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Updated: 2006-10-25 16:48

Halloween pumpkins are on sale at a store in Shanghai on October 23, 2006. Halloween, a festival celebrated in Europe and North America on the night of October 31, is becoming increasingly popular in China. [Newsphoto]

Halloween costumes are on sale at a store in Shanghai on October 23, 2006. Halloween, a festival celebrated in Europe and North America on the night of October 31, is becoming increasingly popular in China. [Newsphoto]

Halloween items are on sale at a store in Shanghai on October 23, 2006. Halloween, a festival celebrated in Europe and North America on the night of October 31, is becoming increasingly popular in China. [Newsphoto]

● International News
KFC: Local diners safe from trans fats

By Guan Xiaofeng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-11-02 06:44

Following the US division of worldwide fried chicken empire KFC's promise to stop using artificial fats, the Chinese division Wednesday assured diners its chicken is fried in unhydrogenated palm oil.

KFC Corp (China) said it cooks its fried chicken in the healthier natural oil, which does not contain harmful trans fatty acids as many as found in the artificial cooking oils KFC uses in the US.

We are very glad to hear that KFC (United States) has changed to frying oil without trans fatty acids," KFC (China) said in a statement yesterday.

"All KFC products meet the national food safety standard," it said. "KFC also has a special office for food safety to ensure customers' health."

Aside from promising the company's products met safety standards, the statement also advised diners adopt a balanced, diverse diet and avoid overeating.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has made no comment on KFC's cooking, but has said it will look into it.

Business in Beijing's KFC restaurants continued as usual yesterday.

44 die in Iraq as Ramadan ends

Updated: 2006-10-23 08:27

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants targeted police recruits and shoppers rounding up last-minute sweets and delicacies Sunday for a feast to mark the end of the Ramadan holy month, the highlight of the Muslim year. At least 44 Iraqis were reported killed across the country.

The US military announced the deaths of a Marine and four soldiers, raising to 83 the number of American servicemembers killed in October - the highest monthly toll this year. The pace of US deaths could make October the deadliest month in two years.

Militants targeted police recruits and shoppers rounding up last-minute sweets and delicacies Sunday for a feast to mark the end of the Ramadan holy month, the highlight of the Muslim year. At least 44 Iraqis were reported killed across the country. [AP]

Three soldiers were killed Sunday, two by small arms fire west of the capital and one by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad, the military said. On Saturday, a Marine was killed during combat in restive Anbar province and another soldier died in fighting in Salahuddin province.

"There will be no holiday in Iraq," said Abu Marwa, a 46-year-old Sunni Muslim father of three who owns a mobile phone shop in the capital. "Anyone who says otherwise is a liar."

In Sunday's bloodiest attack, gunmen in five sedans ambushed a convoy of buses carrying police recruits near the city of Baqouba 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 15 and wounding 25 others, said provincial police chief Maj. Gen. Ghassan al-Bawi. The recruits were returning home after an induction ceremony at a police base south of Baqouba.

● Monthly Holiday
Chung Yeung Festival

Lunar calendar September 9^th is Chung Yeung Festival in China, it’s also called Elder’s Day, on this day elder enjoy chrysanthemum or climb higher to exercise their body; these add endless enjoyment for them.

On Chung Yeung Festival, people enjoy chrysanthemum, climb higher with wine and so on. On that day, the weather is fine; it’s the best season for climbing. So climbing becomes one important convention on Chung Yeung Festival. On the south of China, there are few mountains, so people living there make rice noodles or pastry and plug some color burgee on them to express they have climb and avoid disaster.