News -- February 9, 2006

• Cameroonian FM to visit China
• China hopes Palestinian elections help peace in Middle East
• Cuba blocks US ticker with flags of mourning
• China still a "less developed country"
• Chances and challenges of NATO's transformation

• China exports coalmining technology for the first time
• Haitian elections draw wide voter participation
• Hosts Egypt roar into African Nations Cup final
• Israeli army shells northern Gaza
• Japan's princess Kiko said to be pregnant

• Myanmar PM to visit China
• New bird flu outbreak confirmed in Shanxi Province
• New York Fashion Week
• Survey: education fees top cause of poverty
• US, not China, stands at strategic crossroads: report