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China, Taiwan resume direct flights
TAOYUAN (AFP) - China and Taiwan resumed regular direct flights Friday for the first time in six decades, ushering in what Beijing called a "new start" in their tense and testy relations.
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China, Taiwan sign historic deals on travel
BEIJING (AFP) - China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday that from next month will see thousands more people travel every day between the two traditional rivals.
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Taiwan-China meet started to “thaw the ice” president-elect
Taipei (AFP) April 14, 2008 - Weekend talks between Chinese President Hu Jintao and Taiwan's vice president-elect have started to "thaw the ice" in ties between the rivals, the island's incoming president Ma Ying-jeou said Monday.
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Solar Powered Car to Hit Streets in TaiwanTaipei, Taiwan - It started out as a Taiwanese entry in the Australian World Solar Challenge and was scaled up. |
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Rare Sandpipers Found in MyanmarCoast of Myanmar - Eighty-four spoon-billed sandpipers have been discovered in a coastal stretch of Myanmar (Burma), offering hope for the endangered birds, a conservation group said Thursday. |
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Virgin unveils spaceship designsEngland - Virgin Galactic has released the final design of the launch system that will take fare-paying passengers into space. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Butterflies’ migration to halt Taiwan’s trafficTaipei, Taiwan - Taiwan will cordon off part of a highway to create a safe passage for a massive seasonal butterfly migration in the coming days, an official said Saturday. |
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Taiwan reports successful bird flu vaccine tests in animalsZhunan Town, Taiwan - A vaccine appears to be safe and effective against the deadliest form of the bird flu virus, say researchers in Taiwan who tested the vaccine in animals. |
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Boffins invent landmine-proof robo-shoeTaipei - Scientists have developed a robotic shoe that will allow people to walk through minefields unharmed. |
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