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MOSCOW - The Russian stock market showed a tentative recovery on Tuesday, a day after a steep plunge prompted by the arrest and jailing of the head of the oil giant Yukos and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov called for steps to stabilize Russia's financial markets.
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- WEEK IN BRIEF
SHANGHAI
- SURVIVORS of the twin tremors that jolted Zhangye City of Northwest China's Gansu Province are battling freezing temperatures while waiting for sufficient cotton-padded tents and other relief materials to reach the area.
The earthquakes, measuring 6.1 and 5.8 on the Richter scale, rattled areas between Minle and Shandan counties of Zhangye City late Saturday, killing nine people and injuring 43 others.
- Lands minister sacked
CHINA'S top legislative body, the National People's Congress, has removed Tian Fengshan from his post as Minister of Land and Resources citing a "serious problem of discipline violations" as the reason for the dismissal.
- 'Man Mouse' victim critical
CHEN Yiyao, a university student and part-time carnival worker who was seriously injured last Sunday afternoon when struck by the "Mad Mouse" at the World Carnival Pudong, is under close observation in Shanghai East Hospital.
- Astronaut to visit HK
HONG KONG - The Delegation of China's First Manned Space Mission, comprising 26 members, including China's first astronaut Yang Liwei, will arrive in Hong Kong on Friday, announced Secretary for Home Affairs Patric Ho on Tuesday.
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