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Japan: New Premier Taro Aso takes office / China: Milk scandal spurs ban in 12 nations / Pakistan: U.S. denies report of drone crashing in Waziristan Conservative Aso forms his Cabinet ...full story at LA Times

from LA Times on Thu, Sep 25 2008

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24 Sep 08 visit Chinese premier congratulates Aso on becoming Japanese PM  »  People's Daily Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday extended his congratulations to newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso. China and Japan are close neighbors and important nations in Asia and the world, Wen said in his congratulatory message to Aso....
05 Oct 08 visit China milk scandal and Southeast Asia  »  Global Voices Like the rest of the world, the China milk scandal has shocked Southeast Asian countries. China is the major trading partner of Southeast Asian nations. How did governments, consumers, and bloggers from the region react to the issue?
26 Oct 08 visit Chinese Premier vows to enhance food supervision following milk powder scandal  »  People's Daily Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised on Saturday to toughen supervision on food safety after the latest milk powder scandal. "Not only relevant companies were responsible for the scandal, but the government should also be held responsible for lax...
26 Sep 08 visit China to check tainted milk powder scandal after effect  »  People's Daily China's State Council, or Cabinet, on Thursday sends a team of officials to some provinces and autonomous regions to check the aftereffect of a recent tainted milk powder scandal. The team will work to ensure problems arising from the tainted milk...
10 Oct 08 visit Cabinet enacts tougher rules for dairy industry  »  Shanghai Daily THE State Council, China's Cabinet, has issued new regulations to tighten quality controls on the dairy industry in the wake of the tainted-milk scandal. Contaminated milk powder, laced with the chemical melamine,...

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