"To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves."
—Claude Adrien Helvetius (1715-71) French philosopher, encyclopedias
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Tornado horror
Sat, 25 May 2013 07:18:47 EDT
Two school principals in the tornado-battered town of Moore describe the hours before swirling winds tore their community apart.
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Sydney lights
Sat, 25 May 2013 06:53:00 EDT
Sydney exploded into a city of color, shaking the city from its winter blues during the fifth and biggest version of the annual Vivid Sydney festival.
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Everest anniversary
Sat, 25 May 2013 06:53:56 EDT
When Jim Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of Mount Everest 50 years ago, he was anything but elated.
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Ai Weiwei rocks out against detention
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:31:44 EDT
Ai Weiwei is at it again. This time, the controversial Chinese artist-activist has taken his first venture into music, releasing a heavy metal single and music video inspired by his harrowing detention by the government two years ago.
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Feds: Scientists took Chinese bribes
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:32:42 EDT
Three university researchers working on medical technology are facing federal charges -- and up to 20 years in prison if convicted -- for allegedly taking Chinese money for their U.S.-funded research, according to federal authorities.
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'False bomb threats' affect 5 flights
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:32:52 EDT
Three Chinese airlines received "false bomb threats" on Wednesday that caused disruption to five different domestic flights destined for the southern city of Shenzhen, state-run media reported.
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Crack down on plant protests
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:33:05 EDT
Demonstrators braved a heavy police presence and the threat of arrest by massing Thursday in the streets of Kunming, China, to protest the planned construction of a chemical plant, they said.
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China eyes Arctic options in energy
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:30:52 EDT
The decision to grant permanent observer status to China and five other nations by the Arctic Council meeting in Sweden Wednesday reflects the heightened interest by some of the world's most powerful economies in an area rich in oil, gas, minerals, fish and new transport possibilities.
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Leader to Chinese tourists: Be polite!
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:34:21 EDT
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang has called on his nation's tourists to improve their behavior, stressing it was important to project a "good image of Chinese tourists," official state media outlet Xinhua reported.
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Can Chinese art be cutting edge?
Thu, 16 May 2013 04:17:05 EDT
Four months before the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, a woman fired a gun in China's National Art Gallery -- all in the name of art.
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