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China beats Jordan to win Asian championship

2011-09-25 22:59

China beat Jordan 70-69 in a breath-taking final of the Asian Men's Basketball Championships on Sunday to win the title for the first time in six years.

Slide: Malta Airshow

2011-09-26 06:53

Slide: Malta Airshow

Flying high

2011-09-25 08:50

Jeb Corliss, a 35-year-old BASE jumper, skydiver and wingsuit flier, rockets through a hole on Tianmen Mountain, in the city of Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, on Saturday on his second try, Sept 24, 2011.

Putin to run for Russian president in 2012

2011-09-24 18:33

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he will run for president in 2012 after President Dmitry Medvedev had proposed him to run. Putin nominates Medvedev to head ruling party

Forecasts signal late-week launch

2011-09-26 07:53

The weather on Thursday or Friday might be suitable for launching the Tiangong-1 spacecraft.

Migrant workers share stories through hands

2011-09-24 08:37

A young Chinese migrant worker was surprised to be asked to have her hands, permanently marred by a gas tank explosion, photographed and filmed. "Are you sure you want to shoot me?" she asked. "My hands are not very pretty."

Lifeless satellite falls back to Earth

2011-09-24 07:27

Fragments from an old 6-ton NASA satellite hurtled toward Earth on Friday, while the exact site of the crash-landing remained a mystery.

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