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Water diversion project transforms "uninhabitable" land in Dingxi, China

A water diversion project has transformed an "uninhabitable" land in Dingxi, northwest China. It helps lift villagers out of poverty as they are able to use clean water

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TV series to be aired on poverty alleviation in China

A new TV drama on poverty alleviation in China, titled "No One Left Behind," will be aired starting Monday, according to the National Radio and Television Administrati

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4 Yunnan golden hair monkeys born in SW China nature reserve

Four Yunnan golden hair monkeys, also known as black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys, have been born in a nature reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province since Jan. 2

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36 injured in Lotte Chemical plant fire in S. Korea

A total of 36 people, including factory workers and villagers near the plant in the southern city of Seosan, South Korea, were injured on Wednesday following an explosi

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Xi congratulates Wa ethnic group villagers for getting rid of poverty

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has congratulated villagers of a village of the Wa ethnic group in southwest China's Y

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Avalanches kill scores of people in Pakistani and Indian Kashmir

A man guides an excavator operator as they clear snow-covered road to make way to reach the areas affected by heavy snowfall and avalanches, in Neelum Valley near line of control (LoC), Pakist

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Volcano erupts near Manila; thousands evacuated and airport closed

More than6,000 villagers have been evacuated,following theeruption of theTaal Volcano.Taal Volcano is located south of the Philippine capital, and the massive plume of ash and steam blasted from t

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The old trains providing vital links in high-speed China

China’shigh-speedtrainnetworkmaybeexpandingrapidly,butslowtrainscontinuetoprovidetransportforvillagersinseveralremoteandpoverty-strickenareas.NorthChina’sShanxi

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Villagers live under elephant menace in northeastern Thailand

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Sep17(APD)--AherbofwildelephantskeptdisturbingavillageinnortheasternThailandforaweek,bringingsleeplessnightsforvillagers,localmedia

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At least six Buddhists killed in rising Rakhine violence

SuspectedinsurgentskilledatleastsixmembersofaBuddhistethnicminorityinwesternMyanmaronThursday,thegovernmentandregionalsourcessaid,amidspiralingviolenceintrouble

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Indonesian police shoot at Papuan villagers, killing 1

Indonesian police opened fire on indigenous Papuan villagers, killing one person and wounding several others, including two children, during a confrontation that erupted after workers at a company in the remote area refused to take a dying villager to a hospital.

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Ethnic villagers' fortunes rise as they cooperate in kiwi cultivation

Editor'snote:Intherun-uptothe19thCommunistPartyofChinaNationalCongress,ChinaDailysentsixreporterstovillagesnationwidetoliveforamonthandtakealookathowpeoplearewo

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North China coal village relocates for new life

​Due to dangers caused by subsidence in mining, Nansangyu has become the first village to be entirely relocated to a city in the major coal-producing province of Shanxi in north China.

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Thousands of copies of anti-charter letter mailed to villagers in northern Thailand

Thousands of copies of a politically-motivated letter have been mysteriously mailed to villagers in northern Thailand, urging the recipients to vote down a draft constitution in next month's public referendum, police said on Wednesday.

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Lawsuit to repatriate Chinese Buddhist mummy starts in the Netherlands

A lawsuit has been filed in the Netherlands for the repatriation of a 1000-year- old Buddhist mummy stolen from Yangchun village in China's southeast province of Fujian.

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Cambodian authorities start distributing clean water to drought-hit villagers

Authorities in southwestern Cambodia's Kampot province have started distributing clean water to drought-stricken villagers in several districts, local media reported on Thursday.

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Boko Haram militants kill 18 villagers in Chad

​Nigerian Islamic sect Boko Haram militants killed 18 villagers in Monday's attack on Memorom, a Chadian village near Lake Chad, local media reported Wednesday.