SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.
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Read more.San Antonio flooding kills 2; 200-plus rescued
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two women died after being swept away by floodwaters after weekend rains deluged numerous roads in San Antonio, forcing more than 235 rescues by emergency workers who ...
Read more.Kerry meets with runners from Boston Marathon
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The winner of the men's race at the Boston Marathon says he is returning his winner's medal to honor the city and those killed ...
Read more.Search for pilot of NY Angel Flight resumes
EPHRATAH, N.Y. (AP) — Divers equipped with sonar and rescue workers canvassing the woods will resume their search Sunday for the missing pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed ...
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OptionsAlarming Picture as Rebels Prepare to Leave Goma
Human rights groups said that the rebels who captured Goma last week were now going on an assassination campaign as they prepared to leave, creating a vortex of crime and ...
Read more.3 Dead After Attack at Wyoming Community College
Police say a suspect, who also died, used a sharp-edged weapon in the killings of a faculty member and another person.
Read more.Court to Decide if Human Genes Can Be Patented
The justices will hear an appeal from medical professionals who want to stop Myriad Genetics Inc. from patenting genetic mutations that are linked to increased risk of breast cancer.
Read more.Most Americans Face Lower Tax Burden Than in the 80s
Despite their complaints, most Americans in 2010 paid far less in total taxes — federal, state and local — than they would have paid 30 years ago, according to an analysis by ...
Read more.Senate Votes to Curb Indefinite Detention
An amendment to a defense bill would prohibit the government from keeping American citizens and green card holders indefinitely without trial.
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Business Insider
OptionsWomen Account For Less Than 20% Of Movie Critics
The age of the Internet has not been kind to female movie critics.
According to a new study titled "Gender @ the Movies" obtained by TheWrap ahead of its Friday release ...
Read more.REPORT: SAC Capital's Biggest Outside Investor Wants To Pull Money Out
May 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is losing the financial support of Blackstone Group Inc , the largest outside investor in his embattled SAC Capital Advisors, which ...
Read more.Thousands Of Bridges Are One Freak Accident Away From Collapse
SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.
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Read more.3 Teeth-Whitening Products That Actually Work
Remember that episode of Friends when Ross be-bops his way around a black-lit dance club with his glowing smile as the center of attention (and the butt of all the ...
Read more.In One Chart, Here's How Investors Are Massively Giving Up On Commodities
One of the big themes of the year has been the sell off in commodities.
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Jalopnik
OptionsMonaco GP Since 1933
This weekend they run the Grand Prix of Monaco. An event for cutting edge Formula One racing cars held in a small fishing village. While the cars develop quickly not ...
Read more.Aston Martin Stole The Show With The CC100 Speedster
Aston Martin made the CC100 Speedster to celebrate 100 years of success, and the car looks like it. It's a sensational V12 speed machine.
There were exciting prototypes at ...
Read more.Your Ridiculously Awesome Porsche 911 Carrera GTS Wallpaper Is Here
The Porsche 911 Carrera GTS has always been a bit of an odd duck. Put somewhere in between the Carrera S and the GT3, you don't see too many ...
Read more.Robb Holland Challenged Me For The Honor Of WTCC, And I Accept
A gauntlet has been thrown. A challenge has been issued, and here I stand, ready to accept. Robb Holland, I will see you on the racetrack.
For those who haven ...
Read more.The Best Thing About BMW's Pininfarina Gran Lusso Coupé
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CNN
OptionsBayern Munich take Champions title
The woe is over for Bayern Munich in Champions League finals after it defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in a pulsating all German contest in London on Saturday.
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Final: Shop window for 'Brand Germany'
When Germany's two biggest soccer clubs go head-to-head in Saturday's Champions League final, there can only be one winner: German industry.
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Yanko Design
OptionsUrban Green Zone
The area on this map, called Madla-Revheim, is the main developmental edge of Stavanger, Norway for which MVRDV and Space Group seek to implement 4000 housing units on the 780 ...
Read more.Un-knotty Plugs
The age-old concern of knotted wires, messy plugs on a power socket get a fresh new solution. The Rotate Plug design allows users to plug appliances effortlessly, without the worry ...
Read more.Smart Swimming Goggles
If you are an avid diver then I am sure you will appreciate the concept of the Smart Swimming Goggles. This simple eye cover actually assists with communication between divers ...
Read more.Clean Your Mind!
In an age of anxiety, every opportunity to reduce stress matters. Electrolux’s new UltraSilencer vacuum transform the chore of vacuum cleaning into a resource for personal well-being, with a ...
Read more.The Most Hipsterest Lamp Ever!
The Cassette lamp harkens back to a time when hair bands ruled and acid wash jeans were all the rave. Bringing new life to the iconic object, tapes are bound ...
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Huffington Post
OptionsArianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
This week delivered calamities both unavoidable and avoidable. In the former category was the devastating series of tornadoes that swept through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, killing 24, including 10 children ...
Read more.Bruins Eliminate Rangers With 3-1 Win In Game 5
BOSTON — Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots, Gregory Campbell scored twice and the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers 3-1 in Game 5 on Saturday to advance to the Eastern ...
Read more.San Antonio Flooding Kills 29-Year-Old Woman
SAN ANTONIO — Torrential rains swamped San Antonio with flash floods on Saturday, leaving at least one person dead as emergency workers in boats rushed to rescue more than 200 residents ...
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TechCrunch
OptionsYanked From The Cloud: Why Connectify Unplugged Its Switchboard Campaign
Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive. Follow him on Twitter @rossrubin.
Connectify, a Philadelphia-based software company obsessed with making the Internet ...
Read more.Making Sense Of The Internet Of Things
Editor’s note: Matt Turck is a managing director of FirstMark Capital. Follow him on Twitter @mattturck.
The emerging Internet of Things — essentially, the world of physical devices connected to ...
Read more.CrunchWeek: Yahoo's $1.1B Tumblr Purchase, Lyft's Big Raise, And Microsoft's Xbox One
It’s that time of the week for CrunchWeek, the show where a few of us writers chat up the most interesting stories from the past seven days.
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The Washington Post
OptionsA mother helps son in his struggle with schizophrenia
HOUSTON — The mother drives her son everywhere because he is not well enough to drive. He sits next to her, and at the red lights she looks over and studies ...
Read more.French soldier stabbed in neck by robed attacker
PARIS — A uniformed French soldier on an antiterrorism patrol in the western suburbs of Paris was wounded in the neck Saturday by a robed assailant wielding a box cutter, police ...
Read more.Tornado survivors heal as they dig
Travis Cotten was in a jocular mood for someone who had just lost everything.
“I’m going to quit being a hoarder,” he said as his granddaughter handed him the ...
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Options'Man of Steel' TV Spot Highlights Russell Crowe's Jor-El (Video)
The ad reveals an iconic element of the Christopher Reeve "Superman" films could be incorporated into the Zack Snyder reboot.
Read more.Google's Eric Schmidt: 'A Sense of Humor' About 'The Internship'
The chairman of the search engine giant says if the movie is "a little embarrassing, it'll be fine" but laughs that his cameo got cut. 
Read more.Amanda Bynes: I Was 'Sexually Harassed' During Arrest
The actress tweets that a police officer touched her inappropriately, while the NYPD tells THR it is investigating the claim.
Read more.Zulu: Cannes Review
French director Jerome Salle's film stars Orlando Bloom and Forest Whitaker as honest, first-rate detectives in South Africa's Capetown.
Read more.Cannes: Director's Hollywood Reporter Interview Creates 'Prostitution' Backlash in France
French filmmaker Francois Ozon has been blasted by local politicians for telling THR, "it’s a fantasy of many women to do prostitution" and “there is kind of a passivity ...
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Jezebel
OptionsSaturday Night Social: It's a Great Night To Crip Walk Off a Table
An oldie, but a goodie. Looks like SOMEONE attended the Twerking Academy. All the bonus points because this cat's name is Bubba. (But actually, this cat's OK, right ...
Read more.Cynthia Nixon Patiently Explains Why She's Not Pro-Christine Quinn
As the New York mayoral race kicks off, Sex and The City and Broadway actress Cynthia Nixon has been organizing LGBT and women-geared fundraisers on behalf of the public advocate ...
Read more.Abercrombie Execs Blame Decline on CEO Mike Jeffries' Bossy Boyfriend
Even before Abercrombie & Fitch CEO and douchenozzle Mike Jeffries started getting pummeled for his 2006 comments about sizing his clothes to fit "cool, good-looking" kids only, the company was on ...
Read more.Artsy Male Directors At Cannes Say Sexist Shit Too. Who'da Thunk?
These might the kind of sound bites you'd think would come from, say, the premiere of a Michael Bay movie, but — nope! Roman Polanski and Francois Ozon, two iconic ...
Read more.Prince Takes A Cue From U2 In 'Fixurlifeup' Music Video
Yes, the new music video for "Fixurlifeup," slated to appear on Prince and his all-female backup band 3rd Eye Girl's upcoming album Plectrum Electrum, has a message. A few ...
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Adweek : Advertising & Branding
OptionsAd of the Day: Dodge
It's the rare commercial that you wish went on longer. But such is the case with this 30-second Dodge Charger spot advertising the Chrysler brand's tie-in with the ...
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JCPenney One of 10 Brands Predicted to Die in Next Year
As new brands are brought to life in the evolution of various verticals, others will inevitably give up the ghost. While obsolesence related to industrial shifts is the No. 1 ...
Read more.Microsoft Humiliates Siri in Biting Parody of Apple's iPad Ads
Microsoft says a mouthful in this ad from Crispin Porter + Bogusky. And—surprise!—those words are spoken by Siri, Apple's voice assistant, from an iPad sitting next to a ...
Read more.NSA Media Creates Alliance With Wishabi
Newspaper circulation may continue to drop, but one aspect remains a big draw to consumers: ad circulars. NSA Media, the country's largest buyer of newsprint and print circulars, is ...
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Le CITY deluxe - Estados Unidos
OptionsFashion: The Palace On Fifth Avenue
This enthralling documentary features the process of how fashion's most elite designers, buyers, and stylists contributed in making the most luxurious department store.
Read more.Fashion: The icon watch from Louis Vuitton
With its elegant character Tambour eVolution opens unprecedented chapter in the history of Louis Vuitton watch. A new interpretation Tambour male, a watch firm line silhouette high tech innovative material ...
Read more.Fashion: Loewe's first in Italy
As befits Spain's leading luxury brand, this new store is situated by the Spanish Steps in the Piazza di Spagna, the heart of Rome's high-end fashion district.
Read more.In the Now At Village of Merrick Park Event
In the Now @ Village of Merrick Park debuts with a bang with Nigel Barker as guest of honor.
Read more.Fashion: 2013 MET Gala Fashion
Le CITY deluxe USA recaps on the best and worst red carpet fashion at the greatest red carpet event for stars, The MET Gala.
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OptionsSoccer Exhibition at Yankee Stadium Feels Like a Rehearsal
Manchester City beat Chelsea, 5-3, in a game that was cast as a friendly but took on intrigue with the news that City would join with the Yankees to buy ...
Read more.Game 5: Bruins 3, Rangers 1: Bruins Eliminate Rangers From N.H.L. Playoffs
The Rangers were bounced from the postseason, a victim of their ineffectual offense and an inability to counter the Bruins’ fourth line and a 22-year-old rookie.
Read more.U.S. Shift Poses Risk to Pakistan
An American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the curtailment of the drone campaign could plunge Pakistan’s hotbed tribal areas into further chaos.
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OptionsPictures: Ethiopia’s Extreme Salt Mines
Salt from the Afar region of Ethiopia, one of the Earth's hottest places, makes its way to market.
Read more.Travel Writer Paul Theroux’s Last Trip to Africa
Travel writer Paul Theroux takes one more trip to Africa and writes about it in his new book, The Last Train to Zona Verde.
Read more.3-D Printers Are Saving Lives and Serving Pizzas
The emerging technology has printed out a life-saving implant for a baby—and is poised to make pizzas that are out of this world.
Read more.Pictures: Seven Energy-Smart Zoos and Aquariums
Keeping a diverse crowd of species comfortable comes with an elephant-sized energy bill for zoos and aquariums. These smart exhibits use technology, along with nature's own strategies, to cut ...
Read more.Skywatcher's Guide: Eye-Catching Triple Planet Huddle in Evening Sky
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China Daily >USA Edition > Opinion
OptionsClearing the sea of troubles
ASEAN has to make concerted efforts to stop some of its member states from stirring up trouble to keep China-ASEAN ties on a path of smooth development.
Read more.Master information flow, instead of becoming its slave
Most people today face the problem of information overflow. Virtually we can't avoid being the target of a variety of news, stories and commercials.
Read more.Unemployment rate
On a firm friendship trail
Hollande's state visit to China assumes special significance because, among other things, Paris and Beijing both pursue independent foreign policies.
Read more.Disasters put traditional media under more pressure
While Chinese social media helped to save lives in Lushan, they were also fraught with hyperbolic trivia, inaccuracies and even hoaxes.
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Billboard.com The Feed
OptionsMike Stud Talks Digital-Only 'Relief' Album & Grassroots Fan Base
From the mound to the mic, former baseball player Mike Stud, born Michael Seander, is on the charts with his new album, "Relief." The digital-only...
Read more.Scott Weiland Says New STP Incarnation "Not Stone Temple Pilots"
Scott Weiland has seen the newest incarnation of Stone Temple Pilots -- one minus him, plus Linkin Park's Chester Bennington -- and he's not happy....
Read more.Houston Police Shut Down Kanye West's 'New Slaves' Screening
A Houston screening of Kanye West's "New Slaves" video was shut down last night (May 24), the Houston Chronicle reports. West planned to project the...
Read more.Taylor Swift: Billboard Music Award Wins Were a 'Wonderful Feeling'
The biggest stars in music lit up the stage of Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena for the Billboard Music Awards. But no one beamed brighter than...
Read more.Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina Denied Parole
Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina has been denied parole, following a similar decision for fellow incarcerated band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova....
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Options3-Day Weekend Practically Already Over
WASHINGTON—According to sources, the long Memorial Day weekend in honor of Monday’s federal holiday is practically over already, with the hours left in said weekend dwindling away at ...
Read more.Infographic: Timeline Of The War On Terror
0 AD–September 11, 2001: Everything fine September 11, 2001: September 11, 2001 September 12, 2001: A determined George W. Bush responds to the Sept. 11 attacks by swiftly promising ...
Read more.[video] Gay Scouts Forced To Wear Special Merit Badge
The nation dredges up its last remaining reserves of grief, a study finds that anxiety can be resolved if you think about it real hard, and a woman who cracked ...
Read more.Tim Duncan Encourages Teammates To Be Fathers First, Basketball Players Second
SAN ANTONIO—In an effort to inspire the team before Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, Spurs captain Tim Duncan reportedly reminded his teammates Friday to always put their ...
Read more.[Video] Xbox One Capable Of Controlling Users With Simple Voice Commands
Microsoft says their new Xbox features a host of simple voice commands that will easily control and instruct gamers.
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OptionsBridge section collapses on I-5 north of Seattle
SEATTLE — A large section of a bridge on Interstate 5 north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, sending vehicles and people plunging into the swirling, icy waters of the Skagit River.
Read more.Heinrich Rohrer dies at 79; a father of nanotechnology
With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the ...
Read more.Many Southern California beaches get top grades, report says
Southern California beaches had overall good water quality during the last year, and a vast majority of beaches received good to excellent ratings, according to an annual report released Thursday ...
Read more.Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes
In a major speech, President Obama tries to answer critics of drone strikes but also raises his own questions.
WASHINGTON — At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly and personal, President Obama on ...
Read more.Obama puts restrictions on drone program
Setting a new tone on U.S. counter-terrorism policy, he also lifts the ban on sending Guantanamo prisoners home.
WASHINGTON — Reining back the aggressive counter-terrorism strategy he has embraced for ...
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Billboard.com The Feed
OptionsMike Stud Talks Digital-Only 'Relief' Album & Grassroots Fan Base
From the mound to the mic, former baseball player Mike Stud, born Michael Seander, is on the charts with his new album, "Relief." The digital-only...
Read more.Scott Weiland Says New STP Incarnation "Not Stone Temple Pilots"
Scott Weiland has seen the newest incarnation of Stone Temple Pilots -- one minus him, plus Linkin Park's Chester Bennington -- and he's not happy....
Read more.Houston Police Shut Down Kanye West's 'New Slaves' Screening
A Houston screening of Kanye West's "New Slaves" video was shut down last night (May 24), the Houston Chronicle reports. West planned to project the...
Read more.Taylor Swift: Billboard Music Award Wins Were a 'Wonderful Feeling'
The biggest stars in music lit up the stage of Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena for the Billboard Music Awards. But no one beamed brighter than...
Read more.Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina Denied Parole
Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina has been denied parole, following a similar decision for fellow incarcerated band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova....
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SI.com
OptionsDuncan, Ginobili carry Spurs to 3-0 lead over Grizzlies
Even after all these years and games, Tim Duncan and the Spurs still have what it takes to win in the postseason. They proved that in Game 3 against Memphis ...
Read more.UFC 160: Velasquez dispatches Silva in 1st round
Cain Velasquez knocked down Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva with a combination and finished him on the ground 1:21 into the first round Saturday night, briskly defending his heavyweight title at ...
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OptionsReport: Rutgers AD faces abuse allegations
The woman hired to clean up Rutgers' scandal-scarred athletic program quit as Tennessee's women's volleyball coach 16 years ago after her players submitted a letter complaining she ruled ...
Read more.Velasquez defeats Silva, defends UFC title
Cain Velasquez needed under a round to grind down Antonio Silva and defend his heavyweight title at UFC 160.
Read more.Spurs down Grizzlies in OT to open 3-0 lead
Tim Duncan scored the first five points of overtime, and the San Antonio Spurs rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 Saturday night and move a ...
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Reuters: Sports News
OptionsPagan's rare feat carries Giants over Rockies
(Reuters) - Angel Pagan belted a rare walk-off inside-the-park home run to push world champion San Francisco past the Colorado Rockies 6-5 in 10 innings on Saturday.
Read more.Spurs one game away from Finals after huge comeback win
(Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs are just one win away from the NBA Finals after coming back from an 18-point deficit to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 104-93 in overtime in ...
Read more.Scandal engulfs Indian cricket; web of players, bookies faces scrutiny
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - It wasn't a typical photo opportunity for Indian cricketer Shanthakumaran Sreesanth as he stood outside a New Delhi court in a pair of faded jeans and ...
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TMZ.com
OptionsLindsay Lohan -- Rehab All-Star
Lindsay Lohan was expected to screw up again in rehab -- at least that's what we here at TMZ thought -- but to our amazement, she's actually become a model ...
Read more.Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran -- LIVING TOGETHER AGAIN!
Call her crazy ... but Karrueche Tran and Chris Brown are full-on LIVING TOGETHER ... TMZ has learned.Sources close to the couple tell TMZ ... they hooked up days before his 24th ...
Read more.Damon Wayans Jr. -- SHOT CALLER ... Drops $2,300 on Booze for Movie Extras
Damon Wayans Jr. became the most popular guy in an ATL nightclub this week ... when he whipped out his credit card and bought a round of 200 SHOTS ... TMZ has ...
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Wired Top Stories
OptionsWired Space Photo of the Day: Supermassive Black Hole Jets
This composite image of a galaxy illustrates how the intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to generate immense power. The image contains X-ray data from NASA ...
Read more.From Arrested Development to Dr. Who, How Binge Watching Is Changing Our Culture
Why do we binge watch? One way to answer this question is to say, well, we binge on TV for the same reason we binge on food. And these psychological ...
Read more.The Xbox One Misses the Perfect Set-Top Box Target
The Xbox One could have been the true center of your TV universe that let you throw all those other boxes away.
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OptionsWomen Account For Less Than 20% Of Movie Critics
The age of the Internet has not been kind to female movie critics.
According to a new study titled "Gender @ the Movies" obtained by TheWrap ahead of its Friday release ...
Read more.REPORT: SAC Capital's Biggest Outside Investor Wants To Pull Money Out
May 25 (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen is losing the financial support of Blackstone Group Inc , the largest outside investor in his embattled SAC Capital Advisors, which ...
Read more.Thousands Of Bridges Are One Freak Accident Away From Collapse
SEATTLE (AP) — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound.
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China Daily >USA Edition > World
OptionsTwo rockets hit southern Beirut district -residents
Two rockets hit a Hezbollah-controlled district in the southern part of Lebanon's capital on Sunday, residents said, wounding several people.
Read more.Track and field tournament for the blind
Kelsey Lora (R), from the New York Institute for Special Education, celebrates after winning the girls 75-yard dash at the 67th annual Eastern Athletic Association for the Blind track and ...
Read more.Chinese Visual Festival opens in London
A festival of Chinese film, documentaries, and art which opened in London on Saturday will bring the changing face of China to a wider audience.
Read more.Knowing China in Uganda
The former minister of agriculture Victoria Sekitoleko hopes her community library stacked with Chinese books will inspire young Ugandans.
Read more.Africa's Chinese bird man
Inspired by a chance sighting of migrating birds, Zhang Jianwen has amassed a collection of tens of thousands of photographs.
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