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The faces behind the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge

EngineeringteamsfromalloverofChinahavebeenworkingonthegiantHongKong-Zhuhai-MacaoBridgeprojectforoveradecade.Oncecompleted,itwillbethelongestcross-seabridgeinthe

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Canada 150: Huge crowds celebrate nation's anniversary

Revellers, police and some protesters have converged on Canada's national capital on Saturday for a party that has been years in the planning.

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Finland rape case: Cuban volleyball players' jail terms cut

A Finnish court has cut the jail terms of four members of Cuba's national volleyball team found guilty of rape, and released a fifth.

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Japan: Former Tepco executives on trial over Fukushima nuclear disaster

ThetrialofthreeformerexecutivesfromtheoperatorofJapan'sFukushimanuclearpowerplantkickedoffinaTokyocourtonFriday,fortheirinvolvementintheworstatomicaccidentinage

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In a Norwegian Wood, a 22nd century library grows

Somewillneverknowiftheirbookswereappreciatedbyreaders,manyofwhomaren'tbornyet.Everyyearfor100years,adifferentauthorwillcontributetothe"FutureLibrary",acollectio

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S. Korean ex-president Park's confidante gets 3-year prison term

Choi Soon-sil, a close confidante of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, on Friday got a three-year prison term for one of her corruption charges involving her daughter.

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Alibaba confident to help create 1 mln U.S. jobs: Jack Ma

Alibaba founder Jack Ma said Tuesday the Chinese e-commerce giant is confident that it will help support one million small U.S. businesses to sell to China and the rest of Asia through its network in the next five years.

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Africats to the Purr-ymids: DNA study reveals tale of cat domestication

StudyofancientgeneticmaterialfromEgypttoVikinggraveyardsrevealsalltamedcatsdescendedfromonerodent-catchingAfricansubspeciesfirsttamedbyNearEastfarmers9,000years

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Analysis reveals new evidence that all stars are born in pairs

A new analysis indicates that our sun almost certain had a twin, though not an identical one, when it was born 4.5 billion years ago.

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Woman's high school ring found 36 years after it was lost in bay

OneMattituck,NewYork,woman’sclassringhasbeenfoundinthePeconicBay36yearsafteritwaslost.“WewereatapartyandwewereinthewateranditslippedoffmyfingerandIwasheartbroke

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Giant panda Shin Shin gives birth to first cub in 5 years at Tokyo zoo

A Japanese zoo celebrated the first birth of a baby panda in five years Monday, with the tiny cub small enough to fit in the palm of a human hand.

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Giant panda Shin Shin gives birth to first cub in 5 years at Tokyo zoo

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Elderly panda dies in SW China

The oldest female giant panda in a breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province has died at the age of 34, the base announced Thursday.

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World's oldest human species' fossils found in Morocco

A team of international scientists has found the world's oldest human species' fossil near the southern Moroccan city of Youssoufia, the Moroccan national Institute of Sciences of Archaeology and Heritage announced in a statement on Wednesday.

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EU pledges over 50 million dollars for a new African force

TheEuropeanUnionhasagreedtogivemorethan50millioneuros(56,077,750USD)tofundanewAfricanjointmilitaryforceintheSahelregion,reportsEURACTIV.ThefundswillhelpanAfrica

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Chinese payment platform Alipay brings books right to your doorstep

AnewonlineserviceallowsbookloversinShanghaitoborrowupto20booksforamonthwithoutleavinghome.ChinesepaymentplatformAlipay'sonline"CreditPublicLibrary"lendsbooksonl

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IBM squeezes 30 billion transistors into a fingernail-sized chip

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