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Officials in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata are saying the death toll from the fire that burnt down an illegal 6 storey market building with just 1 exit point could still rise.2
With a 3D printer, you can design your own item, either it's a cellphone cover or a 3D model of yourself, even something only exists in your imagination. But a high precision 3D printer has more practical application.3
China's first transnational natural gas pipeline, which runs from Central Asia into China, is reported to have benefited nearly 500-million Chinese people.4
The Chinese government has started distributing grain reserves to ensure market supply during the Spring Festival.5
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he is ready to have direct talks with the United States, but only "based on justice and respect, not on pressure and imposition."6
Meanwhile, a 45-meter wide asteroid has hurtled safely past earth after it came within 27-thousand kilometers, making it the closest known flyby for a rock of its size.7
Head of the main Syrian opposition coalition in exile is calling on President Bashar al-Assad to clarify his call for dialogue.8
With vacant hotel rooms and empty cruise ships, the tourism market in Luxor has been hit hard by Egypt's unstable politics.9
US Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions.10
Alzheimer's disease or AD is an illness that seriously affects senior citizens. It causes memory loss, and patients may even gradually lose some of their basic physical abilities. But now researchers in the U.S. are using technology to reduce memory loss in Alzheimer's patients by putting pacemakers in their brains. Li Dong has the details.11
Nearly a thousand local residents braved the continuous snowfall and cold weather Wednesday evening in Ottawa, capital city of Canada, to watch the Carnival China Style 2013 variety show.12
Thousands of people took to the streets for carnival celebrations in Brazil and Colombia.13
In recent years, various banks have been competing to issue credit cards, whose numbers have been increasing sharply in China. Such a high increase in the number pf credit cards has created a situation with some people holding a number of credit cards, some of which remain unused.14
PM2.5 is one of the major pollutants of the air pollution in Beijing and it poses the greatest risk to human health. Its concentration reached a record high of 993 on January 12, almost 50 times the World Health Organization's recommended level.15
The Chinese government is accusing Japan of intentionally tarnishing China's image.16
China's health authorities have introduced a new medical payment method that allows patients to "pay after" they receive treatment.17
The Chinese foreign ministry has issued a new statement, calling the hacking allegations groundless criticism, dubbing it "irresponsible and unprofessional."18
The Chinese government has dismissed a report by a U.S. computer security company accusing a secretive Chinese military unit of being behind a series of hacking attacks.19
The Chinese government has rejected a move by the Philippine government to take their dispute regarding sovereignty issues in the South China Sea to the United Nations for arbitration.20
It is being reported China is going to further tighten the curbing policies for second-time homebuyers.21
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have agreed that any international responses to North Korea's recent nuclear test should be conducive to regional peace and stability.22
China has taken over the management of a strategic deep-water Pakistani seaport.23
The State Council, China's cabinet, has released its timetable to upgrade fuel quality nationwide before 2017.24
The National Bureau of Statistics is reporting housing prices in major Chinese Cities for January increased 2.2 percent month on month.25
The Chinese government has unveiled new plans to reform income distribution amid growing public concern over the widening wealth gap.26
Figures from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security reveal that this year, an estimated 25 million people will be looking for jobs. The employment market pressure is still big.27
The recent Chinese Spring Festival, a seven-day-holiday, was a golden period for outbound travel as well as a good start to this year's expected growth in the travel industry.28
With more and more Chinese people now starting to shun the tradition of traveling home for the Spring Festival and traveling overseas instead, Chinese tourism operators are starting to tailor their packages accordingly.29
Ouyang Yujing, deputy director at the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs with the Chinese foreign ministry tells CRI the Chinese government is resolute in protecting this country's national interests.30
Scientists have unveiled the latest prototype of a car that "drives itself" with the help of a tablet computer.31
Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans is set to offer water management experience to the Indonesian government during his visit there.32
Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Kandil has condemned recent attacks by protesters on state property and urged the protesters to restrain from violence in achieving their goals.33
The top leaders of the European Union have finalised the bloc's seven-year budget scheme after over 24 hours of negotiations.34
EU agriculture ministers are set to discuss the horsemeat scandal which has now affected up to 16 countries.35
Scientists in England say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester.36
The Falkland Islands government says it regretted that Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman would refuse to meet them next week when he visits the UK.37
Despite the recent air pollution here in Beijing, residents still hold different opinions on whether or not to light fireworks this coming Spring Festival.38
France has announced it may pull troops out of Mali as early as next month.39
Finance officials of the Group of 20, or G20, pledged to strengthen financial supervision and promote sustainable growth at the conclusion of a two-day meeting in Moscow.40
Chinese vehicle manufacturer Geely has acquired British Manganese Bronze, the manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab, for 11 million British pounds.41
Election results in Italy have left the country in a political stalemate with Pier Luigi Bersani saying the country is in a dramatic situation.42
The State Intellectual Property Office is reporting patent applications by new energy vehicle manufacturers here in China have surpassed 2 thousand.43
As the Spring Festival ends, people have posted various bills of the money they spent during the Spring Festival on the internet. This has stirred heated discussions about the costs of nationwide family-gathering holidays.44
In a nationwide survey by the China Dining Industry Association, high-end restaurants whose income mainly comes from business dinners fell by about 20 percent during the Spring Festival period.45
French President Francois Hollande says the French forces fighting Islamist rebels in Mali will leave once the mission is finished as he visits the Malian capital Bamako.46
Hong Kong Disneyland's parade now has all the more reason for celebration, as the seven-year-old theme park has just announced its first ever net profit.47
Huawei has unveiled its newest smartphone at this year's World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain.48
A 30-meter-high viaduct collapsed due to an explosion in central China's Henan Province earlier this month.49
China's five-year policy of subsidizing the purchase of home appliances in rural areas came to an end on January 31 with a total government subsidy of 100 billion yuan leading to over 600 billion yuan in spending by rural residents. For more on the story, here's Wang Wei.50
A number of economists here in China are suggesting the government's newly-unveiled plans to tackle income distribution lack a clear timetable.51
According to statistics, more than 27-thousand electric vehicles have been sold in the 25 cities around China that are conducting electric vehicle trials. Among the vehicles, 23-thousand are serving the public service sector, but only four-thousand four hundred have been bought by private owners.52
Iranian President Mahmouad Ahmadinejad is calling on the US to put aside its "stick" if it wanted to start talks with Iran under fair conditions.53
United Nations peacekeepers in a demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel are unable to verify a Syrian complaint that Israeli planes had flown over the Golan Heights to carry out an air strike.54
Israel's defense minister has given strong indications his country was behind an airstrike in Syria last week.55
A senior Japanese diplomat is now in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials about an ongoing territorial dispute and North Korea's recent nuclear test.56
CRI's Su Yi has more.57
U.S. President Barack Obama and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a meeting at the White house on Friday.58
Residents of Jerusalem swarmed into the city's Old Train Station compound on the first day of this year's 'Ice City' Festival to embrace the long-awaited ice world59
The high end jewellery market in China appears to be picking up after last year's slowdown.60
A new U.S. commander took charge of international forces in Afghanistan.61
U.S. safety regulators say they have a "long road ahead" in their investigation into the lithium ion battery problems on Boeing's 787 Dreamliners.62
Heavy snow is dumping down on the northeast of the United States as the region is braced for a "potentially historic" winter storm.63
Mali's Foreign Affairs minister says his country is "no Afghanistan".64
Merger and acquisition activity has been brisk in many parts of the world at the beginning of this year.65
China's Health Minister, Chen Zhu, has been praising the country's medical reform in the past years, but also says there are more challenges and objectives to be met in the following years.66
Ben Affleck's film 'Argo' tells the story of the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and the resulting operation to get US diplomatic staff out of the country.67
NASA has announced that an Asteroid will pass closer to Earth than the TV satellites that surround the planet.68
The revised measures for China's bank card industry requires banks to keep cardholders informed about their credit card service details such as various fee rates and possible risks. And banks are required to remind cardholders at least three days before the repayment due date through bills, text messages, emails, phone calls or letters.69
Photos showing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez alongside his daughters in Havana have been released.70
China has issued its first policy document for 2013, pledging to accelerate agricultural modernization and rural development.71
North Korea has confirmed the success of its third underground nuclear test in the country's northeast, which has caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9.72
The Empire State Building in New York is lighting up the sky with red and yellow, the colours of China, to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year.73
In his fourth State of the Union address, President Barack Obama says his generation's task is to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth, a rising and thriving middle class.74
The PR department of online retailer 360buy.com says the company raised more than 700 million U.S. dollars in its latest round of financing from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Kingdom Holdings Company.75
South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye met with US and South Korean army officials on Friday to ascertain her country's military readiness following North Korea's recent nuclear test.76
The media center of China's upcoming two political sessions has now gone into operation.77
Grocery stores are crowded with people in the days leading up to the Spring Festival. The weeklong Lunar New Year holiday will kick off Saturday with New Year's Eve celebrated traditionally with family.78
Thousands of Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims are continuing to protest in Quetta near the bodies of those killed in a sectarian attack on Saturday.79
While shopping malls and supermarkets have sprung up around Qingdao, an international city in east China's Shandong Province, people are still fond of visiting traditional open air markets in the countryside during the New Year. The Licun village Fair is one of the biggest in Qingdao, and has a history dating back more than 500 years. For many locals during the Spring Festival it's a must to visit.80
In Guangzhou city, the capital of Guangdong Province, the tradition of local enterprises is to hold a banquet to celebrate the beginning of the New Year. But this year, many companies have cancelled their banquet. One staff member at a local Guangzhou enterprise commented on the news that the long-standing tradition had been cancelled:81
The remains of a Mexican woman have now been buried in her home state of Sinaloa after 150 years at a research facility in Norway.82
Search for "renting a boyfriend to go home " on taobao.com, China's largest online shopping website, plenty of online stores will surface offering fake boyfriends or girlfriends for rent who can accompany the buyer back home during Spring Festival.83
Municipal authorities here in Beijing are preparing to start a review of the air pollution control rules later this year.84
Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in memorial events on Saturday in the southern city once known as Stalingrad, as Russia marked the 70th anniversary of the end of one of modern warfare's bloodiest battles.85
The South Korean defence ministry says it has deployed cruise missiles to counter a possible attack by North Korea after Pyongyang carried out its third underground nuclear test on Tuesday.86
Named one of the world's top ten parades, the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in San Francisco has been named the largest celebration of its kind outside of Asia.87
Gaoyao in Guangdong Province is a third tier city with the population of only 700 thousand. But in the past few years, more than 5 thousand graduates from all over the country chose to work here.88
The US Senate has in a surprise move postponed the vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be the nation's defense secretary.89
According to media reports, the homebuyers-turned-developers purchased 8,000 square meters of land near Dishui Lake at auction last month. They plan to sell the apartments for between 6,500 yuan and 8,500 yuan per square meter to the development's shareholders.90
A middle-aged man is playing with a sharp-nosed pit viper, also known as a Chinese moccasin. it is one of the deadliest snakes in the world.91
A gold cobra, shinning shimmering, splendid sits in a locked, glass display case in a Hong Kong jewelry shop! It will take a chunk out of your wallet, setting you back some $25,600 U.S. dollars. It took artisans about a month to make the snake, which weighs about 380 grams.92
Spain's prime minister has denied media claims that he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made any secret payments.93
US Secretary of State John Kerry has joined a chorus of other Obama cabinet ministers in warning of the impending budget cuts, which are set to kick in this coming month.94
A painting by Henri Matisse stolen more than a decade ago from a museum in Venezuela will soon be returned to the country.95
About 2 thousand secondary students, teachers and their union representatives have marched in Spain's capital, Madrid.96
Iran's Supreme Leader is rejecting direct talks with the U.S.97
Syria's Foreign Ministry has filed an official complaint about the Israeli attack that targeted a Syrian military research center in the capital Damascus a day earlier.98
Syrian minister of national reconciliation says he is willing to meet the Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib to begin peace talks.99
Syria's top opposition leader says he's willing to sit down for talks with President Bashar Assad's government, but the statement provoked an outcry from some opposition groups.100
One of the best performing arts venues in the country, the National Centre for the Performing Arts, has been graced by some of the best artists in the world. But this year, ordinary people have the opportunity to bring their talents to this grand stage in the second "Beijing Citizens' Lunar New Year Gala."101
Tunisia's Prime Minister has announced plans to form a new government of technocrats to lead the country until elections can take place.102
China's top legislator Wu Bangguo says the Central government fully recognizes the achievements of the Macao Special Administrative Region government.103
February is a big month for the film industry, when movie makers look to capitalize on school holidays and the start of a new year.104
An investigation has revealed six garment manufacturers in Shanghai have made school uniforms using toxic dye.105
British authorities say traces of horsemeat have been found in school meals, restaurant dishes and hospital food, as well as in supermarket products.106
Members of Tunisia's ruling Ennahda Party are blasting a plan by their party chief and prime minister to dismiss the government.107
Two senior cabinet ministers have resigned just four days after Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing a national election date.108
Emirates NBD, the biggest lender by assets in the United Arab Emirates, has launched Renminbi-denominated accounts and deposits.109
A British mother said her teenage backpacker son had been found alive after surviving three nights alone in the Australian outback.110
The horsemeat scandal has spread to almost 20 European countries, leaving Europeans shocked that disingenuous meat products made it through countries famous for food safety.111
The United Nations has officially launched 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa and congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales for his work in promoting the ancient grain in international markets.112
United Nations peacekeepers in the demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel say they've so-far been unable to verify a Syrian complaint that Israeli planes flew over the Golan Heights to carry out an air strike near Damascus.113
The New York Times has reported that the Obama administration is expected to approve the policy in the coming weeks.114
Zodiac mascots and decorations are a must on the New Year shopping list for many Chinese households.115
With the arrival of Chinese Lunar New Year, world leaders have sent their new year's messages to Chinese people as well as those who celebrate the Chinese major festival around the world.116
Xi Jinping visited construction workers, street cleaners, police and taxi drivers in Beijing ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on Sunday this year.117
This lunar new year has come following a wide-range of achievements made here in China this past year, including advancements in space exploration and the commissioning of the country's first aircraft carrier.