China Daily back issues from February 2006:
Indian food splits geographically: Flavoursome north, spicy south
Feb 01, 2006 ... DARMSTADT, Germany: Indian cuisine is a reflection of thecountry's cultural, religious and scenic diversity. From the Himalayas in the north to the subcontinent's southerntip, every region is bestowed with its own culinary traditions. There are clear differences between a meal ...
Some tips to avoid pointless exercise
Feb 01, 2006 ... You haven't increased the intensity for ages When you first donned your training shoes and hit the gym, thataerobics class had you drenched in sweat and your heart thumping. Six months later, it's a breeze and you know all the moves byheart. Trouble is, the class is no longer ...
BEIJING
Feb 01, 2006 ... STAGE Children's paradise: The traditional play for kids "Malan Flowers"comes to town this Spring Festival. Malan Flowers are blossoming everywhere on the Malan Mountain.Hardworking Xiao Lan is married to the god of flowers, Ma Lang.Greedy Old Cat uses Elder Sister Da Lan's ...
Festive firecrackers bring delight, despair
Feb 01, 2006; ... The return of fireworks to traditional Lunar New Year celebrationsbrought much joy to revellers, but also sorrow to some parts of thenation. In Beijing, where a 12-year ban on fireworks had just been lifted,explosions injured 112 people, the State Administration of WorkSafety ...
Homosexuals find tolerance on campus
Feb 01, 2006; ... Traditional festivals can be awkward for young people,particularly the question of whether to bring home boyfriends orgirlfriends. This issue becomes even stronger in a same-sex relationship. Silver, a final-year student at Beijing-based China University ofNationalities ...
4,000 PLA officers set for audit by end of 2010
Feb 01, 2006 ... China will audit more than 4,000 military officers during the 11thFive-Year Programme (2006-10) to ensure the efficient use of militaryexpenses, a senior military officer said. Among these officers, more than 100 will be army commanders orabove, said Liao Xilong, a member of the ...
Yao is back, but Rockets fail to stop recent slump
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK: Yao Ming returned to the Houston lineup on Monday, aftera 21-game injury layoff, but the Rockets' were still unable to snapout of their recent malaise, going down 86-77 to the MemphisGrizzlies. Yao had 15 points and eight rebounds in his return from a footinjury that ...
Start with a Bang
Feb 01, 2006 ... Australian Open victory by Zheng Jie and Yan Zi serves a big boostto China's tennis development The gleaming Australian Open doubles trophy exactly came in time. Zheng Jie and Yan Zi, both from China's Sichuan Province, helpedthe national team overcome its internal turmoil by ...
Zawahri blasts Bush as 'butcher'
Feb 01, 2006 ... DUBAI: Al-Qaida's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri blasted USPresident George W. Bush as a "butcher" in a video tape aired onMonday, saying a recent US air strike targeting him had killed onlyinnocent people. In the tape aired by Al Jazeera television on Monday, Zawahri,Osama bin ...
Vietnamese soup is recipe for success
Feb 01, 2006 ... HO CHI MINH CITY: Round the clock for over a century, millions ofVietnamese have enjoyed nothing better than a hot bowl of pho, atraditional soup which blends minced meat, rice noodles, herbs andspices. On this simple but legendary staple dish, one family is trying tobuild a ...
Tomato extract lowers blood pressure
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK: A dietary supplement derived from tomatoes may helptreat moderately elevated blood pressure, the results of a smallstudy suggest. Researchers in Israel found that a daily dose of tomato extracthelped lower blood pressure among 31 men and women with ...
GUANGZHOU
Feb 01, 2006 ... STAGE Concert by children: A piano concert to be performed by childrenfrom the Guangzhou-based Xueyi School will soon be staged at theXinghai Concert Hall. Time: 7:30, February 2 Place: Chamber Hall, Xinghai Concert Hall, Ersha Island Tel: 020-8735-3869, ...
14 HK tourists killed in Egypt trip
Feb 01, 2006; ... HONG KONG: A holiday in Egypt for 43 Hong Kong residents turnedinto a tragedy yesterday after their coach overturned on a highway inthe Red Sea resort of Hurghada, killing at least 14 people andinjuring several others. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) ...
Chen's scrap hint 'goes against people's will'
Feb 01, 2006; ... Taiwan "president" Chen Shui-bian's latest remark that he mightscrap a key policy body on China's reunification "is against the willof the people across the Taiwan Straits," a renowned mainland expertsaid in Beijing yesterday. "It shows Chen is taking an important move towards ...
Bryant not looking to break 100
Feb 01, 2006 ... NEW YORK Kobe Bryant feels a bit sheepish about his sensational 81-point performance and says he is not chasing after Wilt Chamberlain'smagical record mark of 100. "I'm a little bit embarrassed actually," Bryant told reporters onMonday after a Lakers practice session before ...
Hingis will soon be in top 10, says Sharapova
Feb 01, 2006 ... TOKYO: Martina Hingis will soon be back among the world's eliteplayers after making a strong return to the game in Australia, MariaSharapova said on Monday. Hingis, the former world No 1, reached the Australian Open quarter-finals last week in her first Grand Slam after retiring ...
Planet Kaleidoscope
Feb 01, 2006 ... Japan Caring men have Beloved Wives' Day A group of Japanese men hoping to encourage the nation's legionsof workaholic husbands to head home early and show their wives someappreciation proclaimed yesterday as Beloved Wives Day. The group, which calls itself the Japan Doting ...
French chef of the year Marx hits the streets in Asia
Feb 01, 2006 ... HONG KONG: He's among an elite coterie of chefs who command thesort of respect usually accorded to royalty, but when Thierry Marxcomes to Hong Kong there's only one place you'll find him searchingfor a meal. "I hit the street as soon as I come here," says an excited ...
Study shows poor diet, mental illness connected
Feb 01, 2006; ... LONDON: Changes in diet over the past 50 years appear to be animportant factor behind a significant rise in mental ill health inthe UK, say two reports published recently. The Mental Health Foundation says scientific studies have clearlylinked attention deficit disorder, ...
HONGKONG
Feb 01, 2006 ... Chinese New Year International Soccer Tournament: Annual eventwith Denmark, South Korea, Croatia and Hong Kong playing against eachother this year. Croatia or South Korea to play Hong Kong or Denmarkfor 3rd place. Third place play-off: 6:15 pm; final: 8:15 pm. Place: Hong ...
Leaders extend festival greetings
Feb 01, 2006 ... President Hu Jintao celebrated the Spring Festival with people inthe revolutionary base of Yan'an in Northwest China's ShaanxiProvince, and Premier Wen Jiabao spent it at the Zhongyuan Oil Fieldin East China's Shandong Province. On Sunday morning, the first day of the Lunar New ...
Top Russian girl dreams of second Wimbledon win
Feb 01, 2006 ... TOKYO: Russian teenager Maria Sharapova said Tuesday she dreamedof winning Wimbledon again, but that she needs to improve someaspects of her game to be a consistent challenger for Grand Slamtitles. "I love Wimbledon," the 18-year-old told reporters as she preparedto defend the ...
Afghans win aid, military pledges at conference
Feb 01, 2006 ... LONDON: Afghanistan received promises of economic and militarysupport from Western nations at a conference in London yesterday inreturn for pledges to fight corruption and the illegal opium trade. Four years after the US-backed campaign which ousted the Talibanhardline Islamists, ...
US ex-postal employee kills 7 at mail plant
Feb 01, 2006 ... CALIFORNIA, USA: A female ex-postal worker opened fire at a mailprocessing plant, killing six people and critically wounding anotherbefore committing suicide, authorities said early yesterday. Deputies responding to a report of shots fired about 9:15 pm onMonday found two people ...
Mix and match: red and white wine
Feb 01, 2006; ... LONDON: For people who claim to be artists, winemakers aresurprisingly uncreative when it comes to blending grapes. There are thousands of varieties in the world, yet most producersstick to well-trodden combinations. You know the sort of thing:Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, ...
Hearing problems, a nuisance to others, are preventable
Feb 01, 2006 ... MARBURG, Germany: It starts with questions being asked over andover again. Before long, the volume of the television is turned upfar too loud. Soon it is clear that a person is suffering fromhearing loss. Loss of hearing is not only problematic for the individual, butfor those ...
Temple fairs spirit up festive mood
Feb 01, 2006 ... Traditional festival fairs Changdian Temple Fair: Sales of paintings and calligraphy,antiques, children's toys, seasonal fruit and vegetables, varietyshows, cross-talk, traditional lion dances, stilt dances, rickshaw,folk wedding performances and much more besides. Time: ...
US won't negotiate for reporter Carroll's release
Feb 01, 2006 ... BAGHDAD: The United States will not give in to the demands of thekidnappers of reporter Jill Carroll, a US military spokesman saidyesterday, after a new video was aired in which she called for Iraqiwomen prisoners to be freed. The American journalist appeared veiled and weeping in ...
Crew rescued after ships collide in Channel
Feb 01, 2006 ... LONDON: A chemical tanker crew was rescued by helicopter andlifeboat yesterday after an overnight collision with another vesselin the English Channel between France and Britain, a Britishcoastguard spokeswoman said. The 8,003-ton chemical tanker Ece sustained "significant ...
Temple attractions rated better than fair
Feb 01, 2006 ... The bright, colourful and "noisy" temple fairs have always been anattraction during Spring Festival, when the fun and energy of Chinesegrass-roots culture can be savoured. Each year temples or parks in Beijing such as Ditan, Baiyunguan,Changdian or Chaoyang Park hold such fairs ....
'Brokeback Mountain' top winner
Feb 01, 2006 ... Cowboy love story wins 8 Oscar nominations, including best pictureand honours for actor Heath Ledger and director Ang Lee "Brokeback Mountain," about a pair of cowboys who fall in love,earned a leading eight Oscar nominations yesterday, including bestpicture, best director and best ...
Big 5 want Iran issue reported to UN
Feb 01, 2006 ... LONDON: The UN Security Council's five permanent members agreedyesterday that the UN's nuclear watchdog should report to the Councilthis week on what Iran must do to co-operate with the agency. Iran replied that any such move would kill off diplomatic effortsto end its nuclear ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 11, Date: 02/01/2006)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Israel/Palestine Cut of tax payment expected Israel said yesterday it expected to suspend monthly tax paymentsto the Palestinian Authority, a severe financial blow to the cash-strapped government a week after Hamas's shock election victory. Foreign Ministry spokesman ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 9, Date: 02/01/2006)
Feb 01, 2006 ... Tennis Agassi makes confident start to season DELRAY BEACH, Florida: Andre Agassi made a confident start to hisseason when he beat Brazilian Ricardo Mello 6-4, 6-4 in the firstround of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships (ITC) onMonday. The 35-year-old ...
SCOREBOARD (02/01/2006)
Feb 01, 2006 ... NBA NEW YORK: Results from the NBA games on Monday (home team inCAPS): ATLANTA 120 NY Knicks 101 Cleveland 103 CHARLOTTE 91 MIAMI 118 LA Clippers 114 MINNESOTA 110 Boston 85 MEMPHIS 86 Houston 77 N.O./ OKLAHOMA CITY 94 Milwaukee ...
Good reading for the New Year
Feb 02, 2006; ... While many urban Chinese complain that they don't find traditionalChinese festivals as interesting as before, publishers don't seem tothink so, given the numerous books on festivals published in recentyears. "The Chinese Festivals" by Wei Liming and "2006 Chinese SpringFestival ...
Lion dance troupes take leaps into virtual world
Feb 02, 2006 ... SINGAPORE: Lion dance troupes in Singapore are taking the nextgreat leap forward. Where they were once seen as rather shady get-ups, today's troupes are more tightly regulated and new members aregiving the art form a new roar. Quite a few troupes are now using the Internet to ...
BEIJING
Feb 02, 2006 ... STAGE Children's paradise: The traditional play for kids "Malan Flowers"comes to town this Spring Festival. Malan Flowers are blossoming everywhere on the Malan Mountain.Hardworking Xiao Lan is married to the god of flowers, Ma Lang.Greedy Old Cat uses Elder Sister Da Lan's ...
Veteran journalist's legacy lasts
Feb 02, 2006 ... Feng Xiliang, a veteran journalist and founder of China Daily,died on Monday evening in Beijing at the age of 86. Feng, also known as C.L. Feng, devoted almost his whole life tojournalism, ever since he chose it as his undergraduate major at St.John's University in ...
Job agency gives light to lives of ex-inmates
Feb 02, 2006; ... Pan Rui hewed out of the mountain of despair a stone of hopehelping fellow former convicts acquire self-esteem and re-enter aworld he sees as full of discrimination. Pan, 32, runs his own ex-prisoner aid service in Beijing, a non-profit organization of its kind in the ...
Top leaders urge aid for HK survivors
Feb 02, 2006; ... China's top leaders, including President Hu Jintao, Premier WenJiabao and Vice-President Zeng Qinghong, have asked all departmentsconcerned to try their best to tend to the Hong Kong tourists injuredin a Tuesday bus accident in Egypt. The leaders gave the instructions immediately ...
'Big Ben' looking forward to Super Bowl success
Feb 02, 2006 ... DETROIT, Michigan: Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, set to becomethe second-youngest starting quarterback in Super Bowl history,received some advice from youngest- ever starter Dan Marino - relaxand enjoy. "Big Ben" was held out of the Steelers' first interview sessionMonday, ...
Is Africa a smart choice?
Feb 02, 2006 ... ISMAILIA, Egypt: Sven-Goran Eriksson may be looking for newemployment after the World Cup, but while the docile Swede may findthe English press too intrusive, it is doubtful Africa would be aprudent choice for him. Quite apart from the late payment of wages - if they come at all ...
Israeli forces, settlers clash in W. Bank
Feb 02, 2006 ... AMONA OUTPOST, West Bank: Israeli riot police clashed yesterdaywith several thousand settlers battling to block partial demolitionof an unauthorised West Bank outpost in scenes reminiscent ofIsrael's Gaza pullout. Black smoke from tyres protesters set alight rose above thehilltop ...
Writer retells Song Dynasty chronicles
Feb 02, 2006; ... In the early spring of 1142, 39-year-old Yue Fei (1103-42) of theSong Dynasty was executed. The order came from Emperor Zhao Gou (1107-87, reigning 1127-62)of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Ironically, Yue had saved the court from collapse by fighting offthe invasion of the ...
Internet rekindles first love with mixed results
Feb 02, 2006 ... SAN FRANCISCO: It seemed like a good idea at the time.Last spring, when 43-year-old Karen C. was cheesed off with thedaily grind of raising two kids, caring for her husband and placatingher boss at her San Francisco advertising office, she decided to takeherself back to more ...
GUANGZHOU
Feb 02, 2006 ... STAGE Puppet show: A series of puppet shows is set to run starting fromFebruary 9-15 to celebrate the Spring Festival. The shows will be jointly performed by artists from Guangdong,Hong Kong and Taiwan. Time: 10:30 am, 3:30 pm, February 9-15 Place: Guangzhou ...
US$1.11b to target wetland protection
Feb 02, 2006; ... China will direct 9 billion yuan (US$1.11 billion) into wetlandconservation by 2010, covering 50 per cent of the nation's naturalwetlands and most key areas, said Zhao Xuemin, deputy director of theState Forestry Administration (SFA). In remarks made in advance of today's 10th ...
'Alexander the Great' will wait to decide his fate
Feb 02, 2006 ... DETROIT, Michigan: National Football League (NFL) rushing championShaun Alexander could be playing his final game for the SeattleSeahawks in this Sunday's Super Bowl because he has not yet signed anew contract. Yet "Alexander the Great" is more interested in winning theSeahawks ...
Hingis off to strong start in Pan Pacific
Feb 02, 2006 ... TOKYO: Former world No 1 and four-time champion Martina Hingispulverized South Korea's Cho Yoon-jeong 6-0, 6-0 in the Pan PacificOpen first round yesterday. The "Swiss Miss" returned to tennis last month and reached theAustralian Open quarter-finals in her first grand slam since ...
Author unravels the mysteries of the weather
Feb 02, 2006 ... Raindrops are round because they echo the shape of the planet,meteorologists once believed. Wrong in scientific terms, the notion is true in a broader sense:weather, climate and the environment lead inexorably into each other.What falls on our heads provokes correspondingly ...
Battle rages to save popular Berlin theatres
Feb 02, 2006 ... BERLIN: Nothing is more likely to enrage Berlin's theatre-lovingpublic more than talk of closing down one or other of the city'sprize cultural institutions. City authorities know this only too well. When it was rumoured afew years ago that Berlin's hard-up government was ...
HONGKONG
Feb 02, 2006 ... Lunar New Year Lantern Festival: "Radiant Romance", featuringfive spectacular lantern displays that will include dragons, phoenix,cowherds and the weaving maid. Time: 6:30-11:00 pm Place: Kowloon Park Shaolin Warriors: A Kung Fu drama depicting the philosophy ...
Bernanke takes reins at the Fed
Feb 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON: White House adviser Ben Bernanke won Senate approvalon Tuesday to assume one of the world's most influential economicposts chairman of the US Federal Reserve just after the centralbank raised interest rates a 14th straight time. In 19 minutes that marked a new era at ...
Missed deals highlight deadline day
Feb 02, 2006 ... LONDON: Transfer deadline day saw a hive of activity in theEnglish Premiership, but it was the deals that didn't go through thatmade bigger headlines than those that did. Manchester United's last-gasp bid for AC Milan's Switzerlandmidfielder Johann Vogel was rejected, and ...
'Anti-war mother' Cindy Sheehan arrested again
Feb 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON: Cindy Sheehan, a new leader in the anti-war movementand mother of a fallen US soldier in Iraq, was arrested and removedfrom the gallery of the US House of Representatives Tuesday night,just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a policespokeswoman ...
Israel halts tax payments to Palestinians over Hamas
Feb 02, 2006 ... JERUSALEM/GAZA: Israel halted monthly tax payments to thePalestinian Authority yesterday, dealing an economic blow to the cash-strapped government one week after a shock election victory by theIslamic militant group Hamas. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Israel did not ...
Folk art draws nostalgic visitors over holiday
Feb 02, 2006; ... During the Chinese Spring Festival, attending temple fairs is anideal option for foreigners in Beijing to get mixed with the Chinesepeople and share happiness with them. One temple fair is to be heldin Dongyuemiao Temple, also named as Beijing Folklore Museum. Colourful events ...
Chinese bankers indicted in US$485m fraud scheme
Feb 02, 2006 ... WASHINGTON: A US grand jury indicted two former Bank of China(BOC) managers and their wives on Tuesday concerning a complex schemethat authorities say defrauded the bank of US$485 million, theJustice Department said. The two couples and the fugitive brother of one of the wives ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 2, Date: 02/02/2006)
Feb 02, 2006 ... ZHENGZHOU Firework victims recovering Eight people who were seriously injured in an explosion in afirecracker storehouse in Central China's Henan Province are now in astable condition, local doctors said yesterday. The explosion, which took place in the storehouse of a ...
IN BRIEF (Page: 6, Date: 02/02/2006)
Feb 02, 2006 ... BEIJING Teenage book goes global Rongshuxia Information and Culture Consulting Company hasannounced that it has bought the publishing rights of rising teenagewriter Guo Ni. With the pseudonym Xiao Ni Zi, Guo published three books in 2005.As many as an average 400,000 ...
Wall Street loves Ben Bernanke, but it's having a hard time letting Greenspan go
Feb 02, 2006 ... NEW YORK: Wall Street loves incoming Federal Reserve Chairman BenBernanke. It makes you wonder how investors would react to someonethey hate. Merrill Lynch lowered its ranking of the financial sector fromseventh to ninth among Standard & Poor's 10 stock sectors, withconcerns ...
Saddam, defence team boycott trial
Feb 02, 2006 ... BAGHDAD: Saddam Hussein and four co-accused refused to attendtheir trial yesterday, along with their defence team, who said theywould not return to court until the chief judge they accuse of biasresigns. Chief judge Raouf Abdel Rahman said he would proceed without themand ...
Promise of US$9.87m in aid to Afghanistan
Feb 02, 2006 ... LONDON: China will provide 80 million yuan (US$9.87 million) inaid to Afghanistan this year, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said onTuesday. China will offer long-term assistance and engage in long-term co-operation with Afghanistan in the spirit of mutual benefit and ...
Temple fairs: A tradition renewed
Feb 02, 2006 ... They always seemed to be together in old times temples andmarkets, culture and business, the yin and yang of life. But the temple fair tradition didn't make a comeback in Chinauntil the beginning of the reform in the early 1980s. That was whenpeople began earning some extra cash ...