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Jewish museum shooter spent one year in Syria

[2014-06-03 07:22]

A suspected French jihadist who spent time in Syria has been arrested over the shooting deaths of three people at a Belgian Jewish museum, prosecutors said on Sunday, crystallizing fears that European radicals will parlay their experiences in Syria into terrorism back home.

Taliban prisoner swap stirs debate in US

[2014-06-03 07:22]

Critics say released Afghans could 'have ability to rejoin fight'

Karzai fumes over deal

[2014-06-03 07:22]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is angry at being kept in the dark over a deal to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for captured US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, a senior source said on Monday.

Dragon boat delights

[2014-06-02 07:13]

A look at the origins and traditions of Duanwu Festival and how people celebrate across the country

Specialist bookstores respond to expat tastes

[2014-05-31 07:50]

Yandi Mbeki (pseudonym), the 39 year-old wife of a diplomat from South Africa, Googled "English bookshops in Beijing" on her arrival in the city, but found no really helpful guides. For the first five months of her stay, she went to a small community bookshop near her home and resorted to amazon.cn to find textbooks in English.

Glance

[2014-05-31 07:50]

Hotspots for foreign booklovers in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Nanjing

Three-man crew docks successfully at space lab

[2014-05-30 06:54]

Russian, US astronauts hug when asked about tensions over Ukraine

Angelou thrived despite harsh life challenges

[2014-05-30 06:54]

Undaunted writer, actress, singer, dancer dies at 86, an artistic force

Study makes 'pretty grim' find: 30% of world is fat

[2014-05-30 06:54]

Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

UN spurs initiative to end 'silence' on open defecation

[2014-05-30 06:54]

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called on the international community to "break the silence" on open defecation and to provide aid to the 2.5 billion people across the world who live without basic sanitation.

Sisi snatches landslide win in Egypt

[2014-05-30 06:54]

96% of voters throw support behind former general who deposed Morsi

Pakistani PM orders probe in 'brutal killing' of woman

[2014-05-30 06:54]

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has demanded to know why police apparently stood by while a pregnant woman was stoned and beaten to death by her family in front of one of the country's top courts, his spokesman said on Thursday.

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