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11/02/2024 01:18:30 pm

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David Perry

Video Shows Journalist James Wright Foley Beheaded By ISIS

Missing journalist James Wright Foley is seen being beheaded by an ISIS soldier in a video uploaded to the Internet.

US Police Set Up Weibo Accounts

In an effort to reach their Chinese citizenry more efficiently during times of emergency, American police departments are setting up accounts with Chinese-language social media.

Cincinnati

Up To 8000 Gallons of Oil Spill into Ohio River

Authorities had to shut off water intake valves for both the Ohio and Kentucky sides of the waterway to protect water supplies.

ISS

Plankton Found Living on Exterior of Space Station

A routine wipe-down of the exterior of the International Space Station revealed that plankton had not only found its way onto the research vessel, but was alive.

Gaofen-2

China Launches Hi-Def Observation Satellite

China successfully launched its most advanced high-definition Earth-observation satellite on Tuesday.

Hot Dog Wedding

Man Proposes Marriage With 1001 Hotdogs

China may have set the bar for oddball marriage proposals when a hopeful bridegroom wooed his intended with 1001 hotdogs.

Yao Ming

Yao Ming Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

NBA superstar and China's world ambassador of basketball Yao Ming pledged he would take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on August 23.

Pudong

China Fines Japan's NSK

Japan's star auto parts supplier NSK got slapped with a $28.2 million (USD) fine by Chinese anti-monopoly regulators. The hefty sum comes as part of an ongoing anti-monopoly investigation.

Urumqi police

Uighurs Protest Chinese Drone Surveillance

Critics contend Beijing's drones unfairly target the Uighur people. The Uyghur American Association (UAA) demanded officials in Beijing disclose their deployment of drones in the vast western Xinjiang Province.

Popup

Inventor Of The Pop-Up Ad Apologizes

Practically admitting his creation, the Internet pop-up ad, has morphed into an out-of-control digital demon, Ethan Zuckerman, has taken the extraordinary step of apologizing for ever having come up with the idea.

Jaycee Chan

Jackie Chan's Son Jaycee Chan Arrested For Marijuana Possession

Jaycee Chan, son of Chinese action-flick superstar Jackie Chan, was arrested for possession of marijuana in his home in Beijing.

Homo Erectus

"Hottie" Homo Erectus Goes On Display in China

Museum curators in China are heralding the reconstructed features of a female homo erectus as some of the most alluring ever found in ancient humans.

Reunion

Lost On The Train, Daughter Is Reunited With Family 37 Years Later

A Chinese woman thought long-vanished was finally reunited with her family after three decades.

Aid worker

20 Injured in China Earthquake

China's Yunnan Province was shaken yet again with another earthquake.

Siberia

How Did An Ancient Chinese Palace End Up In Siberia?

A story of war, defection, murder, and the discovery of a palace in the last place one should be.

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