links for 2007-05-05

• China orders nationwide inspections of food supply - International Herald Tribune
  The move comes weeks after the government initially denied that it had shipped any wheat gluten to the United States and then insisted that any melamine was not toxic enough to have caused such harm to pets.
  (tags: chinaeconomy china usa)
• Captain's Quarters: Iraqi's: Don't Abandon Us
  We remain determined in spite of our losses. Spectacular attacks may dominate foreign headlines, but they cannot change the reality that Iraq has made steady political, economic and social progress over the past four years.
  (tags: waronterror iraq)
• Captain's Quarters: Chavez to Gobble Up More Industries
  "If banks don't agree with this, it's better that they go, that they turn over the banks to me, that we nationalize them and get all the banks to work for the development of the country and not to speculate and produce huge profits." (GZE2 - You'd think
  (tags: economics venezuela)
• EastSouthWestNorth: The Dalian Police Murder
  A police officer with the Dalian Railroad Department fired five shots to kill a family of three who had showed up to demand compensation. The local government and publicity department censored all news. All information on websites were deleted and the med
  (tags: china censorship)
• globesports.com: Duhatschek: Luongo gave Vancouver a season to remember — and hope for the next
  (tags: canucks nhl hockey)
• Sedins sick throughout this series
  "It's nothing we want to use as an excuse," Daniel said. "But because of it we haven't had the jump. "Even so we have to play better than we did."
  (tags: canucks)