http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/-t1.htm Discuss foreign issues all over the world. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:43:03 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver/site_logo.gif http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/-t1.htm http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-covered-up-milk-scare-to-protect-olympics-critics-t286.htm Joanstar BEIJING (AFP) - - China knew about the contamination of milk products months ago but covered the scandal up to prevent it tarnishing the Beijing Olympics, according to journalists, rights groups and media critics. The crisis broke in mid-September, a month after the Olympics, but several Chinese reporters had long known about babies being hospitalised after drinking tainted milk, yet were muzzled by the authorities, the critics say. An editor at a respected southern China newspaper ... Foreign Affairs Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:43:03 GMT http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-covered-up-milk-scare-to-protect-olympics-critics-t286.htm#2314 http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-covered-up-milk-scare-to-protect-olympics-critics-t286.htm http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-says-dairy-firm-knew-of-toxic-milk-for-months-t240.htm Joanstar BEIJING (AFP) - - The Chinese company whose tainted baby milk triggered a food safety crisis that has seen 53,000 children fall ill failed to report complaints about the product for months, state media said Tuesday. Sanlu Group, the dairy firm first found to be selling melamine-contaminated goods, began receiving complaints of sick children as early as last December, state television said, citing a cabinet probe. It also said Communist officials in the northern city of Shijiazhuang, ... Foreign Affairs Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:14:51 GMT http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-says-dairy-firm-knew-of-toxic-milk-for-months-t240.htm#2031 http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-says-dairy-firm-knew-of-toxic-milk-for-months-t240.htm http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-milk-scandal-t231.htm Michelle BEIJING, (AFP) - - Nearly 53,000 children in China have been sickened by milk powder contaminated by an industrial chemical, the government said Monday, dramatically ramping up its previous figures. ADVERTISEMENT A total of 52,857 children had been brought to hospitals after falling ill, an official in the health ministry spokesman's office told AFP. Most had received outpatient care and had "basically recovered" but 12,892 remained hospitalised, added the official, ... Foreign Affairs Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:11:52 GMT http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-milk-scandal-t231.htm#1993 http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/china-milk-scandal-t231.htm http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/the-worst-taxi-drivers-in-the-world-t220.htm Joanstar KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18, 2008 (AFP) - The ads promoting "Malaysia: Truly Asia" aim to welcome visitors with a warm smile to a prosperous and modern nation, so the taxi fleet branded "the worst in the world" can come as a bit of a shock. (Advertisement) Even the locals are not spared the shabby service of unkempt and hostile drivers behind the wheels of decrepit vehicles who refuse to use the meter, overcharge and pick-and-choose which destinations they will travel to. At ... Foreign Affairs Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:53:18 GMT http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/the-worst-taxi-drivers-in-the-world-t220.htm#1911 http://snaclub.forumotion.net/foreign-affairs-f33/the-worst-taxi-drivers-in-the-world-t220.htm