Broadcast Time: 17:00-19:00, 2008-10-10
 
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- Beijing's drivers will be subject to stricter vehicular restrictions during periods of heavy air pollution.
- China must use graphic picture warnings and expand health messages on cigarette packs to alert more people to the dangers of smoking, according to health experts.
- Shanghai has amended a key rule and the approval process for its residence certificate, or hukou, which will come as a great relief to many people from all over China who call Shanghai home.
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Pat Burrell, Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies had more than enough power to offset Manny Ramirez in the NL championship series opener.
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San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich didn't care about the outcome of the Spurs' preseason opener against Houston on Thursday night.
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Matt Barnes scored 21 points and Alando Tucker added 19 as the Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz 96-89 on Thursday night.
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Rookie Mike Taylor was 9-of-12 from the field and scored 20 points to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 107-80 preseason victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
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China's Liang Wenchong shot a course-record 12-under 60 yesterday to lead by five strokes after the opening round of the Hero Honda Indian Open.
Are you mentally healthy?
World Mental Health Day
October 10th has been observed as World Mental Health Day since 1992 and this year's theme is 'Advocacy for global mental health: scaling up services through citizen advocacy and action'.
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- The Nikkei average tumbled more than 11 per cent on Friday, leaving it facing its biggest one-day drop since the 1987 stock market crash on fears the financial crisis will lead to a global recession.
- The International Monetary Fund said yesterday it was ready to lend to countries hit by the global credit crunch and had activated an emergency financing mechanism first used in the 1990s Asian crisis.
- HP will build a computer factory in Chongqing by 2010 to make desktop computers and laptops, Sina.com reported today.
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Psychological support
It has been reported that a Beichuan county official committed suicide on October 3rd because of unbearable working pressure and misery after losing most of his family in the Sichuan earthquake. And newspapers have now started discussing ways to sustain public concern about, and support for, those in the disaster area. Beichuan county government is planning to send its officials for psychological tutoring as soon as possible.
- "Body of Lies," a terrorism thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, will likely take the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North America, ending a run of bad luck for action movies dealing with the Iraq war.
- We've already seen the baby pictures, now see the photo of Angelina Jolie apparently breastfeeding on the cover of W magazine.
- Lindsay Lohan doesn't want to be on camera, at least not when she's giving a deposition.
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