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Society
Over 100,000 Chinese children adopted overseas in last 30 years
BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) — More than 100,000 Chinese-born orphans and children with physical disabilities have been adopted by overseas parents over the last 30 years, a government official said Wednesday. Overseas adoption has become an important channel through which to find homes for orphaned and disabled children, said Minister…
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East Asia
A Plague of Locusts Devastate Chinese Fields
Locusts eat crops in a field in Longtang Village of Bairuopu Township in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, July 4, 2012. A plague of locusts has been infesting bamboo groves, crop fields, vegetable plantations and building roofs across Bairuopu Township due to the continuous heat recently. <Xinhua/Long Hongtao>…
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Society
Pilots from downed Turkish jet found dead, military says
The bodies of two pilots who had been reported missing after Syrian forces downed a Turkish military jet on June 22 have been located in the Mediterranean Sea, the General Staff has said. The General Staff said in a statement posted online on Wednesday that the bodies of Capt. Gökhan…
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Arafat’s Body To Be Exhumed For Autopsy
Palestinians pass by a huge poster of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on July 4, 2012. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has agreed to exhume late President Yasser Arafat’s body for examination upon a request of some of his family members, a spokesman said…
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Culture
Jordanian Girl Lights Cauldron In Jerash Festival
A Jordanian girl carries the torch of the Festival during the opening ceremony of Jordan’s annual Jerash Festival, hosted in the ancient Greco-Roman city, 45 km north of Amman, on July 4, 2012. <Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh> news@theasian.asia
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West Asia
Major news in Jordan on July 5: 61 per cent of Jordanian households have computers
Major news in <The Jordan Times>: 61 per cent of Jordanian households have computers Around 61 per cent of Jordanian households have personal computers (PCs) or laptops, with 35 per cent of them connected to the Internet, a study showed Wednesday. The survey, conducted by the Department of Statistics and…
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Society
Eating 45 Hot Dogs For Her Second Championship Title
Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas forces down a hot dog during the Nathan’s Famous Women’s Hot Dog Eating World Championship, Wednesday, July 4, 2012, at Coney Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Thomas won her second consecutive women’s competition with a world record breaking 45 downed hot dogs.…
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South East Asia
Major news in Malaysia on July 5: “Taxi drivers are our image ambassadors”
Major news in <New Straits Times> : Taxi drivers are our image ambassadors: Najib PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today hailed taxi drivers as an important group that can portray a good image of the country. He said they could form in the public, particularly foreign tourists,…
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South East Asia
Kinetic Art Decoration In Singapore Changi Airport
People admire a giant kinetic structure at the Changi International Airport on Wednesday July 4, 2012 in Singapore. Claiming to be the world’s largest kinetic art installation, “Kinetic Rain” designed and built by a German team is made up of 1, 216 bronze droplets that transforms into multiple shapes through…
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Row Of Bombings In Iraq Claim Scores Of Victims
People inspect a bomb scene a day after an explosives-laden vegetable truck ripped through a crowded market in Diwaniyah, 80 miles (120 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. For the second day, a row of bombings across Iraq have killed and wounded scores of people, police said.…
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