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 China bends 1-child rule in earthquake areaParents whose children died or were disabled in China's devastating earthquake will be allowed to have more children after lawmakers in the hardest-hit province waived strict family-planning controls, state media reported Saturday.  Hot, impatient crowd vies for Olympics ticketsA crowd of 30,000 people, baking in the heat and waiting for up to two days, swarmed a ticketing center Friday as the final batch of Olympic tickets went on sale. Police shoved and kicked them and used metal barricades to prevent a stampede.
Report: 8 die in northwest China mosque collapse
A mosque under construction collapsed in northwest China, killing eight people and injuring 23 others, state media reported Friday.  Earthquake rescuers carry Olympic torchChinese state media say 22 rescuers who helped victims of May's devastating earthquake have been chosen as torchbearers for the Olympic torch.  China clamps down on business visasBusiness travel appears to be the latest victim of China's ever-tightening security crackdown before the Beijing Olympics.
Chinese find no links between bus blasts, Olympics
Chinese police investigating two deadly bus explosions in a southwestern city have not found any links between the blasts and next month's Olympic Games, officials said Tuesday.
7 pandas remain at famed breeding center in China
Only seven pandas remain at China's most famous breeding center, after a final group of 13 animals were transferred from the earthquake-damaged facility, an official said Tuesday.
Report: 30 trapped in south China mine
Twenty miners have escaped or been rescued from a flooded coal mine in southern China but six have died and 30 remain trapped, a state-run news agency said Tuesday.
China pulls troops from quake zone
China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction work.
Shanghai tightens security as Olympic Games near
China's largest city and the host of a dozen Olympic soccer matches started tightening security over the weekend at airports and train stations, according to reports in state-run media Monday.
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