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Colombian engineer 3D prints mechanical hands for disabled children

To help disabled children, Colombian engineer Cristian Silva, alongside a team of volunteers, has constructed mechanical hands using three-dimensional printing.

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ASEAN FMs extend condolences to Nepal earthquake victims

Foreign ministers of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) extended their condolences here Sunday to the victims of a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal and surrounding neighbors India and Bangladesh at midday on Saturday.

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Nigeria launches offensive on Boko Haram's Sambisa camp: spokesman

​Government forces have commenced mop up operations to rout Boko Haram from Sambisa Forest, a camp known as one of their major hideouts in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, defense spokesman Chris Olukolade said Thursday.

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Asian-African Summit adopts declaration on Palestine

​The Asian-African Summit 2015 adopted a declaration on Palestine, which reaffirmed full support of the just struggle of the Palestinian people to regain their right to self-determination.

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French tourists who burnt native Australian animal choose jail term over fine

French tourists​Two French tourists who filmed themselves burning a quokka, a native Australian marsupial, have each chosen to accept a seven-day jail term, which is expected to cost Western Australian taxpayers thousands of dollars.

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Lushan following new democratic model in post-quake reconstruction

​Two years after an earthquake killed 196 people in Lushan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, local officials have told how they are rebuilding villages using a more patient and democratic model than has been adopted with other Chinese quakes.

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S. African president warns "perpetrators of xenophobia violence"

​South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday warned "those behind the ongoing xenophobic violence" to immediately stop or face the law.

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Myanmar gears up for annual water festival celebrations

​Water festival enthusiasts especially young people are researching and composing plans for the upcoming Thingyan or Myanmar's New Year Water Festival, as the country gears up to usher in its New Year.

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Maritime Silk Road offers new opportunity for China-Vietnam cooperation

The ongoing China visit by Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, has sounded an upbeat note for bilateral ties, with the two sides reemphasizing their traditional friendship and the will to further promote it.

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Recapture of Iraq's key town of Tikrit weakens IS, tough fight ahead

​The liberation of Salahudin's provincial capital city of Tikrit weakened the Islamic State (IS) militant group, but heavy and bloody battles are widely expected to free Iraq's largest province of Anbar and Mosul in the north.

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Judicial intervention blacklist a deterrent for "the vital few"

Meddling in judicial cases could cost Chinese officials their positions or lead to arrest after the government introduced a blacklist to hold those who do so accountable.

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China regulates against officials' judicial meddling

China has formulated measures to name and shame officials who interfere in judicial cases, in a move it hopes will prevent this common problem and advance the rule of law.

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Mobile pushcart catering business booming in major American cities

​Food vendors and their pushcarts have become ubiquitous in American cities of Washington D.C., New York, Los Angeles and economists believe wide use of smartphones and social media has played a vital role in advancing the mobile catering business.

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Give Syrian kids hope, not helplessness to fight in battles

​In Syria, a country that has suffered greatly from the past four years of ferocious civil war and constant strife, children, who should have been comforted with hope, have been edging ever closer to helplessness.

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Chinese companies strong presence graces CeBIT tech fair

​As the partner country of CeBIT 2015, the world's top trade fair for information and communication technology, China's strongest presence shows its power in the IT industry and graces the leading trade fair.

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Chinese companies strong presence graces CeBIT tech fair

​As the partner country of CeBIT 2015, the world's top trade fair for information and communication technology, China's strongest presence shows its power in the IT industry and graces the leading trade fair.