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Torch carries light and hope to Sichuan
2023-12-06Fang Dongming yesterday said the field in front of his house has been packed like this only once before. But the last time so many people were there w...
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Stampede kills 145 Hindu worshippers
2023-12-06At least 123 people, mostly women and children, were crushed to death under the feet of thousands of pilgrims in a stampede at a temple in northern In...
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11 travel 40,000 km in show of support
2023-12-06Eleven Chinese people living in Africa and Europe came up with their own special way to support the Beijing Olympic Games: driving Land Rovers more th...
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Tennis' popularity the biggest victory
2023-12-06Even the most devoted Chinese sports fans would barely have recognized Zheng Jie and Yan Zi four years ago, but now, the duo even need bodyguards at t...
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16 die in Kashgar terror strike
2023-12-06Sixteen policemen were killed when two terrorists threw home-made explosives at the officers in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, around 8 am...
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Giant Buddha watches over relay
2023-12-06The Olympic torch arrived in Leshan yesterday, the home of the world's tallest statue of Buddha.The relay was held at Emei Mountain, where the mai...
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It's a boot-iful time for Liu
2023-12-06Hurdles star Liu Xiang has been dreaming for years about finding the perfect combination at the Beijing Games - smooth running and explosive jumps. It...
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Fukuda rules out visit to shrine
2023-12-06Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda ruled out yesterday a visit to Tokyo's Yasakuni shrine, seen by many in Asia as a symbol of Japan's past ...
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08-08-08, the magical wedding date
2023-12-06More than 16,400 Beijing couples have applied to have their marriages registered on the auspicious date of Aug. 8, 2008, the municipal bureau of civil...
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HIV/AIDS travel ban to be lifted
2023-12-06China is likely to lift its two-decade-old ban on people with HIV/AIDS entering the country some time next year, said a top Chinese health official ye...