Reuters - The largest U.S. labor group urged Congress on Friday to pass legislation to fight China's currency practices, a day after the Obama administration again declined to label Beijing a currency manipulator.

AP - A Catholic monk has confessed to stabbing to death a priest and a nun whose bodies were found at the hospice in northern China where they worked, state media said Friday.

Reuters - Flooding, landslides and torrents of mud have killed 50 people in southern China and another 15 are missing after days of torrential rain, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said late on Saturday.

AP - Chinese officials have found 76 tons of milk powder and dairy products laced with a deadly industrial chemical in at least three provinces that was apparently left over from a milk scandal in 2008 that killed six babies and sickened hundreds of thousands.

AFP - Police have arrested a 43-year-old monk who confessed to the murder of a Catholic priest and a nun in northern China, saying he held a "grudge" against the pair, state media said Friday.

AFP - Agricultural Bank of China is on course for a record 22.1 billion US dollar initial public offering after pricing its Hong Kong shares, reflecting continued investor confidence in China.