BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhuanet) — New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows.
A record 5.8 million dairy cattle were counted in the year ended June 2009, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday — well more than one animal for each [...]
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WELLINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) — The largest geothermal turbine in the world has been constructed just north of Taupo at a new power station which runs renewable energy.
The power station has diminished the threat of power cuts, especially at a time when New Zealand is facing a dry winter.
The energy stripped out of the geothermal [...]
An environmental activist holds slogan during a protest in Quezon City, northeast of Capital Manila, [...]
????BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhuanet) — Texas Police arrested a 25-year-old man who was suspected of breaking into an east Texas house when he was taking a bath in of the?house, according to media reports.
????The incident happened early Sunday morning in a blue-collar neighborhood of northwest Tyler of Texas.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) — The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its website starting next year.
\”Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a flat fee for unlimited access,\” says [...]
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PARIS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — A secretary was stabbed to death by a Chinese student in a university in Perpignan, south France, and another three persons were hurt during the incident, local prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Jean-Pierre Dreno, the prosecutor of Perpignan, said that the student, 26, went into his department of sociology, stabbed a 49-year-old [...]
????BEIJING,?Dec. 29 (Xinhuanet)?– Two slim, dark-haired Argentine men traveled?to a remote seaside fishing village at the end of South America to tie the knot on Monday, becoming the first same-sex marriage in Latin America, according to?media reports Tuesday.
????Gay rights activists Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre were married in Ushuaia, the capital of [...]
Workers arrange \”wishing spheres\” as part of an art installation on the Singapore River December 18, 2009. People pen their New Year wishes on these spheres throughout December to be placed on the river as part of the coming New Year Day celebrations.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)Photo Gallery>>>
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WELLINGTON, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Two New Zealanders have smashed a world distance gliding record, beating temperatures as low as minus 35 deg C to fly 2,500 km over nearly 15 hours.
Christchurch pilot Terry Delore and John Kokshoorn, originally from Christchurch but now living in Australia, touched down in Omarama in Central Otago Sunday [...]
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