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Beijing orders half its cars off roads to clear smog for Olympics (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) BEIJING— Authorities Sunday ordered half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles off city streets for a two-month period in an experiment designed to remove a smoggy halo over the capital and ease traffic jams before the Summer Olympics.

China's discontented challenge Olympic hurdles (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Add one more contest to the spectacles on show during the Beijing Olympic Games -- the national protest hurdle.

Illegal explosive cause of killer furniture store blaze (China Daily)SHIJIAZHUANG -- The furniture market fire that killed nine people and injured another on Monday in north China's Hebei Province was caused by an explosion when a store owner was trying to make explosive.

China takes action to clear pollution in time for the Olympics (Channel 4)The Chinese government has ordered factories to close to clear the air for the Olympics. It may well work, but it will cost ordinary Chinese a lot of money, yet it won't solve the the capital's long term environmental problems.

India-Pak talk: Terror, J&K to top agenda (Deccan Herald)'Antaheen' brings Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen together Technically, they were together in Satyajit Rays Aranyer Din Ratri, where Sharmila played the lead while Aparna had a walk-on part. They, however, didnt come face to face in the film.

American dream comes true in Germantown for native Chinese family (Memphis Commercial Appeal)According to Crye-Leike real estate agent Vivian Leow, house hunters know within 10 seconds of walking into a house whether it's what they want.

China's discontented challenge Olympic hurdles (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)By Chris Buckley

FEATURE-China's discontented challenge Olympic hurdles (AlertNet) Source: Reuters By Chris Buckley BEIJING, July 20 (Reuters) - Add one more contest to the spectacles on show during the Beijing Olympic Games -- the national protest hurdle. With China's leaders demanding that ...

FACTBOX-Factories shut for blue sky for Beijing Olympics (AlertNet) Source: Reuters (For related story see OLYMPICS/MEASURES or [ID:nPEK204360]) July 20 (Reuters) - With less than a month to go to the Olympics, Beijing and neighbouring provinces have asked polluting ...

Advertisement starts (Tiscali)shelters on the city’s outskirts, avoiding police watching the petitions offices, and waiting for the Games. "It’s like guerrillas.