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Rebuilding gives poor farmer a fresh start and better life

Visitors to Chen Zongqiang's new home are impressed by the sausages and bacon that are hung in his spacious, villalike, two-story house.

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Green home shows new way of life

Imagine a house that generates its own electricity, collects rainwater to irrigate a courtyard garden, and uses kitchen garbage to produce gas for heating water and cooking.

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Dry Christmas tree causes deadly mansion fire in Maryland, killing six

​Authorities in the U.S. State of Maryland said Wednesday a deadly fire at a residential mansion in the state's Annapolis last week was caused by a dry Christmas tree, causing six deaths, including four children,

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Seven shot, one killed on New Year's Eve in west Canada

​A New Year's Eve house party in Calgary in west Canada turned violent in the early hours of Thursday in a shooting that wounded seven people, according to the police.

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Survivors recount horrible moments of losing loved ones in Indonesia's landslide

Survivors of a deadly landslide in Indonesia's Central Java province on Monday tearfully recalled the moment when they had to part from their loved ones after such a tragic event.

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Japan's Supreme Court rules 2013 upper house elections held in state of unconstitutionality

​Japan's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the 2013 Upper House vote was held "in a state of unconstitutionality"due to the disparity in the weight of individual votes across different constituencies.

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Will new bilateral security deals with the U.S. ensure lasting peace in Afghanistan?

​Afghanistan's lower house of parliament on Sunday allowed a limited number of the U.S.-led coalition alliance to remain in Afghanistan, after the 2014 pullout of the NATO-led forces from the country.

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Japan's cabinet approves dissolution of lower house

​The Japanese cabinet on Friday approved a resolution to dissolve the parliament's lower house later in the day and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to call a snap general election slated for Dec. 14.

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Mexico's president pledges to disclose personal assets

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto Wednesday pledged to publicly disclose his personal assets, according to media reports.

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Albanian central bank governor under house arrest

An Albanian court ruled Monday that Albania's central bank governor Ardian Fullani would be put under house arrest after release from jail.

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"House-for-pension" a bitter option in graying China

China has been pushing the reverse mortgage-style house-for-pension program to diversify its eldercare solutions for a quickly aging population. The four cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Wuhan will start a pilot to allow insurers to access this field on July 1.

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Turning point for Chinese property market?

The Chinese property market is facing a correction period as a downward trend emerged in more cities, with many local governments choosing to boost the market through lifting home purchase restrictions.

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Japanese gov't approves pro-wrestler-turned-lawmaker's trip to DPRK

The Japanese government on Monday said it had no problem with a potential visit by upper house lawmaker Antonio Inoki to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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Poverty a trademark for Gaza refugees

The seaside Gaza Strip is home to 1.8 million people, among whom 1.2 million are living in eight refugee camps.

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3 killed, 6 injured in suicide attack in Pakistan's Peshawar

At least three people were killed and six others injured on Thursday evening in a suicide attack at a house in Pakistan's northwestern metropolitan of Peshawar, local media reported.

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Japan's ex-LDP lawmaker banned from running in election for 5 years

Former ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker Takeshi Tokuda will be prohibited from running in a lower house election campaign in the Kagoshima Prefecture's No. 2 constituency for a period of five years, source revealed Monday.

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China's housing market going through natural adjustment

The slowdown of China's housing market has prompted prophets to predict doom in the industry and even for the country's macro-economy. But analysts argue the market is going through natural and necessary adjustment, which is good for the economy.