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ZHUHAI, China/HONG KONG - In an underground mall just a stone's throw from China's teeming border with Macau, a row of 30 small shops with identical golden plaques does a brisk, though shadowy trade with mainland Chinese visitors, many of them bound for the gambling hub.

"Cadmium rice," as it's dubbed, or rice laced with levels of the metal cadmium that exceed national safety standards, has become the latest food scare in China, sparking a health and P.R. scandal in a nation long used to - and deeply worried about - unsafe food.

The official Xinhua News Agency said rescue work was continuing at the site of Monday morning's explosion in Shandong province's Caofan township.

Bangkok, 20th May 2013 Habitat for Humanity China, part of international non-government housing organization Habitat for Humanity, today announced that it will support families in Qionglai city affected by the recent Sichuan earthquake.

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

In May 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner were poised to make a rare double visit to China for a high-level strategic and economic dialogue.

The latest tit-for-tat EU-China trade disputes could signal worse to come but both sides have a lot to lose if things get out of hand and harm the much-needed economic growth they seek, analysts said.

Two Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. workers have fallen to their deaths in Zhengzhou, China since late April, the company said on Monday.

Mainland publisher is about to launch two high-profile publications that will help to raise the quality of cultural issues in the city Mainland media baron Thomas Shao is determined to raise the standards of cultural media in Hong Kong.

Photo taken on May 19, 2013 shows a telegraph pole decorated with graffiti in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province.

Unidentified North Koreans have seized a Chinese fishing boat and its 16 crew members and have demanded a ransom, Chinese state media and the boat owner say.

The recent snooping scandal involving global financial information and news provider Bloomberg LP has sounded an alarm for the Chinese financial industry and its heavy reliance on foreign data services.

But she said she discovered the site does not allow people to remove petitions so she was unable to comply.

India has welcomed the Chinese premier's decision to make it his first foreign stop since taking office in March China's Premier Li Keqiang is travelling to India in the first stop of his maiden foreign trip since taking office.

A Palestinian hurls stones Friday at Israeli forces, not pictured, as tear gas fumes swirl in the background, during a protest against the expansion of the nearby Jewish settlement of Ofra outside the village of Deir Jarir near Ramallah, West Bank.

First create a Palestinian state, and then make peace, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday in Washington, in a reversal of the conventional wisdom regarding what is needed to achieve an Israeli- Palestinian agreement.

A RELAXING day spa need not be a luxury reserved only for adults. The Maldives Hilton now offers spa treatments for kids and families.

Kenji Fujimoto was accepted into Kim Jong-il's inner circle during a 13-year stint serving North Korea's first family.

Hailing from one of the country's poorest provinces, Wang Yang lacks the revolutionary pedigree of the so-called "princeling" party leaders.