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WOW|A leisure sports city,a group of sport fans

Cold wave could not cool people’s enthusiasm for sports in this city.It is a city that once hosted an international sports game, while it is also a small and obscure city at Jiaodong peninsula in China.

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British grandma delights Google with polite search request

​Grandmother May Ashworth recently caught the attention of Google and the internet with her polite googling.

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Rebel in the ranks: Movement in small Indian Muslim sect shines light on its genital mutilation practice

When she was seven, Saleha Paatwala’s grandmother took her out for what she thought would be a party.“I was told it would be a huge gathering where kids like me would also be,” Paatwala said.

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Rising climate threat to Australia's coastal cities

After watching a chunk of her Sydney beachside home fall into the sea, Mrs Zaza Silk returned to her precariously located property and defiantly declared she had no intention of moving.

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Adopted children unravel their connections with China

Samantha Guess, 9, from Pittsburgh, U.S. always wanted to know what her middle name "Meili" meant. One day, her father sat her down and told her that it meant "beautiful," and she was given it by an orphanage in the Chinese city of Nanjing.

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Why Hong Kong parents should forget flying and take toddlers on a cruise instead

Endless kids’ activities, a ship so big it’s like a floating land mass, no luggage weight limits – and wait till you step ashore in Okinawa, with its sparkling seas, temples and snakeskin guitar bands

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Pakistan’s transgenders mocked by most, abhorred by many

Abandoned by family and mocked by their society, the life of a Pakistani transgender is lonely.It can even be deadly.

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Adoring fans, selfies and smiles: Ousted Thai ex-PM Yingluck shows junta the Shinawatras are still very much in the game

On a “fighting with smiles” tour by ex-premier Yingluck Shinawatra, selfies and symbols are the weapons of choice, showing adoring fans her family are still in Thailand’s treacherous political game – despite being hemmed in by the junta.

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Former "The Shield" actor Michael Jace sentenced 40-year in prison

Former television series "The Shield" actor Michael Jace was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Friday for shooting his wife in front of their two young children in 2014.

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US President Obama formally endorses Hillary Clinton for president

US President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton’s White House bid on Thursday and called for the Democratic Party to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.

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Cathedral service starts celebrations for British Queen's 90th birthday

Britain holds a National Service of Thanksgiving in honor of Queen Elizabeth on Friday, kicking off a weekend of events to mark the official 90th birthday of the country's longest-reigning monarch.

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Hillary Clinton calls female progressive senator "qualified" to be her VP

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday called Senator Elizabeth Warren, a female leader of the progressive wing within the Democratic Party, "qualified" to be her running mate, said local media.

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Ramadan full of heartbreak, pain for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

​Suheila Idriss, a Syrian woman who fled her devastated town in Aleppo and took refuge in the plains of Marjeyoun in South Lebanon, feels confused and puzzled every day while preparing the traditional iftar for her family.

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Aussie leaders visit storm-hit areas

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his opponent, opposition leader Bill Shorten, suspended their election campaigning yesterday to visit areas ravaged by the powerful storm which has lashed Australia's east coast.

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Japanese woman first to ‘openly speak out’ among scores of thyroid cancer patients in Fukushima

She’s 21, has thyroid cancer, and wants people in her prefecture in northeastern Japan to get screened for it. That statement might not seem provocative, but her prefecture is Fukushima, and of the 173 young people with confirmed or suspected cases since the 2011 nuclear meltdowns there, she is the first to speak out.

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4-yr-old backpacker splits online community

While many of her peers are still learning how to ride a bike, one little girl is scaling mountains, tracing coastlines, or fighting her way through jungle overgrowth.