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The Herdwick Shepherd, James Rebanks, is the latest of several generations to have tended flocks in the Lake District, but he now has a book and 45,000 Twitter followers entranced by the starkly beautiful scenes he photographs every day. Here he expl

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From Alexander McQueen to Dolce amp; Gabbana, the Duchess of Cambridge has a wardrobe to boot, with designers bending over backwards to dress the sartorially clued-up royal in their creations. 凯特王妃从不缺少打扮自己的衣服，从亚历山

A Little Girl

Sitting on a grassy grave, beneath one of the windows of the church, was a little girl.(1) With her head bent back(2) she was gazing up at the sky and singing, while one of her little hands was pointing to a tiny cloud that hovered like a golden feat

英格兰湖区牧羊人 45000人为之着迷的生活

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China to expand food contaminant monitoring

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China has set a goal of equipping at least half of the country's county-level administrative regions to monitor various contaminants and harmful ingredients in food by the end of 2013. A new work plan, released on Friday

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Beijing expects to implement the pre-commercial service of the 5th generation mobile networks, or 5G, in key locations by 2020, according to a development plan on big data and cloud computing released by the municipal government. 北京市政府近日发

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