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China milk scandal hits Japan firm, Taiwan victims

BEIJING (AP) -- China's tainted milk scandal continues to expand beyond its borders as three Taiwanese children and a mother are sick with kidney stones, a Japanese confectioner's cookies are found to be contaminated and the European Union joins other... ...full story at AP

from AP on Fri, Sep 26 2008

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