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First trial in soldier hazing death set to start
July 24, 2012 7:27 AM
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The first of eight court-martial trials is set to start in North Carolina against soldiers accused in racial hazing that led to the suicide of a fellow U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. The court-martial for Sgt. Adam Holcomb of Youngstown, Ohio, will begin Tuesday at Fort Bragg.... more » -
Chinese activist leaves U.S. embassy
May 2, 2012 7:28 AM
BEIJING (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng left the U.S. Embassy on his own accord and in keeping with U.S. values. After speaking with Chen by phone on his way to a hospital in Beijing on Wednesday, Clinton said in a... more » -
Chinese dissident wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 8, 2010 8:10 AM
Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China." The Nobel Committee says it has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace. The award is likely to... more » -
Chinese mountain rescue team visits Colorado
September 16, 2010 2:21 PM
Members of a Chinese rescue team that helped recover the bodies of three American climbers last year trained with their counterparts in Colorado this week. The Sichuan Mountaineering Association helped recover the bodies of Micah Dash and Jonny Copp of Boulder and Wade Johnson of Minnesota. Eight members of... more » -
7 tourists killed on hijacked bus
August 23, 2010 11:45 AM
A 12-hour hostage stand-off on a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed Monday, with officials saying at least seven Chinese tourists were dead along with the disgruntled ex-policeman who seized their vehicle in a bid to get his job back. At least six captives survived, four of whom were... more » -
Organization banned from inspecting Chinese produce
June 14, 2010 12:11 PM
The Agriculture Department has banned a leading American inspector of organic foods in China because of conflicts of interest. The Organic Crop Improvement Association of Nebraska used Chinese government employees to inspect farms and food processing facilities that are state-controlled. Some of the products inspected by the association were... more » -
Hawaii to make eating shark fins illegal
June 2, 2010 9:11 AM
The $48-a-plate shark fin has been a favorite dish to celebrate 80th birthdays and fete out of town VIPs since Vienna Hou's Chinese restaurant opened 25 years ago. But Kirin Restaurant customers won't be dining in that style starting July 1, 2011, when Hawaii becomes the first state in... more » -
Hair stylist makes statues out of human hair
December 18, 2009 12:07 PM
A Chinese hairdresser recycles human hair into art. Huang Xin is making a collection of tigers for the upcoming Chinese lunar year of the tiger. Huang saves the hair he cuts, sometimes dyes and bleaches it and then applies it on a tiger-like frame. He says it takes... more » -
Stinky blue-green algae blamed for dog deaths
September 28, 2009 11:22 AM
Waterways across the upper Midwest are increasingly plagued with ugly, smelly and potentially deadly blue-green algae, bloomed by drought and fertilizer runoffs from farm fields, that's killed dozens of dogs and sickened many people. Aquatic biologists say it's a problem that falls somewhere between a human health concern and... more » -
Homemade submarine from second-hand parts
September 10, 2009 1:35 PM
An amateur Chinese inventor has used parts collected at second hand markets to build his own submarine. The main body of the submarine was made from metal barrels. According to the inventor, the interior is a bit cramped and can hold only one person, although there is enough... more »
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