Mount Everest's continuing pull

Source: BBC News

25 May 2012 Last updated at 20:11 ET By Patrick Howse BBC News The world's tallest mountain has claimed four more lives but such tragedies make no dent in the increasing number of people attempting its ascent. The enormou ...
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News: 3 W. Pa. families file lawsuit over gas drilling

Source: The Star-Gazette

PITTSBURGH -- Three western Pennsylvania families say in a lawsuit that they face serious health problems because a gas drilling company and two water testing laboratories conspired to alter test results. The Pittsburgh Post-Ga ...
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NH House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt to step down at end of term

Source: Nashua Telegraph

New Hampshire House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt will not seek re-election this fall, he announced Friday. Bettencourt, R-Salem, said he decided to take a step away from state politics to spend more time with his family, accordin ...
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School demolition prompts return of HK donation funds

Source: China Daily

School buildings are demolished to make way for a commercial plaza in Mianyang, a city in Sichuan province. The Mianyang Bauhinia Ethnic Secondary School was built using donations from Hong Kong after an earthquake hit Sichuan provin ...
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Wine firm vows to protect iconic brand's image

Source: China Daily

The widespread presence of counterfeit Lafite wine in China has pressured its producer to launch a campaign to fight fake products in the country, after the price of Lafite wines tumbled last year. Michel Negrier, export director of Domain ...
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England-Belgium friendly to trial goal-line technology

Source: China Daily

England's home friendly against Belgium at Wembley next month will be used to test the Hawk-Eye goal-line technology system, world governing body FIFA said on Thursday. Independent testers from EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Mater ...
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Ref: Feigning injury could cause tragedy

Source: China Daily

'Crying wolf' could lead to seriously injured players being ignored, says top referee, Reuters reports Howard Webb, the referee when Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch with a cardiac arrest and nearly died in March, ha ...
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Revenge in the air for fired-up Wang

Source: China Daily

Not many people turned up at the Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium to watch the Uber Cup semifinal between South Korea and Japan on a rainy Thursday afternoon. Even fewer were hoping for Korea to win, except for se ...
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Chinese elements add interest to Sudoku competition

Source: China Daily

This year's Beijing International Sudoku Tournament had an exciting factor - Chinese elements. "This is the first time that the binary system and mosaic, which are some of the concepts used in Chinese puzzles, have bee ...
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