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Heavy duty

Source: CFP Published: May 09, 2012 09:35

A truck overloaded with cement poles is stranded after causing a temporary bridge to collapse in Pudong, Shanghai Tuesday. The driver was arrested for carrying 80 tons of cargo over a bridge with a capacity of 15 tons. No one was hurt in the accident. Photo: CFP

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Royal regards

Source: AFP Published: May 09, 2012 09:32

Dutch Queen Beatrix holds a toy panda while attending the 50-year anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund on the SS Rotterdam, a retired passenger ship, in Rotterdam Tuesday. Photo: AFP

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Five blocks of red tide detected in waters near Rizhao, Shandong

Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2012 13:53

A block of red tide is seen in waters near Rizhao, a city of east China's Shandong Province, May 7, 2012. Five blocks of red tide have been detected in waters near Rizhao, according to a notice issued Saturday by the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). The SOA said the red tide was caused by a bloom...

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Tunnel fire in Taiwan kills two, injures 22

Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2012 11:08

Local transportation authorities have revised the death toll of a bus fire to two after the media previously claimed three people were killed in the accident in a tunnel in northeast Taiwan. Photo: Xinhua

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All clear to go

Source: AFP Published: May 08, 2012 08:57

An Afghan youth looks out from an intricately carved truck window at a police checkpoint in Kabul Monday. Afghan forces are ready to take responsibility for security in 2013, the defense ministry said Monday, reacting to a pledge to withdraw French troops early by president-elect Francois Hollande. ...

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Taking wing

Source: AFP Published: May 08, 2012 08:54

Pigeons take flight near an armored police vehicle in Srinagar Monday, during the first day of the Darbar Move, which is the tradition of shifting the civil secretariat and other government offices to Jammu during the winter months. Photo: AFP

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Joining the workforce

Source: CFP Published: May 08, 2012 08:52

A total of 36 graduates with an advertising major from the School of Journalism and Communication of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies take a series of graduation photos themed as "New Migrant Workers of Socialism" on Thursday.

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Cool and relaxed

Source: Global Times Published: May 08, 2012 08:49

Tourists soak up some rays at an artificial beach at the South Bund in downtown Shanghai where the temperature hit 33 C Monday.

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Motorcycle crushing

Source: CFP Published: May 08, 2012 08:39

More than 4,000 unlicensed motorcyles confiscated by local traffic police are destroyed in Foshan, South China's Guangdong Province Monday. Photo: CFP

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Historic project

Source: Xinhua Published: May 08, 2012 08:30

The sixth-generation semi-submersible CNOOC 981 is seen in the South China Sea, 320 kilometers southeast of Hong Kong. This is the first deep-water drilling rig developed in China. It will begin operations tomorrow in a sea area at a water depth of 1,500 meters, China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNO...

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