Archive for April 17th, 2008
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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