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China to build its "Mars Villiage"

China's first "Mars Village" will be located in the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province, according to the Science and Application Center for Moon and Deep Space Exploration (SACMDE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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China to build its "Mars Villiage"

China'sfirst"MarsVillage"willbelocatedintheHaixiMongolianandTibetanAutonomousPrefectureinnorthwestChina'sQinghaiProvince,accordingtotheScienceandApplicationCent

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Israel to remove metal detectors at sensitive holy site

Israeli ministers have decided to stop the use of metal detectors at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a statement said early Tuesday, after the new security measures set off deadly unrest.

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Emergency meeting of Arab FMs over Jerusalem tensions delayed to Thu.

TheemergencymeetingofArabforeignministerstodiscussIsraeliaggressionoverAl-AqsaMosqueinEastJerusalemhasbeendelayedtoThursday,theCairo-basedArabLeague(AL)saidinas

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Israeli embassy in Amman: Shooting leaves one dead

A Jordanian man has been killed, and an Israeli and another Jordanian wounded in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy in Jordan's capital Amman. The two Jordanians were working for a furniture firm and entered the embassy before the shooting, police say.

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15 found dead in SW China landslide burying 120

Fifteen people have been confirmed dead in a landslide in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Saturday that buried more than 120 people from 62 homes.

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ArcelorMittal gets green light to buy Italy's Ilva

AconsortiumledbyglobalsteelgiantArcelorMittalsaidFridaytheItalianauthoritieshadclearedittobuystrugglingsteelproducerIlva,butthousandsofjobsarethreatened.The1.8-

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Nine people dead after construction site gas leak in S. China

AtleastninepeoplehavediedafteratoxicgasleakataconstructionsiteonMondayinsouthChina'sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion,authoritiessaidTuesday.Theincidenthappenedwhen

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Saving Pakistan's lost city of Mohenjo Daro

Thecentreofapowerfulancientcivilisation,MohenjoDarowasoneoftheworld'searliestcities--aBronzeAgemetropolisboastingflushtoiletsandawaterandwastesystemtorivalmanyi

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Egypt discovers 17 intact mummies in latest ancient burial site find

Egyptianauthoritieshaveunearthedanancientburialsitewithatleast17mummies,thelatestinastringofdiscoveriesthatthecountry’santiquitiesministerdescribedasahelpinghan

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40 killed, 100 injured as suicide blast hits shrine in SW Pakistan

​At least 40 people were killed and over 100 others injured after a suicide blast hit a shrine in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan district on Saturday night, local media and officials said.

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Ancient Greek gate reopens to celebrate European Heritage Days

​Ietionian Gate, part of the ancient walls in the southeast port city of Piraeus, is a landmark ancient cultural site which Greece reopened to the public for free in its bid to mark the European Heritage Days.

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World's 1st ancient urban settlement discovered in W. India

Indian archaeologists have discovered the world's first ancient urban settlement in the western state of Gujarat, local media reported on Tuesday.

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S.Korean provincial governor asks communications for alternative THAAD site

Governor of a South Korean province, where Seoul and Washington agreed to house one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery by the end of next year, asked communications with the central government to find an alternative site for the U.S. missile defense system.

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Art exhibition held in Portugal's UNESCO World Heritage site

A contemporary art exhibition entitled "Point of View"is being held here in Sintra, the UNESCO world heritage site some 30 km northwest of the Portuguese capital Lisbon.

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New Zealand police to dig soil, examine foundations of deadly Christchurch quake building

New Zealand police investigating the collapse of a building that killed 115 people -- most of them young students from Asia -- in the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake said Friday they will dig into the building's foundations.

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China to step up protection at Shennongjia UNESCO site

Following the inclusion of central China's Shennongjia on UNESCO's World Heritage list on Sunday, a series of protection measures and plans will debut, local authorities said Monday.