Yahoo! News: World - ChinaWorld - China6,200 Chinese babies ill, 3 die from tainted milk (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - The government was dispatching thousands of inspectors to monitor producers as officials reported Wednesday that the number of babies sick from tainted milk formula had climbed dramatically to nearly 6,200 from 1,200 a day earlier.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_re_a... 'Post-Olympic era' off to a rocky start in China (AP)- September 17, 2008 AP - The Olympic flame is out, the smog is back, and traffic again clogs the roads.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080917/ap_on_re_a... Tainted milk sickens 6,000 babies in China (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - China said Wednesday more than 6,000 babies had fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical, as it vowed massive efforts to contain a widening food scandal.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/hl_afp/ch... Chinese armchairs linked to French eczema outbreak (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - A French retailer said Wednesday it has withdrawn a range of Chinese-made armchairs and sofas from sale after hundreds of buyers complained of developing a painful eczema rash.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/hl_afp/ch... China toxic milk powder kills 3, thousands sick (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - China said on Wednesday a third infant had died after drinking contaminated milk and the number sick had leapt to many thousands, while an official said the health threat was concealed for at least a month.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/ts_nm/chin... Police detain sacked head of China milk-powder firm (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - Police in China have detained the sacked chairwoman of Sanlu Group, the company at the centre of a mounting national scandal over deadly baby formula, state media reported on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/wl_afp/ch... Three dead, thousands sick in China milk scandal: govt (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - Three babies died, 158 are in hospital with acute kidney failure and thousands of others fell ill after drinking tainted milk in China, Health Minister Chen Zhu said on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/ts_afp/ch... China reopens to most U.S. poultry; beef still banned (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - China has agreed to lift a bird flu-related ban on U.S. imports of poultry products from six states but remains closed to all imports of U.S. beef, U.S. trade officials said on Tuesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/pl_nm/usa_... China says two exporting companies produced tainted milk (AFP)- September 17, 2008 AFP - Two of 22 Chinese companies found to have a potentially deadly chemical in their milk powder were exporting their products to other countries, China's quality watchdog said Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080917/wl_asia_a... China paper urges new currency order after "financial tsunami" (Reuters)- September 17, 2008 Reuters - Threatened by a "financial tsunami," the world must consider building a financial order no longer dependent on the United States, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080917/bs_nm/fina... |