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Good news travels fastQingdao, Shandong, China - Nowadays residents in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province don't need to worry being caught without an umbrella in public areas when rain starts falling. |
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“Momentum building” for new climate deal: U.N.Vienna, Austria - The United Nations says momentum is building for tougher long-term action to fight global warming beyond the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol and a climate meeting starting in Vienna on Monday will be a crucial part of the process. |
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Child star wins university placeHong Kong - A nine-year-old math prodigy has won a place at Hong Kong's Baptist University (HKBU) after gaining two grade As and a B in his A-levels. |
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Secretary-General praises Asian regional body’s efforts against crime, conflictBishkek, Kyrgyzstan - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has emerged as a key regional forum for tackling the threats posed by terrorism, drug trafficking and conflict, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the seventh summit of heads of State of the six-member grouping today. |
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China frees foreign pro-Tibet activistsMontreal, Canada - Chinese officials have released after questioning eight foreign activists for Tibetan independence and all are in Hong Kong, a spokesman for a Tibet independence group said Wednesday. |
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Home sweet cement pipeShenyang, Liaoning, China - A Chinese man has built a house out of two cement pipes. |
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69 Chinese miners rescued after 3 daysZhijian, Henan Province, China - Nearly 70 coal miners were pulled out from a flooded shaft in central China on Wednesday, many struggling to walk after surviving for three days by using their helmets to drink milk poured down a ventilation pipe. |
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Skipping to a world recordChangsha, China - More than 3,000 people set a new world record in China by skipping simultaneously for three minutes. |
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China to ban use of antifreeze ingredient in toothpasteBeijing - China is prohibiting the use of diethylene glycol - a chemical used in antifreeze - in toothpaste, Chinese media reported Wednesday. |
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China Province Vows Water Clean-Up Even if Economy HurtsWuxi, Jiangsu, China - The top official of an eastern Chinese province said he would be willing to sacrifice 15 percent of its booming economic activity to clean a lake beset by pollution-fed algae, state media reported on Monday. |
news from East Asia
- Beijing’s New Year Resolution: Scrap Polluting Cars
- Report: Toyota developing solar powered green car
- Japanese City Finds Treasure in Recycling Unwanted Electronics
- Renowned Swedish retailer donates proceeds from toy sales to UNICEF projects
- Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fund
- Japanese Workers Forsake Cubicles, Embrace Outdoors
- UN disarmament events kick off in Republic of Korea and Brazil
- Japan says to spare humpback whales again
- Wind power can prevent climate change: study
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