Storytelling is an art for a select few in Nagqu who ensure the many adventures of the Tibetan hero King Gesar will never be forgotten. Tan Hongkai learns more. In the dimly lit hall of Nagqu Popular Arts Center dozens of Tibetan ...
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It has been reported that detectives from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested three people in connection with using ransomware to blackmail people. It has been alleged that computer users were targeted and led to believe ...
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Eating a horse is forbidden territory for Americans.You can tuck into a plate of horseflesh in Tokyo,Paris and Moscow,but it usually won't be found on the menu in Dallas or Little Rock. Maybe it's a recognition of horses as companions,or ...
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The state of New York recently passed a bill banning TCEP (Tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate), a flame retardant, in Child Care Products for children under 3 years of age. Such products may include car seats, strollers, nursing pillows, crib ...
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O' Herald reported that far away from Goa where there is massive popular support for the halt of rampant illegal mining by the Supreme Court in the aftermath of the Shah Commission Report and in an apparent bid to sway the opinion of New ...
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ccdirector & group CFO of JSPL said that a number of companies are coming out with initial public offers but, JSPL at the moment does not have any plans to list Jindal Power in the near term. He added that they have provided all the ...
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The News reported that Industrialists lash out squeezing of gas supplies to the industries leading to layoff of a large number of workers despite the fact that controlling wastefulness of gas in the domestic sector could save the country a ...
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Japan has suspended beef imports from Brazil over concerns of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) - a fatal neurodegenerative disease commonly known as mad cow disease. The move comes after the South American nation informed the World ...
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The government of Delhi, India’s capital, on 11 September 2012 has taken a decision to impose a blanket ban on the manufacture, sale, storage and use of plastic bags in the city. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting ...
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has voted against a plastic bag recycling bill. The reason given by Quinn for vetoing it was that though it was well meaning, enacting the legislation would have been an impediment to innovation which would not ...
Luxury French house Hermès and Japanese architect Shigeru Ban have collaborated once again. For the 2012 milan design week the duo unveiled "Module H" aluminum panels that sculpt internal spaces, may serve as room divider or screened ...
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Reuters reported that shipments of refined tin from Indonesia fell 28% in November from the previous month to 7,945.68 tonnes. A trade ministry official said that operations at smelters have resumed after a halt in August, when firms in ...
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Rolling On - The Rolling Stones have announced four concerts in London and New York at the end of the year. The band will play London's O2 Arena on 25 and 29 November and at the Prudential Centre in Newark, New Jersey on 13 and 15 December. ...
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Russian authorities have lifted a 16-year ban on British beef and lamb imports, a decision the UK government claims could provide a GBP80m boost to the UK meat industry. Moscow banned the import of British beef and lamb in 1996 following ...
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Reuters reported that oil major BP will outline growth plans for its oil and gas production arm on Monday in its first strategy update since striking a series of deals aimed at getting its Russian and US operations back on track. Like all ...
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