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- Edwards will endorse Obama, campaign says
Former presidential candidate John Edwards will endorse Sen. Barack Obama at a rally tonight in Michigan, Obama's campaign says. Both Obama and the other remaining Democrat, Sen. Hillary Clinton, had sought Edwards' blessing since the former North Carolina senator quit the race in January.
- GSK signs pact with Japanese firm
Mumbai (PTI): Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharma on Wednesday said it has entered into an agreement with Daiichi Sankyo India Pharma Limited (DSIPL) for jointly promoting the anti-hypertensive drug Olmesartan Medoxomil and its combination
- Dragonair supports relief efforts in China
Dragonair announced it is launching a number of initiatives to support the relief efforts in China, following the earthquake that devastated the Sichuan province on Monday. In addition to a donation of HK$2 million to the Hong Kong Red Cross in
- Actor tells House panel of newborn twins' overdose
Actor Dennis Quaid told lawmakers Wednesday of how his newborn twins came close to death after receiving an overdose of blood-thinning medication -- the fault of a drug company that did not recall easily confused bottles despite previous problems, he said.
- Hong Kong stocks fall slightly in V-turn comeback trading
HONG KONG, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong stocks once plunged as much as 444.71 points, or 1.71 percent, but later made a drastic V-turn comeback to edged down only 19.29 points, or 0.08 percent, to close at 25,533.48 on Wednesday. The benchmark Hang Seng
- Official: No change in China's visa policy
HONG KONG, May 14 (Xinhua) -- 'There is no change in China's opening-up policy, nor in its visa policy in line with this policy,' says a Chinese Foreign Ministry official in Hong Kong. Song Ronghua, spokesman of the Office of the Commissioner of China's
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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be practiced in Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
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AFP - Indian police on Wednesday arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people and wounded 216 in the Rajasthan tourist city of Jaipur, the state's chief minister said.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton says she isn't going anywhere.
AFP - Visiting US President George W. Bush paid a 60th anniversary tribute to Israel as a democracy challenged by "terrorists" on Wednesday just before a rocket attack wounded 14 people in a shopping mall.
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