They build this city on heart and soul

To my friends wearing yellow (or blue, or red, or white) hardhats, I say thanks.

Digital healing

The voice of Xu Liping on the other side of the telephone was so weak that some of her words were barely audible. Xu, a 26-year-old lung cancer patient in Tianjin, has been hospitalized for her illness many times.

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Life Pulse

Ready, steady, go

The noon sun is scorching the tar as the thermometer rises past 33 C. Traffic police assistant An Mo is sweating as she tries to keep order at Zhongguancun Bridge No 1, Haidian District, one of the busiest roads in Beijing.

The future isn't certain but it's sure delicious

We live near a "no-future" alley, which runs through a vast expanse of "no-future" flat houses and decaying buildings before joining a "no-future" road where pedestrians and vehicles are jammed day in and day out among stalls of construction materials.

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Sports

Gay storms to rare sprint double

OSAKA: Tyson Gay romped to the 200m world title yesterday, giving him a rare sprint double, as super mum Jana Rawlinson won Australia's first medal of the championships in the 400m hurdles.

Eduardo adds menace to Wenger's young guns

LONDON: Arsene Wenger believes Eduardo has brought a new dimension to Arsenal that will help his side challenge for the Champions League.

Nadal struggles while Federer cruises

NEW YORK: Rafael Nadal struggled on a sore left knee past unheralded Australian Alun Jones on Wednesday to reach the second round of the US Open but his bid for a third Grand Slam final in a row appears doomed.

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