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Dead sea life washes up on shore after oil spill

2011-09-03 17:11

Hebei is located by Bohai Bay, where an oil spill occurred on June 4 and is yet to be stopped. Local fishermen said a lot of young fish and other seafood products kept dying in their fishery this year.

Mooncake chess combines game and treats

2011-09-03 16:10

A bakery in Nanjing, South China’s Jiangsu province, sells chess pieces made from mooncakes, Sept 2, 2011.

Second plane this week skids off runway in India

2011-09-03 10:34

A Turkish Airlines aircraft carrying 104 passengers skidded off the runway at Mumbai Airport on Friday.

China beats Singapore 2-1 in World Cup qualifier

2011-09-02 22:38

China laboured out a 2-1 comeback win over Singapore at the first group match in the third round of the 2014 World Cup Asian qualifiers here on Friday.

Tibet's new railway to open in 2014

2011-09-02 20:36

The 253-kilometer Lhasa-Xigaze Railway, which will start operating in 2014, is expected to improve transportation in the southwestern part of Tibet.

Mudslide halts bullet trains in E China

2011-09-02 17:46

A mudslide triggered by heavy rain occurred at 6:25 am Thursday near a section of railway connecting the city of Putian to Xianyou county, stopping 14 bullet trains on Thursday

E China city inundated by heavy rains

2011-09-02 15:36

A rescuer helps evacuate trapped residents to safety places in Putian, East China's Fujian province on Sept 1, 2011. The center of the city was flooded by heavy rains brought by Typhoon Nanmadol.