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China's Only Children at Risk of Divorce
China's "one-child" generation, born since the early 1980s, are leaving their doting parents and getting wed - to find marriage is only big enough for one.

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·Different Sexes Have Different Cognitive Processes

·Study: Arctic Basin Ice Free by September 2040

·Annan Urges "New, Urgent Push for Peace" in Middle East

·Liu Xiang Cruises to Easy Win at Doha Games

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·New "Jack the Ripper": 5 Bodies Found in E England

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See a Glacier Before It Melts
Glaciers are formed where, over a number of years, more snow falls than melts.

Beijing to Inspect Safety Measures in Major Industries
Beijing inspectors will this month examine safety controls of major industries including coal-mining, chemical producers and fireworks makers.

Beijing's Hutongs to Recover Their Original Faces
The hutong, housing featuring narrow lanes, have always being a sign of Beijing and authorities say by the end of 2007 some 218 will be restored to their original state.

Fourth Tourist Guide TV Competition to be Held
The fourth Beijing tourist guide TV competition will be held from April to June in the aim of finding talents for the upcoming 2008 Olympics.

Travel Agencies in Beijing to Receive Star Rating
By this autumn, travelers in Beijing will be able to choose travel agencies as easily as they would a star-rated hotel, tourism authorities announced on Thursday.

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Suicide Truck Bomber Hits U.S. Patrol in Northern Iraq
A suicide truck bomber struck a U.S.patrol in northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday, damaging two U.S. Humvees, local police said.

Sri Lanka President Talks Tough against Tigers
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has sent a tough message to the Tamil Tiger rebels in outlining his new counter terrorism laws.

Major Music Labels Selling MP3 Downloads
In an effort to prevent piracy, major music labels wrapped music sold on the Internet with copy and playback restrictions, but now some are making songs available in the unrestricted MP3 file format.

Europe's Alpine Region Warmest in 1,300 Years
Results from a recent European Union study reveal that Europe's Alpine region is in the midst of its warmest climate in 1,300 years.

140 Injured after Protesters, Police Clash in Peru
Around 140 people, 63 of them police officers, were injured in clashes between police and 4,000 protesters who were trying to occupy a government building in the southern Peru.

Weekly Roundup

Different Sexes Have Different Cognitive Processes
Boys and girls tend to use different parts of their brain to learn some fundamental parts of grammar.

Study: Arctic Basin Ice Free by September 2040

A recent climate study using computer models indicates that if greenhouse gases continue to be released at their current rate, most of the Arctic basin will be ice free in September by 2040.

China Has Nearly 20 Million Internet Bloggers
China had 19.87 million Internet bloggers at the beginning of November -- a 24 percent increase over the past 12 months.

Global Warming Harms World's Ocean Food Chain
New satellite data show the vital base of the ocean food chain -- hytoplankton --decreases when the world's seas warm up and that has scientists worried about how much food marine life as oceans become warmer because of global warming.

Youth to Bear Brunt of Diabetes Epidemic
More than 380 million people worldwide would be living with diabetes by the time today's children reach their thirties and forties, if no action is taken to reverse current prevalence.

Voice

Annan Urges "New, Urgent Push for Peace" in Middle East
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for a "new and urgent push for peace" in the Middle East from the concerned parties, including the international community.

Official: HK's Narrow Tax Base Needs to Be Tackled
Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Frederick Ma said Wednesday that Hong Kong still needs to find other ways to deal with the narrow tax-base problem.

Maya: Gibson Movie Portrays Us as Savages

Much like his bloody epic about the death of Christ, a new Mel Gibson production about the collapse of the Mayan civilization is angering members of the culture it depicts even before it hits the screen.

Parade of Prostitutes Lands Police in Hot Water

Local police have come under strong criticism from the public and lawyers after parading a group of prostitutes and their clients up and down a crowded street.

China Has More than 100,000 Autistic Children
China has at least 100,000 autistic children but there is a lack of adequate professional treatment available, an expert said Thursday.

What's Odd

New "Jack the Ripper": 5 Bodies Found in E England

British police said they found two more bodies on Tuesday believed to be murdered by a possible serial killer targeting prostitutes, adding the death toll to five in ten days.

Puppy Transports Vegetables

A pug hauls a cart full-loaded with vegetables following his owner on the street in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province November 27.

Open-air Lavatory Attracts Eyeballs

A man was spotted as he answered the call of nature in an open-air men's toilet in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

Gay Man Accuses Tsinghua of Discrimination

Xiao Tian, a gay man, sparked an uproar in the gay community in the capital after he accused the prestigious Tsinghua University of discriminating against gays.

Yorkshire Terrier on a Dog Fasion Show

A Yorkshire Terrier presented a creation during a fashion show featuring the winter collection for dogs in Moscow.

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Liu Xiang Cruises to Easy Win at Doha Games

Liu Xiang took the gold medal and broke the event 's Asian Games record, clocking a time of 13.15 seconds.

China Tests Its First Police Gun
China's first gun specially designed for police, a nine-millimeter revolver, has been tested in a special police unit in central China's Henan Province.

Tomb Dates Back to the Eastern Han

Archaeologists have not identified the tomb's owner and find it to have been dug out by tomb raiders.

Robotic Dinosaur Displayed in Taipei

Ugobe Inc. is in cooperation with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industy to produce the toy which would be sold in the United States in March 2007.

NASA Telescope Discovers Black Hole Gulping Star

A giant black hole displaying horrifying table manners has been caught in the act of guzzling a star in a galaxy 4 billion light-years away.