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Olympics flame touring 'City of Goose' (IANS via Yahoo! India News) Huizhou (China), May 9 (Xinhua) The Olympics flame is touring Huizhou, nicknamed 'the city of goose', in China's Guangdong province Friday and will start its relay in Shantou, the home city of millions of overseas Chinese and a special economic zone in east Guangdong Province, Saturday.

French filly eyes Coronation crown (Daily Telegraph)Natagora is one of several horses in Hotspur’s 12 to Follow to have made a big impression recently.

Twins determined to put schoolmates' taunts aside (The New Straits Times)Mohd Azizan Mohamad in tears as he looks at the birthday card that his sisters made for their mother who passed away recently. PASIR PUTIH: Twins Umi Azmira and Umi Azuraiha Mohamad, 17, worry every day that they will never see their sister Umi Azlim again.

Twins determined to put schoolmates' taunts aside (The New Straits Times)PASIR PUTIH: Twins Umi Azmira and Umi Azuraiha Mohamad, 17, worry every day that they will never see their sister Umi Azlim again.

Chinadaily.com.cn sharing the Olympic spirit (China Daily)After following the torch relay in Guangzhou, Shandong's Li Ruitao, who has been living in Guangdong's capital city for the past three years, arrived late last night with friends in Shenzhen to catch the start of the torch relay early this morning.

Timeline: Major tropical cyclones (BBC News)Tropical cyclones have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and caused considerable damage to property in the last 100 years.

Analysis: China to get SAMs from Russia (Space War)by Andrei Chang Hong Kong (UPI) May 2, 2008 Russia will deliver to China four battalions of 200-kilometer-range S-300PMU2 surface-to-air missiles this summer, the last batch in a series ordered by China. The first batch of four battalions of the same missiles was delivered in July 2007.

Analysis: China to get SAMs from Russia (UPI)By ANDREI CHANGHONG KONG, May 2 (UPI) -- Russia will deliver to China four battalions of 200-kilometer-range S-300PMU2 surface-to-air missiles this summer, the last batch in a series ordered by China. The first batch of four battalions of the same missiles was delivered in July 2007.

UCBH Holdings, Inc. to Host Investor Day on May 13, 2008   (InfoBolsa)UCBH Holdings, Inc. to Host Investor Day on May 13, 2008 29/04/2008 10:00:00 Business Wire DE0007226706 UCBH Holdings, Inc.

FACTBOX-Olympic torch relay route in China (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)(Reuters) - The Olympic flame started its journey through Hong Kong on Friday, the first leg of its China tour after a controversial 20-nation world tour.