Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) - China's State Council published on Friday guidelines on post-quake reconstruction, emphasizing house repair and building work.

By Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Jul. 4--MAT-SU -- Persisting dry and windy conditions in the Mat-Su have caused the Alaska Division of Forestry to temporarily suspend all area burn permits until further notice.

A YOUNG artist has won a competition to encourage recycling in schools. Sarah Finlay, a P6 pupil from Balmuildy Primary in Bishopbriggs, won an East Dunbartonshire Council contest after designing a poster to encourage local schools to recycle.

By Cumberland Times News, Md. Jul. 4--Despite a site complaint issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment, progress is continuing on work on the New Germany State Park dam.

By Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Jul. 4--Raising, extending and relocating existing dikes are the most viable flood-control measures for the Devils Lake Basin, should the lake continue to rise, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.