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Warplane Bombs Yellow River Ice Jam
Six air force planes Tuesday dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow that jams a section of the Yellow River in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

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Campaign against Worst Drought in Decades
China raised the drought emergency class to the highest alert to weather severe drought.

A year's income to have one more baby for the rich
Rich people will have to pay a "community allowance" amounting to a year of their income if they have more babies than the One Child Policy allows, the Beijing Population and Family Planning Commission announced recently.

Fund reserves to build new homes for poorer families
The Housing Provident Fund, which is contributed to by employers and their staff in return for cut-rate mortgages, had 1.21 trillion yuan left over at the end of last year.

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• Ministry Offers Welfare Plan for Seniors

• Political Advisor Proposes Longer Spring Festival Holiday

• Political Advisor Calls for Smoke-free Two Sessions

• Legislator's Basket Distribution Continues

• 20 Billion Yuan Invested for the 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution

• 5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Taiwan

• Shanghai Makes Efforts to Lower Housing Price

• China Needs Multi-task Naval Force: Commander

• UN Chief Slams Israeli Approval of Plans for New Settlements

• 3 Arrested for Stealing Body of Cyprus Ex-president

• Israel Wants to Build Nuclear Power Plant: Minister

• India Issues Terror Alert in 3 Cities: Sources

• Vote Counting Underway in Iraq

• US Envoy in Mid East to Begin Peace Talks

• Death Toll in Turkey Earthquake Reaches 57: Report

• 500 Killed in Violence in Nigeria

• Authorities in California Wooing China BYD Automaker

• Gezhouba Profits Abroad

• HK Rapid Transit Railway's Revenue up 6.6 pct in 2009

• Sinopec Mulls Oil Refinery JV with ExxonMobil, Aramco

• Bank of China to Issue Less New Loans in 2010

• Draft Norms for Overseas Listings in Shanghai Soon

• China Plans Second Phase of Oil Stockpile

• China Not Foreign Exchange Controller: Official

• Floral S.H.E

• Sophie Marceau Promotes Psychodrama in Beijing

• "The Hurt Locker" Wins Best Picture Oscar

• Emporio Armani Drops Zhang Ziyi Endorsement?

• Gillian Chung Announces Twins Concerts

• Jerry Yan Releases Luxury Photo Album

• Chopin Museum Reopens after Refurbishment

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How is school?
Articles have come out recently about student theft as well as the usual freshmen confusion.  Has your first few weeks of school being pleasant or not? Have you been victim of crimes; do you miss your parents, and do you get along well with your flatmates?

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