Mimicking the sounds of motor vehicles, a boy was playing with a toy motorcycle in a corridor of the inpatient ward in Beijing Huaxin Hospital. His parents were watching intently, their eyes filled with worry. At a glance, people would notice the bluish color in the boy's skin, lips and fingertips.
KUALA LUMPUR: South Korea's veteran goalkeeper Lee Won-jae showed his young team mates there is some life in the old spider yet after breaking Iranian hearts in an Asian Cup quarterfinal penalty shootout on Sunday.
NUERBURGRING, Germany: McLaren's Fernando Alonso declared the Formula One title race too close to call after slashing team mate Lewis Hamilton's lead to just two points on Sunday.
LAS VEGAS: Oscar De La Hoya plans to continue fighting and has targeted Britain's Ricky Hatton for a possible clash next year.
BANGKOK: Nashat Akram is poised to become the first Iraqi to play in one of the big European soccer leagues after being linked with top-flight clubs in England, Spain and Italy.
LOS ANGELES: Radek Stepanek, sidelined for six months last year with a neck injury, set his sights on regaining a top-10 ranking after winning the Los Angeles Classic on Sunday.
It seems suitable that China's first green museum should be built in Liaoning Province - once a lush pre-historic paradise where giant dinosaurs roamed - and now a land rich with exciting fossils, some of which will end up inside the new museum. Set to open before next year's Olympics, the Yizhou Fossil and Geology Park touts itself as China's first completely green museum, built entirely with environmentally friendly materials.
It all started in 2001, when a bulldozer driver heard a scraping sound as his machine's blade bit deep into the dirt. Working at a new real estate development site on the west end of Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the driver looked down to see what his scoop had snagged. He had struck a collection of golden and jade objects in the earth.
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