Deadline up for China petitioners
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Chinese petitioners appealing to the government against injustices are ordered to leave their Beijing homes.
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China has taken the step of asking millions of migrant workers to forego their annual Lunar New Year trip home, saying the worst winter weather in 50 years is expected to pummel the country for at least another three days.
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Legislative candidates made their final appeals to voters Saturday in a fiercely contested political showdown that could give pro-democracy opposition figures the most clout they&#39;ve had since Hong Kong was returned to China.
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A group of foreign academics, lawyers, and activists sent an open letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao today.
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BEIJING,  - A secession law being drafted by China could provide the legal basis for using force against Taiwan, but it is unlikely to include a clear deadline for when reunification must take place, analysts said.
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On Friday, just days before the presidential election, the Bush administration agreed to consider a petition from a coalition of embattled textile manufacturers that would limit some imports from China.
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Islamabad, Oct 11. (PTI):The suspected pro-Taliban abductors of two Chinese engineers in Pakistan&#39;s tribal south Waziristan agency bordering Afghanistan today extended the deadline by four hours to kill one of the hostages.
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State Department officials will meet a fall deadline for a congressionally mandated program for issuing visas with biometric indicators, but a Government Accountability Office report indicated that federal officials haven&#39;t provided comprehensive
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A group of industry, farm and labor groups, seeking to put pressure on the Bush administration before the presidential election, petitioned the government on Thursday to file an unfair trade practices case against China.
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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is considering raising the legal retirement age in China to reduce pressure on the social security retirement pension.
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The kidnappers of a Northern Ireland woman in Afghanistan have again extended the deadline for their demands to be met. Annetta Flanigan from County Armagh and her United Nations colleagues, Filipino Angelito
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chesapeake  Deadline to apply for city water ends today  Property owners trying to tap into the city water and sewer system have until the end of business today to submit petitions with the Public Utilities Department.
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Congressional action on legislation  to pressure China into raising the value of its currency could  be delayed until October because of other pending issues,  congressional aides said on Tuesday.
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Business: 3 January 2005, Monday. The deadline expires for potential investors to apply for the sale of 75% in the state defence plant Terem, the Bulgarian Privatization Agency reminded.
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HONG KONG - The relatives and political colleagues of a Hong Kong democracy activist jailed in China for soliciting a prostitute yesterday called on the Chinese authorities to release him on medical grounds, a colleague said.
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The United Nations deadline for written complaints of irregularities in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election is due to expire shortly.
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By Gideon Long BAGHDAD  - Relatives pleaded for the lives ofeight Chinese hostages in Iraq as a deadline set by theircaptors neared on Thursday, and the U.S. military said aBrazilian was also missing following an insurgent attack.