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Documentary spotlights Chinese artists Wang Guangyi, Liu Gang
BEIJING -- One scene of the new documentary “Chimeras” shows the young Chinese artist Liu Gang wandering with his camera around a town in China that's been built to resemble an English village. Liu is in Thames Town, a development outside...
Tags: Culture, Fine Artists, Auction Service, Artists, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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China's Xi urges Netanyahu to quickly restart peace talks
ReutersBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to restart peace talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, days after he tried to convince Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas...Tags: Israel, Xi Jinping, Mahmoud Abbas, Iran, Ehud Olmert
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Kawaguchi axed from Upper House panel
The Japan TimesFormer Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi was dismissed Thursday as chairwoman of the Upper House Environment Committee in the first case of its kind. The seven opposition parties that together hold a majority in the Upper House passed a resolution to...Tags: Trips and Vacations, China, Japan, Politics, Government
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Silk Screen Film Festival covers lots of ground
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival covers so much ground, crossing so many borders, that it's almost impossible to make generalizations about it. There are movies from cinema powerhouses like India -- whose film industry is actually bigger...Tags: Egypt, Midnight's Children (movie), Science and Technology, Headshot (movie), Valley of Saints (movie)
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Brother of blind Chinese activist says he was beaten up
ReutersBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - The eldest brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said he was beaten up on Thursday by two men he said were government-hired thugs, which would mark a sharp escalation in harassment meted out to Chen's...Tags: U.S. Department of State, John Kerry, China, Chen Guangcheng, Government
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Old friends await Northern State University band students in China
American News, Aberdeen, S.D.When members of the Northern State University Symphonic Band arrive on the other side of the world, they will have friends waiting for them. NSU student Megan Vockrodt, for instance, will see her old roommate, Xin Hua Jiang. Vockrodt, who plays flute in...Tags: Students, Trips and Vacations, Shanghai (China), Education, Colleges and Universities
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China probes reports of film director Zhang Yimou's seven children
ReutersBEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have begun investigating reports that Zhang Yimou, one of China's best-known movie directors, has seven children in violation of strict family planning rules, which could result in a fine of 160 million...Tags: Social Issues, China, Christian Bale, Politics, Human Rights
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1715 GMT, May 08
ReutersMay 8 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were sceptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let...Tags: Manchester United F.C., Mahmoud Abbas, John Kerry, Russia, Health Organizations
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Israel's Netanyahu, Palestine's Abbas head to China
ReutersBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 4 (Reuters) - China will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week for separate bilateral talks as it tries to shore up its role in a region where its diplomatic influence...Tags: Israel, United Nations, Iran, John Kerry, Ehud Olmert
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT May 8
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were sceptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let President Bashar al-...Tags: Manchester United F.C., Mahmoud Abbas, John Kerry, Russia, Health Organizations
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1215 GMT, May 08
ReutersMay 8 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- MOSCOW/BEIRUT - Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks with both sides to end Syria's civil war, but opposition leaders were sceptical on Wednesday of an initiative they fear might let...Tags: Manchester United F.C., Belgium, Theft, Brussels (Belgium), Russia
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China sends biggest ever fleet to disputed Spratlys
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- China has sent one of its largest recorded fishing fleets to disputed islands in the South China Sea, state-run media said yesterday, amid tensions over Beijing's assertion of its claims in the region. The China...Tags: Arbitration, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Manila (Philippines)
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