Air Bagan passenger jet crashes in central Burma, leaves 3 dead & 11 injured
Smoke billows fromthe blazing wreck of an Air Bagan passenger plane which crashed on a road in Burma. Five Australians were among the survivors. Three people died. TWO Australian tourists were...
View ArticleChinese driver Yin Tiejun runs down 23 students outside school gate in Hebei
Thirteen students were hospitalized after a man, Yin Tiejun, 48, drove his car into a group of students of Fengning No. 1 Middle School. Police said Yin was upset with a court ruling that did not...
View ArticleUK girl Gracie McNulty, 10, opens café to serve Christmas dinner for 50 homeless
Gracie McNulty's father Craig had promised to open the family's cafe to the homeless on Christmas day but died after falling from a roof. His daughter wanted to open the cafe to fulfill his wishes...
View ArticleShenzhen sees its first National First-grade Museum
Bronze Ware of Zhou dynasty showcased in Shenzhen Museum Panorama of Shenzhen made of sand in the hall of Shenzhen Museum Shenzhen Museum was rated as China’s first-grade museum on 25th December,...
View ArticleShenzhen Philharmonic Orchestra to stage benefit New Year Concert
Shenzhen Philharmonic Orchestra of Shenzhen Grand Theatre will stage a benefit New Year Concert at Shenzhen Grand Theatre on 31st 2012. The orchestra will perform music pieces from films that...
View ArticleTunisian Dhaou Fatnassi, 20, dies after swallowing 28 raw eggs for bet
A young Tunisian died after winning a bet to eat 28 raw eggs in one sitting, Shems FM radio reported on Wednesday. Dhaou Fatnassi, 20, from the central town of Kairouan, swallowed the eggs after his...
View ArticleControversial billboard ad featuring nude boys removed in Shenzhen
Lanbite Advertising, which manages the billboard for the Shenzhen customs checkpoint authorities, defended the image as "very innocent and cute" and said the company was just trying to catch people's...
View ArticleDrivers using emergency lane face double fines in Shenzhen
MOTORISTS who illegally use the emergency lanes on expressways will be fined 1,000 yuan (US$160), according to an amendment to regulations on violations of traffic rules, which will take effect...
View ArticleSpacious new library in Guangzhou to open on Dec. 28
Interior of Guangzhou New Library On December 28, 2012, Guangzhou New Library, regarded as a "China's first-rate and world's advanced" city library, will be open to readers. Compared to traditional...
View ArticleGuangzhou publicizes details of government debt for first time
Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, has for the first time publicized its local government debt, and experts said Wednesday that more local governments might follow suit and make...
View ArticleFlower sales in Guangzhou drops over 40% after official restriction
Flower sales have decreased sharply since Party authorities forbade displaying flowers at government meetings. In Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong province, flower sales dropped by more...
View ArticleKidnapped Australian Warren Richard Rodwell feels 'no hope' for being released
Kidnapped Australian Warren Richard Rodwell held a copy of a local newspaper, dated December 15. AN AUSTRALIAN man held hostage by militants in the southern Philippines for more than a year has...
View ArticleN. Korea reveals photographic history of leader Kim Jong-un
North Korea on Wednesday filled another gap in the photographic history of leader Kim Jong-un, whom few people had laid eyes on until late in 2010. The official Rodong Sinmun carried six photos of...
View ArticleChicago mobster Frank Calabrese Sr. aka 'Frankie Breeze' dies in prison at 75
A 1983 file photo released by the Chicago Crime Commission, shows reputed mobster Frank Calabrese Sr. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Wednesday that Calabrese died at the age of 75 on Christmas...
View ArticleEco-tourism highlighted at Shenzhen tourism festival
The 6th Tourism Festival at Guangming District was kicked off on 27th Decmeber, and it will last until February, 2013. At this year’s event, eco-tourism is being highlighted again. Taking advantage of...
View ArticleCitizens get close-up look at guided missile destroyer "Shenzhen"
China's guided missile destroyer, Shenzhen Visitors are appreciating the helicopter on the destroyer China’s first indigenous warship, Guided missile destroyer ‘Shenzhen’, was met by hundreds of...
View ArticleIran's 1st woman minister Marziyeh Dastjerdi sacked over criticism of health...
Dastjerdi questioned whereabouts of dollars allocated for importing medicine The first woman minister in the 30-year history of Iran's Islamic republic has been sacked by its president Mahmoud...
View Article2011 Shenzhen Universiade way over budget: Audit
The 2011 Shenzhen Universiade went drastically over budget, a report by the Shenzhen audit office announced on Thursday. Some programs of the Universiade failed to come in under or on budget, and some...
View ArticleHundreds of tea plantation workers burn their boss to death in India
Half of India's tea output comes from Assam's 800-odd tea estates Hundreds of tea plantation workers have set alight their boss's bungalow in north-east India, burning to death the owner and his...
View ArticleShenzhen's new family planning regulation to take effect on January 1
Shenzhen's new family planning regulation will take effect on January 1. For the first time, the regulation stipulates that parents who bring an additional child born abroad to the Chinese mainland...
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