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No country for art-house films

It is a problem Chinese art-house filmmakers have faced for a long time.

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Housing -- the new price of education

Parents want the best for their kids, and, for some, the cost is no issue.

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Indian man allegedly kills 14 family members before committing suicide

A man in Indian state of Maharastra killed 14 members of his family before committing suicide at his house on Sunday, police said.

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Japanese opposition parties accelerate realignment, eye summer election

​Japanese opposition parties accelerated their realignment ahead of the upper house election slated for this summer with the latest move on Tuesday that two major opposition parties here basically agreed to merge in a step to challenge the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Death toll from south China landslide rises to six

​The death toll from a landslide in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has risen to six, as the four missing were confirmed dead.

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Major Australia cities considered "severely unaffordable": report

​Surging house prices in Australia' s largest cities has contributed to the nation being the second least-affordable country to buy a house, a report revealed on Monday.

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Abe seeks votes from lower income class in policy speech

​Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to gain more votes from lower income class for the upcoming upper house election by vowing to address wage gaps in his policy speech on Friday.

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McDonald's opens in historic home, with Starbucks in annex

A McDonald's cafe opened in the old home of former Taiwan leader Chiang Ching-kuo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, last week.

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Japan's upper house erupts into chaos as opposition lawmakers seek to delay war bill vote

​Japan's opposition lawmakers on Thursday succeeded in delaying a vote on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 's plans to see controversial security legislation enacted which will allow the scope of the nation's Self Defense-Forces to be expanded globally in the biggest post-war shift seen in 70 years.

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120,000 protesters surround Japan's Diet against security bills

​Some 120,000 people rallied and surrounded Japan's parliament building here on Sunday, demanding Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rescind the controversial security bills.

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Japan's upper house starts debate on contentious war bills amid plunging support for Abe gov't

​Japan's upper house of parliament on Monday began discussions on a package of controversial security bills that, if enacted, will allow for the nation's Self-Defense Forces to have an expanded role abroad, despite an ongoing public backlash that has seen hundreds of thousands took to the streets in protests.

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Controversial security bills passed in Japan's lower house special committee amid strong opposition

​A series of controversial security- related bills proposed by Japan's ruling bloc were rammed through a special committee of Japanese parliament's lower house Wednesday noon, paving the way for a vote for the bills at the full chamber later.

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Small plane crashes into house in Massachusetts, fate of crew unknown

​A small plane with three crew members crashed into a house in the southeastern Massachusetts town of Plainville on Sunday afternoon, local media said.

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American Red Cross aid project in Haiti: 500 U.S. dollars for a concrete roof?

​An aid project of the American Red Cross (ARC) in Haiti only provided unfinished houses with zinc roofs, and residents have to pay around 500 U.S dollars for a roof made of concrete.

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Chinese Culture House in Argentina opens to boost bilateral exchange

Argentina's first Chinese Culture House opened Thursday in the capital Buenos Aires, with a photographic exhibition called "The Charm of Beijing."

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German police search co-pilot's home for clues to Germanwings crash mystery

​German police searched on Thursday the Germanwings' co-pilot's home in the town of Montabaur, as well as his apartment in Duesseldorf, trying to find answers to the mystery of Tuesday's Germanwings crash which killed 150 people on board.

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House reform transforms lives in China's revolutionary heartland

In her dark, dank hovel in Ganzhou City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Zhong Nianfa (a pseudonym) uses a washing machine given by her son to store sweet potatoes and carrots rather than dirty laundry.