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Free upgrades for stranded Chinese travellers
AFP, Published on 03/02/2016
» BEIJING - Chinese rail authorities offered 10,000 stranded Lunar New Year travellers free upgrades to high-speed trains Wednesday as they tackled a huge backlog of passengers stuck in Guangzhou by snow and ice.
'Nearly 100,000' Chinese new year travellers stranded
AFP, Published on 02/02/2016
» BEIJING - Nearly 100,000 Lunar New Year travellers in China were stranded in the city of Guangzhou on Monday, police said, as snow and ice disrupted the world's largest annual human migration.
England rugby boss Eddie Jones puts emphasis on hard graft
AFP, Published on 27/01/2016
» LONDON - Forward power rather than "fancy" rugby holds the key to England's chances of success in the Six Nations Championship, according to new head coach Eddie Jones.
Tuareg women-only musical tradition reborn in Algeria
AFP, Published on 25/01/2016
» TAMANRASSET (ALGERIA) - A single-stringed violin played only by Tuareg women is making a comeback in Algeria as the last of its players come to the rescue of a tradition on the verge of extinction.
Guns N' Roses to reunite for Coachella festival: report
AFP, Published on 31/12/2015
» LOS ANGELES - Guns N' Roses, who became one of the top-selling bands in history despite a brief heyday, will reunite for the Coachella festival in 2016, music magazine Billboard reported.
Dying art? A recipe to save Hong Kong's handmade dim sum
AFP, Published on 25/12/2015
» HONG KONG - For the past 60 years, Chui Hoi has risen in the early hours of the morning to prepare bite-size steamed morsels for his small but popular dim sum restaurant in Hong Kong.
Pilgrims celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem against backdrop of violence
AFP, Published on 24/12/2015
» BETHLEHEM (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Pilgrims celebrated Christmas in the town where tradition says Jesus was born Thursday but festivities were subdued against a backdrop of violence in the Holy Land and a growing jihadist threat across the Middle East.
In Jerusalem attack, 2 Israelis, 2 Palestinian stabbers dead
AFP, Published on 24/12/2015
» JERUSALEM - A Jerusalem knife attack on Wednesday ended with an Israeli stabbed to death, and another killed, seemingly by a stray police bullet, as officers shot dead the Palestinian assailants.
Rescued migrant scores big win in Spain's Christmas lottery
AFP, Published on 24/12/2015
» MADRID - An unemployed Senegalese man who was rescued by the Spanish coastguard after making a risky journey from Morocco eight years ago on a packed wooden boat won 400,000 euros ($437,000) in Spain's annual Christmas lottery, local media reported Wednesday.
Philippines army kills 26, overruns Abu Sayyaf camp
AFP, Published on 21/12/2015
» ZAMBOANGA - A week-long assault by Philippine troops ended with the capture of a Muslim extremist camp and the deaths of 26 militants and three soldiers, a military spokesman said on Sunday.