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Beijing Media Top Stories: Quality of life, gasoline tax and blast in Yunnan ...

Posted by Tsingsong, September 14, 2005 6:07 PM

Beijing Youth Daily's cover features a picture of the blast in Yunnan.

1. Beijing ranks fourth in a report on the quality of life in Chinese cities;

2. China will levy new taxes on automobile gasoline;

3. Eleven people were killed and 43 injured, with another two missing in a blast of unknown cause in Milei county of China's Yunnan Province;

4. Spanish tennis players Carlos Moya, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Rafael Nadal visit The Forbidden City in Chinese royal attire during a break from the China Open tennis tournament;

5. Six Party Talks to resume fully today (lots of reports that there will be a meeting, no new developments).

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