News -- February 3, 2005

• 12 Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush
• Sexiest women of the world
• Aniston craves privacy
• Airlines to jointly decide ticket prices
• China develops advanced technologies on farm produce processing

• China to host world conference on TCM
• China to end govt bailout for bankrupt SOEs
• China's development boosts transformation in Asia: SM Goh
• China unveils insurance protection fund
• CAO chief says unaware of trading risks

• Chinese peacekeeping police in Kosovo awarded
• China battles to contain meningitis
• DNA of victims from Thailand tested
• First fingerpass mobile phone developed
• Grain growers to get govt funding

• German President declares Nazi "shame"
• Int'l committee names 51 human rights violators in Darfur
• Mozambican new president promises to fight poverty
• Ministry provides info for travelers
• Spring/Summer 2005 Haute Couture collections in Paris

• Sichuan to set up blood bank for pandas
• Stem cell-based therapy enters clinical trials
• Sudan calls UN report on Darfur unfair
• Sudanese refugees in Uganda refuse to go back home: report
• S. Korea urges to resume 6-party talks

• Thurman, Hawke hammer out divorce details
• Top appliance chains expand
• Top UN envoy calls for self-restraint by Darfur conflicting sides
• Talks on Iran nuclear issue deadlock
• US, S.Korean officials discuss nuclear issue

• Vietnam reports 8 suspected bird flu cases