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BAGHDAD - From major diplomatic powers to ordinary Baghdadis, everyone agrees sovereignty in Iraq should be handed over to Iraqis as quickly as possible.
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- WEEK IN BRIEF
SHANGHAI
- Expat residency law eased
FOREIGN experts and senior managerial staff from multi-national companies in Shanghai may now apply for foreign residence permits valid for two to five years, local police announced on September 24.
- City lights get brighter
SHANGHAI'S Oriental Pearl TV Tower will show off its new lighting display, designed by French experts, on September 28, adding colour to the vista of the Huangpu River.
- HK housing firms eye Shanghai market
HONG Kong companies are cashing in on the booming economy in the Shanghai region, targeting the increasing number of nouveau riches in the city.
- Main SARS danger factors identified
EXPERTS predict the most dangerous months for a return of the SARS threat could be October-November in Beijing and November-December in Shanghai. The peak danger would come a little later in Hong Kong and Guangzhou of Guangdong Province, according to the People's News Daily.
- Bizarre suicide after 4 die in explosion
AS firefighters and police were fighting a fire, a man suddenly threw a bomb into the flames, causing four deaths and injuring 23, the Wuhan Evening News has reported.
- Wife frets over match-maker's wrong number
XUHUI District People's Court has rejected a married woman's demand for compensation of 60,000 yuan (US$7,255) from a local match-making agency which had mistakenly put her phone number in an advertisement.
- Shanghai's back garden
SITUATED in the heart of the Yangtze Delta, only an hour from Shanghai by train, Suzhou's fate is tightly bound to that of its giant neighbour.
- Stitches in time
SUZHOU embroidery originated in Wuxian, later spread to neighboring areas located around the Yangtze River Delta.
- A gift to the future
THE gardens to be found in the Yangtze Delta region are the best in all of China and those of Suzhou top them all.
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