07 GLADIATIOR

MAXIMUS: 1)Archers, three weeks from now I will be harvesting my crops. Imagine where you will be, and it will be so. Hold the line, stay with me, if you find yourself alone riding in green fields wit

The Lade lsle of lnnisfree

I will 1) arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small 2) cabin build there, of 3) clay and 4) wattles made; Nine bean-rows will I have there, a 5) hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the

An lnterview with the President of Yale University

Journalist: What qualities does a university require when 1) enrolling students and what changes when they leave school? Richard: That’s a good one. The students coming into Yale, of course they hav

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Goods flowed down this riverway from France and Switzerland on their way to the sea for transshipment all over Europe. Nobles along the way collected tolls, but big profits could still be made by whol

Beijing car ownership exceeds 5 mln

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of cars registered in the Chinese capital passed 5 million in February, 11 months later than previously predicted, said the city's traffic police Thursday. Beijing's traffic police bureau attributed the slow-do

298 mln more rural Chinese to have safe drinking water by 2015

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U.S. President Barack Obama spent a second day in California Thursday, promoting his economic recovery plan and asking Americans to be patient. The president also announced new aid for California's struggling homeowners. President Obama (left) with

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President Barack Obama is calling for legislation to more tightly regulate the U.S. financial industry. The president said Wednesday that he wants to prevent more situations like that at the giant insurance company, American International Group, or

LinkedIn targets $3.3 bln valuation for IPO

BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Professional social networking site LinkedIn is aiming for a valuation of 3.3 billion U.S. dollars for its initial public offering, media reports said Tuesday. The Mountain View, California-based company is expected to

1.09 mln cataracts patients cured under subsidies

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More than 1 million cataracts patients in China have been cured in the past three years with the help of 872 million yuan (138 million U.S. dollars) in subsidies from the central government, according to Health Ministry fi

Chinas new lending in June drops to 88.7 bln U.S.dollars

China's new yuan-denominated lending in June fell to 603.4 billion yuan (88.7 billion U.S. dollars), down from 639.4 billion yuan in May, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the central bank, said in a statement Sunday. The June figure brought new loa

2.85 bln road journeys over festival period

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Transport (MOT) said Thursday that about 2.85 billion passenger-trips by roads were made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush this year, up 9.6 percent from the corresponding period last year. A t

10 dead, 1.9 mln affected in Beijing downpour

BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- The heaviest rain in six decades in the Chinese capital on Saturday has left at least 10 people dead, Beijing authorities said Sunday. About 1.9 million people were affected by the downpour which also incurred nearly 10 b

Central bank starts 4.8 bln USD repurchase operation

BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Tuesday started a 28-day repurchase operation worth 30 billion yuan (4.8 billion U.S. dollars) for the first time since June, according to a statement on its website. A repurchase oper

Over 7 mln people in Pakistan are diabetes patients

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan ranks the seventh in the world in terms of diabetes prevalence rate and over 7.1 million people in the country are diabetes patients, reported local media on Monday. Quoting a report by the World International

"Lincoln," others receive PGA nominations

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The producers of the award season's frontrunners including Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty and Les Miserables have been chosen as possible contenders for the top honor bestowed by the Producers Guild of America (PGA), the gr

2 mln teens live with HIV: report

JOHANNESBURG, June 1 (Xinhua) -- An estimated 2 million adolescents ages 10 to 19 are living with HIV, with 86 percent of them from sub-Saharan Africa, according to a global report on HIV prevention launched in Johannesburg on Wednesday. For the firs

1.26 mln S China residents affected by Typhoon Son-Tinh

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China IPO market may hit 39 bln USD in 2012: auditor PwC

SHANGHAI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Funds raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) on China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges is expected to reach 200 to 250 billion yuan (39.3 billion U.S. dollars) this year, top auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers