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China lacks storage space for natural gas

AsChinavowstotakean“ironfist”tocombatingairpollution,it’sconversionfromcoaltotheclean-burningnaturalgashasproventobehappeningabruptly,asseeninthesupplycrunchthi

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Alibaba's Tmall to set up 1,000 baby care rooms across China

InababycareroominashoppingmallinFengtaiDistrictofBeijing,newmomYangMinscansaQRcodetoreceiveasamplepackofdiaperfromavendingmachine.Bypayingjust0.01yuan($0.0016),

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Beijing 2022 venue construction proceeds smoothly

TheplanningforBeijing2022WinterOlympicGamesvenuesisonschedule,accordingtotheBeijingWinterOlympicsorganizingcommittee.Whilethisisgoodnews,spendinghasnotyetbeenco

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Xi presses 'toilet revolution' in countryside

ChinesepresidentXiJinpingurgedfora"toiletrevolution"inruralareasonMonday,asthecountryhasmadeprogressinupgradingthefacilitiesintourspots.Thepresidenthascalledona

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Beijing's kindergartens to have permanent inspectors

EverykindergarteninBeijingwillbestaffedwithaneducationalinspectortooversighttheiroperation,localauthoritysaidonSundaynight.Themovecameafterallegationsofchildabu

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India: ‘Pink’ toilets for women in Delhi

ByAPDwriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,October13(APD)--ApplicationsarebeinginvitedbytheDelhigovernmentforconstructingandprovidingthefacilityof‘pink’toilets,asthefirs

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Indonesia inaugurates nat’l library building, claimed world’s tallest 

ByAPDWriterMaverickJAKARTA,Sept.15(APD)—IndonesiahasinauguratedthenewlibrarybuildinglocatedattheheartofcapitalJakarta,claimedthetallestoneintheworldwith27floors

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Report: Drones keep dropping drugs and porn into prisons

AnewreportfromUSATodayfoundthatdroneshavebeenusedmorethanadozentimestoflycontrabandintofederalprisonsoverthelastfiveyears,asscatteredreportssuggestthesmugglingo

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Chinese grant helps build Kyrgyzstan's irrigation facilities

Kyrgyzstan's irrigation facilities are to be developed thanks to a Chinese grant, the press service of the government reported on Wednesday citing a kyrgyz official as saying.

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Indonesia to reshuffle food, drug monitoring agency over fake vaccines scandal

Indonesian government will have an organizational reshuffle within the country's food and drug monitoring agency after it saw a nationwide fake vaccine scandal.

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DPRK slams Stratfor Scenario for precision strikes

DPRK has denounced a U.S. intelligence company's scenario for precision strikes on its nuclear facilities as an "expression of the American ambition for a war of aggression."

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Beijing condemns US warship patrol

Beijing expressed "resolute opposition" on Tuesday to a patrol by a United States warship in the South China Sea near Yongshu Reef in the Nansha Islands.

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China's test flight on Nansha reef legitimate: scholars

The Chinese government on Wednesday successfully conducted a test civil flight to an airport on Yongshu Jiao of China's Nansha Islands to ensure the safety of the airport for large airliners and provide options for new alternate airfields and more flexible and cheaper transoceanic flight routes.

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Suicide bomber killed in Nigerian church explosion: police

​A suicide bomber who targeted a church in northeastern Nigeria's state of Gombe during a new year mass was killed by his own bomb, local police authorities said.

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U.S. takes precautions over release of report on CIA interrogation practices

​The White House said Monday that precautions have been taken at U.S. facilities around the world to confront emergencies expected with the release of a report on the interrogation practices by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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UN-OPCW team chief says 12 Syrian chemical weapons facilities remain to be destroyed

​The chief of the joint UN- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) mission in Syria told the UN Security Council Thursday that 96 percent of Syria's declared chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed and only a dozen production facilities remain to be destroyed.

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China unveils rule to boost elderly facilities

More land has to be made available for the building of elderly service facilities in China, according to a regulation unveiled on Monday.