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[Metro & Sports]

• China recorded its widest rural-urban income gap last year since the country launched its reform and opening-up policy in 1978.
• The impact of global warming is affecting the ecological environment of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, accelerating glacial shrinkage, reducing snow and increasing land desertification, according to officials.
• A suicide-prevention hotline is recruiting more trainees at a time when greater attention is being placed on mental health issues in Chinese mega-cities such as the capital.
• European champions Spain have underlined their credentials as one of the favorites for the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over France at the Stade de France.
  

[China's Champion] The Little Tigers
Years after its disbandment, the reunited boy band The Little Tigers won the most popular program in the song and dance category on CCTV's 2010 Spring Festival Gala.

[Cultural Voyage] Increasing Demand for Organic Food in China
For many consumers in China, low cost triumphs over quality. But there are signs that this is changing amongst China's burgeoning middle class who are now making more demands about what they buy to eat. As a result, the organic food sector is growing fast.

[Tour Tips] Zhangye lies in central Gansu province in northwestern China.This middle-sized city should be your starting point if you are interested in seeing China's largest sleeping Buddha and doing some hiking around the snow-capped Qilian Mountain Range.

• Hong Kong actress-singer Gillian Chung has announced she will reunite with her former bandmate Charlene Choi for two concerts next month.
• Naomi Campbell will not be questioned by police over her alleged attack on her driver.
• The AFL launches an investigation into the behavior of Brendan Fevola following claims he circulated a nude picture of model Lara Bingle.
• Crystal Bowersox, the popular American Idol contestant whose medical condition prompted a major scheduling change for the show �� as well as 48 hours of blogosphere speculation about her fate in the competition �� is performing tonight.

[Strange News]

• A mysterious 70-year-old woman thought to possibly be from southern China but who has lived in a cave in Jingxing county, Hebei Province for about eight years may receive local government aid to send her back to her hometown and relatives.
• A tree cutter named Han Deyou in Dongfanghong, Heilongjiang Province who heard his two dogs barking excitedly at about 6 am on February 25 got a shock when he found a small tigress stuck in a firewood container in his courtyard.
• Vietnamese herbalist Tran Van Hay, the man some believe had grown the world's longest locks, died of natural causes at his home in Kien Giang Province on February 25.

[Real China] China's rural areas take on a new look
Since the Chinese New Year, China's coastal areas have been facing a serious shortage of laborers.