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ChinaNationalNews.com Saturday 4th July 2009 Edition 185/2009
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"Our beloved son, brother and father of three children has gone so unexpectedly, in such a tragic way and much too soon. It leaves us, his family, speechless and devastated to a point, where communication with the outside world seems almost impossible at times."
Joseph Jackson
The father of Michael Jackson and the family patriarch was speaking after the sudden death of his son.

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150,000 evacuated as storms batter southern China
Gerson Lehrman Group and CAIJING Magazine in Beijing Collaborate on Forum at China's First 'Global Think Tank Summit'
CNOOC to hike natural gas production
China's imports decline not due to protectionism
50,000 evacuated in south China after heavy rains

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657 billion cigarettes a year sold on black market
Industries being reinvented in Pearl River Delta
RIL moves SC against Bombay HC order on gas pricing

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More cracks in Pakatan
Condo road caves in
Electronics sector looking up again with more demand
PM confident Malays will accept liberalisation measures too

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China has 176.5 million motor vehicles, 188.8 million drivers
Beijing, July 4 : With more than 176.5 million motor vehicles in the country, a whopping 14 percent of Chinese nationals have obtained a driving licence, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has...

Lanka denies arms deal with China
Beijing, July 4 : Visiting Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama has denied that his country has inked an arms deal with...

Taliban's 'disabled' teenage suicide bombers may target Chinese nationals in Pak
Lahore, July 4 : Pakistan intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud may target Chinese nationals in the country, as he has dispatched disabled teenage suicide bombers for the...

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Damning report slams Israel, Hamas over civilian deaths, destruction
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week....

North Korea Independence Day missile launches described as provocative
South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea launched five missiles off its eastern coast...

Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska
Politics in Washington picked up a beat Friday, when former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin suddenly announced her resignation as Alaskan...

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Swiss banks cutting U.S. clients loose
Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter...

Obama still popular despite weakening economy, employment
The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak...

European equities mixed, U.S. markets closed
Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others...

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    North Korea cements military ties with Myanmar
    Fashion piracy causing concern in Hong Kong
    North Korea tests six missiles, says South Korea
    North Korea fires two more missiles
    India, Japan to work for early FMCT, fast-track economic pact