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Filed under: Sports, Video, Weird New Zealand’s commitment to great sports that are considered weird by the rest of the world (cricket, rugby) is undoubted. But now the island nation is finally set to claim a new sport of its own with the Penguin Olympics
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Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
An investigation by...
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Filed under: Food, News, Weird A woman from the Chinese province of Sichuan boiled a man’s head in a soup because she believed it would remedy her...
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Since the imposing of United Nations sanctions against North Korea after its second nuclear test on May 25, everyone has been looking toward China for its...
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Out of fear that history might repeat itself, the authoritarian governments of China, Cuba and Burma have been selectively censoring the news this month of Iranian...
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Nothing goes ahead in China before the government’s kick in the rear, as an appreciation to begin. This time the nod of approval is an insightful go-ahead for the...
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Any hope that an ever more prosperous China would slowly lead to an opening in the realm of free expression and all the consequences thereof were given a setback this...
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Europe and the United States announced last night co-ordinated action against China for busting World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules by restricting exports of essential...
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Somehow Mr. Liu became stuck in the machine, his sister Liu Yan recalled during a tearful interview in a village near the factory.
“When we got his body, his whole...
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China’s top legislature Monday reviewed for the first time a draft revision to the Law on Guarding State Secrets, underlining the cutoff of Internet or other...
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Merchants in China say that American and European orders for the holiday season, for which sweaters are just starting to be knit, have fallen by as much as 30 percent....
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oseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, said the Vatican should harden its line towards Beijing and that a planned meeting of China’s officially sanctioned...
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The residents of Guangzhou, one of China’s most affluent cities, are already used to sticking to the country’s strict one-child rule, but a new regulation...
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Today is the last day for residents of one of the last surviving ancient cities in China to claim a bonus for agreeing to move out to make way for the wrecking...
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The edict, issued from the highest level of China’s government, comes less than six months after China described the short-lived ‘Buy American’ clauses in the US...
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I thought it happened only in movies especially Bollywood movies where many a times you see the hero or heroine killing the whole gang of criminals single handedly...
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In his history of the erotic obsession Western men have felt toward “the Orient,” Richard Bernstein begins with what must have been the most inflammatory...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that it was imperative for all countries to genuinely cooperate with one another and on a global scale to resolutely defeat...
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In China’s cities, the fines for having a second child can run up to 200,000 yuan (£20,000). The payment is intended to cover the schooling and healthcare costs...
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Recently, researchers in China have investigated an enzyme from the bacterium bacillus cereus DQ01 that has the capability to absorb hydrocarbon n-hexadecane. The...
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Fourteen to 16 hours a day, he studied for the college entrance examination, which this year will determine the fate of more than 10 million Chinese students. He took...
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The International Olympic Committee’s reluctant acceptance of bloggers and social media’s participation in sharing information from the Olympic Games has...
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is gradually coming round to the idea that people are going to blog about each summer and winter Olympic Games regardless of...
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Add the Beijing Games to that growing list of Olympics where winners and losers are still being sorted out long after the torch goes dark.
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Former Olympic gold medalist Derek Parra is taking over as U.S. speedskating national all-around coach for the upcoming Olympics.
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Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma says he will continue coaching the Huskies while also taking over as coach of the U.S. women’s basketball...
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President Barack Obama might have rolled a gutter ball on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”
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The CEO of USA Track and Field recommends paying athletes $15,000 for setting a personal best at the Olympics and shortening trials to improve the team’s...
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Jim Scherr has stepped down as the chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee, a surprising resignation that comes with the federation facing financial...
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Softball chose to go its own way for the Olympics, rejecting a proposal from baseball for a joint bid to get reinstated for the 2016 Summer Games.
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The four cities vying for the 2016 Olympics released their detailed bid plans Friday, touting compact venue layouts, lasting sports legacies and financial security at a...
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Organizers of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics say they have a safety net of at least $1 billion if costs top the $4.8 billion price tag.
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Tokyo organizers unveiled details of their bid to host the 2016 Olympics on Friday, emphasizing a compact, sustainable and financially robust games.
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Tokyo organizers submitted their official bid books to the International Olympic Committee for the 2016 Olympics.
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Bode Miller may not return for another shot at the Olympics.
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Madrid organizers submitted their official bid book Wednesday for the 2016 Olympics, a day ahead of the deadline.
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Vice President Joe Biden will lead a delegation to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho.
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In an unflinching breakdown of what went wrong with the American track team at the Olympics, a task force lashed out at the relay system, recommended streamlining...
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Elections for a new National Olympic Committee for Iraq will be held March 14, a spokesman said Friday, capping a monthslong drama that nearly prevented the country...
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The chief executive of a campaign to bring the Olympics to Chicago in 2016 doesn’t think the controversy surrounding the Illinois governor should hurt the...
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Member of the International Olympic Committe (IOC) Coordination Commission for the London Games in 2012 Gilbert Felli speaks to the media in London, Thursday, April 23, 2009. The International Olympic Committee and the London Organising Committee of the.
