Archive for April 17th, 2008

3 million poultry culled in S. Korea amid bird flu outbreaks

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

The South Korean government said Thursday that 2.99 million chickens and ducks have been culled so far to prevent further spreading of the bird flu throughout the country. Seven new suspected cases of bird flu outbreaks were report ...

Over 2,000 Taiwan tourists to visit southwest China’s Sichuan province

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

From April 19 to May 13, Sichuan province, southwest China, is expected to receive a total of 2,000 Taiwan compatriots in 16 batches. The inbound tourism group, organized jointly by the Chengdu Tourism Administration and the Sichuan Chi ...

"Harry Potter Lexicon": emotion-inflated case

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

J.K. Rowling lashed out in a New York court Wednesday as her lawsuit to halt the publication of unauthorized "Harry Potter" encyclopedia came to a close, media reported. Rowling, 42, told the court that publishing it would clear the ...

Students set record with flowery mural

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Guinness World Records recently approved a new world record for the biggest color painting, done by students in Luoyang, Henan province. Guinness World Reco ...

Literati: serious literature marginalized in China

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Should literature address more social issues, or should it get closer to the writer's own heart and focus on one's own experiences? This was a question debated by several literary authors and critics last weekend at the 6th Chinese ...

Brazil developing three-minute dengue diagnosis

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Brazilian researchers demonstrated in a medical test on Wednesday that they are able to diagnose dengue fever virus in a human body within three minutes. The test was developed by physicists with the Federal University of Pernambuco ...

Study: Multiple factors affect preemies’ survival chance

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

A new study shows at least five factors affect preemies' chance of survival besides gestational age, according The New England Journal of Medicine as quoted by media Thursday. Focused on nearly 4,200 extremely premature infants, the ...

Food artist recreates famous works using Smarties

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

Some of the world's most famous artworks have been recreated using chocolate Smarties. Andy Warhol's famous Marilyn Monroe painting is recreated. Some of t ...