Affected by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake which hit Lushan County on April 20, senior students of Lushan Middle School who are going to graduate were transfered to the provincial capital Chengdu to prepare for the National College Entrance Examination.
The funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was held Wednesday in London, with some of the bitter divisions in British society that are a part of her legacy played out as her hearse went past waiting crowds, as well as a respectful and occasionally passionate farewell from many who lined the route of the funeral procession.
"Finding Mr. Right," a Chinese film that details a mother's journey to the United States to give birth in order to ensure U.S. citizenship for her child, has not only scored big at the box office, but also exposed a growing trend among Chinese mothers-to-be.
World leaders on Monday mourned the death of Britain's first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher, reflecting on her influence both at home and abroad, and extending condolences to her family and people.
Baroness Thatcher will be remembered as a "towering figure" and a "strong and committed leader", UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said following the news of the death of the former British prime minister, known as the " Iron Lady."
British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her spokesman announced Monday.
Indian police arrested five people in connection with the gangrape of a Swiss woman on Monday.
Wei Ruihong is a 33-year-old girl born with a rare "brittle bone" disease which has caused her to break bones as many as 31 times. Through launching a charity website, she successfully raised large sums of money in exchange for her counselling service. The money allowed her to receive treatment in Italy, one of the world's best place to treatment of the bone disease.
Park Geun-hye took office as S.Korea's first female president on Monday. Park promised to revive the country's slowing economy and promote her country's culture across the globe. She also emphasized the importance of trust-building with partners in dealing with security challenges.
Park Geun-hye was sworn in as South Korea's first female president Monday, pledging economic revival, educational system overhaul and restoring trust between the two Koreas.
Many loney hearts in China have found themselves at the center of the stage on Valentine's Day which falls on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, as parents and relatives scurry to arrange dates for those who remain single.
India's ruling Congress party is facing a major embarrassment after one of its senior lawmakers and the deputy chief of the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), P. J. Kurien, has been accused of gangraping a 16-year-old girl in the southern state of Kerala in 1996.
Li Na was runner-up for the second year at the 2013 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, narrowly missing the title after losing against Bellarussian Victoria Azarenka, in the women's final. But her coach says the French Open singles title winner, was the real winner.
Dutch Queen Beatrix announced her abdication in favor of her eldest son Prince Willem-Alexander in an address to the nation on Monday evening.
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is set to arrive in South Korea on Monday for a five-day visit, during which she will meet with President Lee Myung-bak and President-elect Park Geun-hye.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday in a congressional hearing took responsibility for the security failure in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. But she defended fiercely for the handling by the Obama administration on the attack's aftermath.
The mother of a rape victim in central China has filed a petition over her detainment in a labor camp, sparking a new wave of public outcry calling for reform - or even abolishment - of re-education through labor.
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