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Fitness for all

[2014-09-05 07:23]

China's sports minister has hailed the achievements of the mass fitness campaign, launched in 2008, and envisions a larger program to benefit more members of the general public in the next five-year plan.

Sport gives students respite from classroom pressure

[2014-09-05 07:23]

Proof that children are becoming more involved in sport despite the academic burdens they face can be seen at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.

Govt works to boost soccer's profile in country

[2014-09-05 07:23]

When Jiang Shuai, a former women's international soccer player, watched children of her junior club practicing on the turf at the Workers' Stadium as part of the sixth National Fitness Day on Aug 8, she never expected a star's visit and his warm words.

How to build the best CV

[2014-08-23 07:45]

Fresh-faced graduates aren't the only jobseekers who should be dusting off their CVs. Whether you've recently lost a job, are looking for promotion or a career change, you can improve your CV using the advice here.

Career-change cures for a mid-life crisis

[2014-08-23 07:45]

Self-employment has been one of the strategies many people have adopted to stave off the United Kingdom's malaise known as austerity. Midlife men, facing redundancy, or boredom, or career crises, seem to be especially adept at coming up with job schemes that will permit them an opportunity for reinvention as well as financial survival in their coming pension-bereft later years.

Masterpieces of art lost and then found

[2014-08-16 08:35]

This is not the first time that a hidden painting has been discovered beneath one of Picasso's works.

Did a Labour council and the BBC fall for one of the world's great art hoaxes?

[2014-08-16 08:35]

It is one of the world's finest art collections in private hands with paintings by van Gogh, Picasso and Rembrandt among others. It even contains a previously undiscovered version of Edvard Munch's The Scream, perhaps the most famous modern artwork ever created.

New technology that allows advertisers to track targets

[2014-08-09 07:31]

For advertisers it's very important to see which websites you visit: knowing what you read gives them clues on what you may want to buy. Search for "television reviews" on Google and you may find that next time you're reading the news you'll see adverts for the latest widescreen model crop up in the margins. It will be no coincidence.

Huawei takes on cellphone rivals

[2014-08-09 07:31]

It was not so long ago that Samsung was struggling to establish itself. Now it's a pre-eminent brand - it would be wise not to rule out Huawei just because it's virtually unpronounceable and lacks pedigree. The Chinese manufacturer's new flagship, the Ascend P7 brings the Chinese manufacturer closer than ever to rivaling smartphone giants Samsung and Apple.

Web users urged to re-use old passwords

[2014-08-09 07:31]

The conventional wisdom that web users should always use strong passwords that are never repeated has been challenged in a new report.

Staying safe: advice for female travelers

[2014-08-02 07:45]

With news that Goa's Public Works Minister, Sudhin Dhavalikar, has suggested the bikini be banned from public beaches in the state, an idyllic tourist destination that attracted half a million foreign visitors last year, what's a woman on vacation to do?

The rules of the road for the aspiring cyclist

[2014-08-02 07:45]

"They're throwing themselves into the road gladly! Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness!" screamed Withnail - the dishevelled actor played by Richard E. Grant - from the window of a rusty Jaguar MkII in the film Withnail and I.

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