sugar-based ethanol to the energy-hungry nation. While gasoline will constitute the majority of sales at Petrobras stations in Japan for now, sugar-based ethanol produced in Brazil will also be a featured fuel. Brazilian energy officials said they hope to establish ... more Former dairy boss tried over China tainted milk scandal
Shijiazhuang, China (AFP) Jan 1, 2009The former boss of the dairy firm at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal stood trial here Wednesday over a trail of death and sickness that pushed Chinese products off shelves worldwide. A small but vocal group of protesters gathered outside the court in this northern Chinese city, calling for justice after milk laced with an industrial chemical killed six babies and left 294,000 with ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Twenty-two Chinese dairy firms will pay 160 million dollars into a compensation fund for families of babies that died or fell ill after drinking tainted milk, state media said Monday. Families of children who died after being given the adulterated formula will each receive 200,000 yuan (29,000 dollars) from the fund, the China Daily newspaper reported. Parents of infants who were hospita ... more Taiwan home-grown food firms get boost after China scandal 
Hsinpu, Taiwan (AFP) Dec 28, 2008Scandals surrounding poisoned Chinese foods have taken a heavy toll on Taiwan's bakeries and makers of dairy products in recent months, but could provide a long-term boost for local food makers. Liu Li-chien, who produces dried persimmons according to a 150-year tradition, thought his days in business were numbered when the island lifted restrictions on Chinese imports. In 2004, to confo ... more Canal would link Dead Sea to Red Sea 
Amman, Jordan (UPI) Dec 26, 2008 A $4.4 billion canal that would stretch from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea would provide an abundance of power and fresh water, Jordanian officials say. The proposed canal also would keep the Dead Sea from drying up and disappearing within 50 years, said Adnan Zoubi, a spokesman for the Jordanian water ministry. The plan calls for a 110-mile long canal to channel several million to ... more Chinese dairy firms agree to pay compensation for melamine victims: report
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2008Chinese dairy firms whose products contained the toxic chemical melamine have agreed to pay compensation to the families of babies that died or fell ill from tainted milk, state media said Saturday. The 22 companies will pay a lump sum to victims of the melamine scandal, which has shocked China since it erupted in September and has left six babies dead while sickening nearly 300,000, the Xin ... more Ex-head of China milk-powder firm could face death penalty: lawyer 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2008The former head of the Chinese firm at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, who will stand trial next week, could face the death penalty if convicted, a lawyer said Friday. The trial of Tian Wenhua, previously the chairwoman of Sanlu Group, will open Wednesday at a court in Sanlu's home city, Shijiazhuang in north China's Hebei province, an official with a provincial court told AFP. H ... more |
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Manila (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it would lend 200 million dollars to China for a project to reduce pollution in the country's third largest river basin. The loan will go to clean up the Songhua River basin, improving the water supply and treatment of waste water and solid waste, the ADB said in a statement from its headquarters in Manila. The project will improve the health ... more 'Global land grab' causing alarm among NGOs 
Madrid (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The global food and financial crises have combined to create a new form of colonialism in which countries short of resources and corporations desperate for profits are buying up arable land in emerging nations, NGOs say. The non-governmental organisations have expressed concern at this "global land grab," which they say is threatening the survival of rural livelihoods in some parts of the wo ... more Israel says 'Peace Canal' could benefit all Mideast 
Shuneh, Jordan (AFP) Dec 22, 2008A planned 4.5 billion dollars "Peace Canal" to bring water from the Red Sea to the fast evaporating Dead Sea could benefit the entire Middle East, an Israeli minister said in Jordan on Monday. "I think that all the region will benefit from the project," Israeli Minister of Infrastructure Binyamin Ben-Eliezer told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on water on the shore of the Dead ... more Germany may cancel funding for Turkish dam 
Berlin (AFP) Dec 22, 2008Germany has suspended financing for the construction of the Ilisu dam in Turkey due to environmental and social concerns over the massive project, the government said Monday. "The contracts must be annulled if the protection of human beings, the environment and culture in the region is not ensured," a spokesman for the overseas development ministry told reporters. Germany, Austria and ... more Japanese seek to scrap Google's Street View 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 19, 2008A group of Japanese journalists, professors and lawyers demanded Friday that the US Internet search giant Google scrap its "Street View" service in Japan, saying it violates people's privacy. Google launched Street View in the United States last year, providing pictures of panoramic all-around street-level views at locations on its online maps. The service was expanded to 12 major cities ... more
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