Gansu Dinosaur Footprints Largest in the WorldArchaeological news is in the spotlight as huge dinosaur footprints were found in Yongjing county of Gansu province. Archeologists have now confirmed those footprints as the largest found anywhere in the world.  |  |
Explosion Sites Cleared Up: 108 Dead, 38 InjuredThe explosions in this capital of Hebei Province on March 16, which killed 108 people and injured 38, were criminal acts, according to the findings of preliminary investigations by the public security department. |  |
OPEC Cuts Official Oil Output by 4%Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ratified after two days of talks an agreement to reduce output by four percent, or 1 million barrels per day (bpd), to 24.2 million bpd, in hopes of boosting slumping crude prices. The cut takes effect on April 1. |  |
Senior Official Condoles With Explosion VictimsSenior official Wang Zhongyu Friday afternoon arrived in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, expressing sympathy to those injured in the explosions that reportedly killed 18 lives, and condoling with families of the dead. |  |
Macao Holds 20th Greening WeekThe 20th Greening Week was inaugurated in Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Saturday. Macao residents planted trees, grew flowers and attended various activities to beautify the environment in response to the call from the SAR government: "Creating A Green, New City." |  |
Exhibition to Expose Evilness of "Falun Gong" Opens in HKAn exhibition to expose the evilness of "Falun Gong" cult opened Saturday in Hong Kong. The exhibition exposed the evil nature and damages of " Falun Gong" cult with some 200 pictures in three parts. |  |
Carl Lewis Comes to China First TimeCarl Lewis, winner of nine Olympic gold medals and the former fastest sprinter in the world, stepped on the land of China for the first time this afternoon to take a four-day business tour. |  |
World's biggest offshore oil rig blastedA view of the badly-listing P-36 oil platform owned by Brazilian company Petrobras off the coast of Rio de Janeiro March 16, 2001. Petrobras President Henri Philippe Reichstul told reporters "the platform is listing 30 degrees and could sink," at a news conference. Three powerful blasts rocked the world's biggest offshore oil rig on March 15, causing a fire that has now killed 10 of the 175 workers aboard. |  |
Leaders of Five Major Religious Groups Condemn Falun Gong Leaders of five major Chinese religious groups have sharply denounced Falun Gong and proposed to launch a campaign to combat the evil cult at a recent forum. |  |
Released Hostages of Russian Plane Brought Back to MoscowAn Il-62 airplane carrying 121 passengers of the hijacked Russian Tu-154 passenger plane, arrived at the Moscow Vnukovo airport at 5:10 a.m. Moscow time (1410GMT) Saturday after a five-hour flight. |  |
