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www.google.com — Flood-hit areas of central and southern China braced for more heavy rains Monday with several major rivers already swollen after downpours that have affected millions and left scores dead or missing.

Water Resources Minister Chen Lei warned that at least 10 major rivers in the affected areas were threatening to burst their banks.

articles.latimes.com — In a trip shrouded in mystery and speculation, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il traveled to China by train with his youngest son, according to two South Korean government officials. We "detected indications a few days ago," the official told reporters, asking not to be named. "Chairman Kim's special train has been confirmed to have left Manpo for China's Jilin around midnight Wednesday."

blogs.wsj.com — China’s media is aflutter with questions about just how big a flood the mighty Three Gorges Dam was designed to withstand. Is it designed to withstand a) “the worst flood in 10,000 years,” as officials claimed in 2003; b) the worst flood in 1,000 years, as claimed in 2007; or c) the worst flood in 100 years, as said in 2008?