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Terror attack on US plane

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       这起事故让人想起了2001年所谓的“鞋子炸弹袭击”,一位名叫理查德·里德的英国年轻人试图引爆其藏在鞋子中的爆炸装置。现在,里德正在服终身监禁,而全美各地的机场都要求在乘客登机前对其鞋子进行X光扫描。

Norway mourns victims

 挪威民众雨中哀悼

Indoor smoking ban comes into effect

    China’s latest push to ban smoking in indoor public venues includes a ban on smoking in all enclosed public locations including hotels, restaurants, theaters and waiting rooms at railway stations and airports. The new regulation took effect on May 1, according to the Ministry of Health.

Schoolgirl’s rickets blamed on sunscreen

 天天搽防晒霜女孩患佝偻病

    A British girl aged 12 was diagnosed with rickets after her conscientious mother used high-factor sun cream to protect her skin. Tyler Attrill developed severe leg pains and was found to lack vitamin D, a deficiency that can lead to softening of the bones. Despite living in one of the sunniest places in Britain, she had too little direct exposure to sunlight, doctors said.

Hotel built from garbage

 西班牙海滩垃圾酒店开业

Man wears jeans for 15 months

 加男子15个月不换裤

    A University of Alberta student wore a single pair of jeans daily for 15 months without washing them. He tested normal for bacteria levels at the end of the experiment. In Edmonton, Canada, student Josh Le, 20, said he bought the denim jeans in September 2009 and wore them daily until last December. He used paper towels and napkins to dab away food spills and maintained a normal personal hygiene routine.

Octopus Paul immortalized

 德国为章鱼保罗建纪念馆

ROK forces capture pirates

    Republic of Korea special forces staged a daring early morning rescue on a hijacked freighter hundreds of miles off the coast of Somalia last Friday, killing eight pirates and rescuing all 21 hostages, the ROK’s military said.

Sudan splits in two

    Nearly 99 percent of southern Sudanese voters chose to split from northern Sudan and form their own country, according to preliminary results of an independence referendum conducted this month.

    The commission that ran the referendum said last Friday that 98.6 percent voted for secession, according to more than three million votes cast, bringing the largest country in Africa a step closer to splitting in two.

Hu leads state visit to US

    President Hu Jintao completed a groundbreaking trip to the United States that was widely viewed as a success. There was a 21-gun salute, a gala dinner and a live news conference. Business deals were signed and a major speech was delivered.

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