Beijing - Chinese authorities evacuated about 460,000 people at the country's eastern seaboard ahead of Tropical Storm Sinlaku, local media said Monday.

About 30,000 fishing vessels were recalled to their harbours in Fujian province, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.

Sinlaku, which had hit Taiwan over the weekend, weakened on its path towards the Chinese coast and brought winds of up to 126 kilometres per hour and heavy rainfalls in Fujian and the neighbouring Zhejiang province.

However, it was still hard to predict where and when the storm would make landfall in China.

Beijing - Two brothers were arrested in a scandal over contaminated baby milk in China, as a second infant died, state-run media said Monday.

At least 430 babies fell ill with kidney stones and two died after being fed with contaminated baby milk produced by the Chinese dairy San Lu.

The brothers, who are among 19 suspects detained in the wake of the scandal, are accused of having delivered 3 tons of toxic milk per day to San Lu from their private milk collecting station, the Xinhua news agency said.

The older brother confessed to having spiked the milk with the banned chemical melamine to increase the milk's protein content. He said he lost money because San Lu repeatedly rejected his milk because of quality problems.

Hangu (FATA, Pak), Sept 14 : The tribesmen belonging to four Orakzai Agency in the FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) have reportedly resolved to impose fine of Rs five million on anyone found sheltering foreigners.

They also decided to set afire houses of such “offenders”.

The decision was taken at a jirga (meeting of the tribals) here last evening.

The tribesmen who took the decision belong to the Orakzai Agency.

The jirga also ruled that action against the Taliban found involved in criminal activities would be taken after consultation with tribes.

Lahore, Sept 14 : Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhaohui has reportedly criticsied the cross-border raids in the Pakistani Tribal Areas by the US forces, saying that Pakistan and the US must re

London, Sept 14 : A two-headed tortoise has left aquarium staff stunned – after taking advantage of his ‘disability’ to consume twice as much food as his siblings.

The unusual case of a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, born two months ago in an incubator, made the headlines in various papers on Friday.

Workers at the Water World aquatic farm at Wuwei town in Anhui, eastern China, were shocked to discover the unusual creature after they ordered a shipment of baby tortoises from a local farm.

Beijing - A typhoon warning was sounded by officials for China's eastern coast, leading to the evacuation of around 170,000 people on Sunday.

According to Chinese media, typhoon Sinlaku which recently devastated Taiwan was threatened to hit China's eastern Fujian and Zhejiang provinces with strong winds and torrential rains.

In Fujian more than 30,000 fishermen were called into port, and all schools have been ordered closed for the next two days.

Flood warnings were issued for Zhejiang where waves of up to six metres were expected.