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In a picture taken on December 3, 2011, two Chinese children play at a street market in Beijing. China

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In a picture taken on December 3, 2011, a Chinese woman carries her child on her back as she shops at a street market in Beijing. China

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A freight aircraft transporting giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang is seen shortly after landing at Edinburgh Airport in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011. Two giant pandas from China landed Sunday in Scotland, where they will become the first pandas to live in Britain in nearly two decades.

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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 04: Chinese Pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrive at Edinburgh Airport on December 4, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The eight-year-old pair of giant pandas arrived on a specially chartered flight and will be the first to live in the UK for 17 years. Edinburgh zoo are hopeful that the pandas will give birth to cubs during their 10 year stay in Scotland.

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Main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (L) greets supporters at a gathering in downtown Taipei on December 4, 2011. Tsai Ing-wen, also chairwoman of the anti-China party, will take on the incumbent Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang party and independent James Soong in January's vote.

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A bride and groom pose for their wedding photos dressed as 'Red Guards' from China's sensitive Cultural Revolution period, near Houhai Lake in Beijing on December 4, 2011.

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In a picture taken on December 3, 2011, Chinese shoppers inspect clothing on sale at a street market in Beijing. China, anxious about rising living costs, has pulled on a variety of levers to curb price rises in the past two years, including hiking interest rates five times since October 2010.

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Participants run on the Nanpu bridge as they compete at the Shanghai international Marathon in Shanghai December 4, 2011.

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A court in the Philippines charged six Chinese fisherman with poaching endangered sea turtles in proceedings Monday aimed at protecting threatened wildlife along the country's coastline.

Authorities discovered a batch of giant green turtles after intercepting the fishermen's speedboat in waters off the western province of Palawan on Friday, said military spokesman Maj. Niel Estrella. A joint team from the Philippine navy, coast guard and the Environment Department made the seizure.

The boat was likely attached to a mother ship that escaped after the fishermen were detained, Estrella said.

Nine of the turtles were already dead, but three were released alive into the waters after being tagged, Glenda Cadigal, a wildlife specialist at the Palawan Council, told The Associated Press.

The sea turtles, also known as Chelonia mydas, are often caught for food and for use in traditional medicine. They can grow as long as 5 feet (150 centimeters) and weigh as much as 290 pounds (130 kilograms). They are endangered because of overharvesting of both eggs and adults.

On Monday, authorities filed criminal charges under the Philippines' Wildlife Act and Fisheries Code at the Palawan Regional Trial Court in the capital Puerto Princessa, said Adelina Villena, chief lawyer for the government's Palawan Council for Sustainable Development.

If found guilty on all charges, the fishermen would face up to 24 years in prison. They were not requested to enter a plea Monday and a date for their arraignment was not immediately set, Villena said.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said China was "paying attention to the incident" and asked the Philippines to ensure the safety and legal rights of the fishermen. "The Chinese Embassy in the Philippines has sent staff to visit the detained fishermen," Hong said.

Last year, six Chinese fishermen also on a speedboat were arrested near the same area with more than 50 turtles, many of them already butchered and one bearing a monitoring tag of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute, said Cadrigal, the wildlife specialist.

The trial of those fisherman is still continuing.

"These kind of practices endanger the lives of other creatures in the sea because marine turtles have their function in the balance of the ecosystem," Cadigal said.

Sea turtles feed on sea grass, which keeps the blades short and promotes their growth across the sea bed, and also provide sand beaches with nutrients, partly because of the eggs they lay that remain unhatched.

Palawan, about 510 miles (820 kilometers) southwest of Manila, is the nearest Philippine province to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, which are claimed by China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and Brunei.

Relations between the Philippines and China have recently soured after Manila accused Beijing of interfering with its oil exploration activities in the sea China claims in its entirety.

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Associated Press writer Louise Watt in Beijing contributed to this report.

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Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China and head of Chinese delegation Xie Zhenhua speaks during a press conference in Durban on December 5, 2011. UN climate talks entered their second week entangled in a thick mesh of issues with no guarantee that negotiators and their ministers will be able to sort them out.

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Travelers wait for the flights as Beijing International Airport is shouded in smog on December 5, 2011. Beijing authorities cancelled hundreds of flights and shut highways as thick smog descended on the Chinese capital on December 4 and 5, reducing visibility at one of the world's busiest airports. Air quality in Beijing reached 'hazardous' levels on December 5, according to the US embassy, which conducts its own measurements, while China's state Xinhua news agency said pollution was likely to reach 'dangerous' levels.

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A bank clerk carries stacks of Chinese yuan notes at an outlet of a local commercial bank in Suining city in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday Dec. 5, 2011. China's leaders are reversing their two-year effort to cool the economy, seeking to counter slowdowns in manufacturing and property that are dragging growth lower and threatening to spur unrest. (AP Photo)

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Workers on strike block the entrance gate of Hi-P International factory in Shanghai December 5, 2011. Workers at Hi-P International, a Singapore-owned electronics plant in Shanghai, remained on strike on Monday to denounce what they said was a management plan for mass layoffs, the latest outbreak of labour unrest in China.

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Chinese swimmer Wu Peng attends a masterclass exhibition event organized by sponsors in Shanghai, as preparation for the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games December 5, 2011.

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A resident wearing a face mask rides a bicycle along a street in the haze in Beijing on December 5, 2011. The choking air that regularly descended on the Chinese capital in October and November has given fresh impetus to a growing public debate over air quality in the city, whose 20 million residents are increasingly worried.

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Preschoolers wearing safety helmets wait in a kindergarten classroom for their parents after school in Haining city, East China's Zhejiang province, Dec 2, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

At the urging of the kindergarten, the preschoolers were given safety helmets to protect their heads and keep them warm in the winter. Many of their parents ride electronic bicycles to send and pick up their children from school.

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A contestant attends a fashion show of the final of 2011 New Silk Road Model Look China held in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 5, 2011. The fashion show marked the beginning of the large-scale Chinese model final competition which invloved 50 contestants. (Xinhua/Hou Jiansen)

Contestants pose for a group photo during a fashion show of the final of 2011 New Silk Road Model Look China held in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 5, 2011. The fashion show marked the beginning of the large-scale Chinese model final competition which invloved 50 contestants.

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A wanderer steps out of Beijing's Xicheng district aid station early on Saturday. He， with several others， will be sent to the Mentougou district aid station to avail of free accommodation offered by the municipal government. (Photo: China Daily)

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Aid stations in Beijing are striving to keep the homeless people wandering around in the city warm in this freezing winter.

"Twice in November the city's aid affairs management center urged us to actively help people in need," said Zhao Changlin, head of the aid station in Haidian district, which has helped more than 1,200 people this year.

The first notice came on Nov 1, when winter was about to set in, and the second on Nov 29, Zhao said.

He said the workers in aid centers in all 16 districts and counties of Beijing braced themselves to get into action as soon as they received the notice. In any case, he added, the aid station in Haidian was already conducting its own regular patrol, looking for those who might need their help.

Authorities of civil affairs, public security, urban management and health in Haidian district have formed a patrol team to look for and offer help to the needy in the district, Zhao said.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (L) is welcomed by German President Christian Wulff at the presidential residence Bellevue palace in Berlin, December 6, 2011.

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DINGXI, CHINA - DECEMBER 05: A general view of a traffic accident site at Dingxi section of Qingdao-Lanzhou Freeway on December 5, 2011 in Dingxi, China. Five vehicles piled up at Dingxi section of Qingdao-Lanzhou Freeway on Sunday evening, killing one person and injuring one.

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A mechanic looks at a Buick at a General Motors (GM) dealership in Shanghai on December 6, 2011. The US auto giant said its sales in China surged more than 20 percent in November from a year earlier to 237,130 vehicles, a company record for the month, supported by strong demand for passenger cars, including the Buick brand, the company said in a statement.

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A factory worker from Hi-P International, who is on strike, cries after police entered the factory with trucks to remove heavy machinery, at a suburban area of Shanghai December 6, 2011. Workers at Hi-P International, a Singapore-owned electronics plant in Shanghai, remained on strike to denounce what they said was a management plan for mass layoffs, the latest outbreak of labour unrest in China. According to workers, police have arrested dozens of workers who blocked the entrance of the factory.

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Police arrive at Hi-P International as workers continue their strike in a suburban area of Shanghai December 6, 2011. Chinese police detained around a dozen workers at the Singapore-owned electronics plant in Shanghai on Tuesday as a strike involving over 200 workers extended into its seventh day in the latest labour unrest to hit the country. Around 80 workers also submitted a petition to local authorities, seeking intervention against what they said was a management plan for mass layoffs.

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A worker walks past a large model of a dinosaur bone Christmas decoration at a shopping mall in the Mong Kok region of Hong Kong on December 6, 2011. Shopping malls in the city are showcasing extravagent holiday decorations in an attempt to attract customer traffic for the busy holiday season.

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A garbage collector lies unconscious on the ground after fighting with a student over a parking dispute, Dec 5, 2011. The man later died.[Photo/qq.com]

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Babies are rescued from a child trafficking gang in Putian city, East China's Fujian province, Nov 30, 2011.[Photo/Xinhua]

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A child trafficking suspect is arrested by police in Putian city, East China's Fujian province, Nov 30, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Children freed from child trafficking gangs are cared by workers at a welfare home in Putian city, East China's Fujian province, Dec 1, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese police in 10 provincial-level regions have jointly cracked two child trafficking gangs that were deemed "seriously harmful," arresting 608 suspects and rescuing 178 children, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

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A child trafficking suspect is interrogated in a detention center in Putian city, East China's Fujian province, Dec 1, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, right, shakes hand with China's Vice Minister of Science and Technology Zhang Laiwu during talks at the Ministry of Science and Technology in Beijing Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Gates confirmed Wednesday he is in discussions with China to jointly develop a new kind of nuclear reactor.

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China's Special Envoy for African Affairs Liu Guijin (R) speaks to reporters after meeting Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti (not pictured) in Khartoum on December 8, 2011.

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In this photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, Wang Qiuxia, right, a volunteer from an environmental group, teaches Cheng Jing, a resident how to operate the PM2.5 detector in Beijing, China. Armed with a device that looks like an old transistor radio, Wang instructs interested Beijing residents how to test for the fine particles that most days shroud China's capital in health-threatening smog.

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In this photo taken on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, Tan Liang, a resident of Beijing, gets ready to use a PM2.5 detector outside his residential compound in Beijing, China.

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In this photo taken on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, Tan Liang, a resident sets up a PM2.5 detector near a garbage-burning facility, located near his residential compound in Beijing, China.

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Steel rebar lies on the side of the road after being unloaded at a luxury apartments and commercial property construction site in Beijing on December 8, 2011. Global demand for steel is set to increase in 2011-2012 thanks to China and emerging markets, the OECD said in a recent report, but warned rising prices and climate concerns could derail that trend.

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Women hold shovels as they wait to load coal onto trucks near the town of Dangcheng, in Quyang county, located 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Beijing December 7, 2011.

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Chinese customs officers line up during the commissioning of the radiation detection system at the Yangshan Port in Shanghai, China Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011. Chinese and U.S. officials launched the radiation detection system Wednesday at Shanghai's Yangshan port, one of the world's biggest, as part of efforts to prevent the smuggling of nuclear materials for weapons or terrorism.

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Chinese women wear face masks to protect against pollution on the streets of Beijing on December 7, 2011. Millions of Chinese have gone online to vent their anger over the thick smog that has blanketed Beijing in recent days, raising health fears and causing hundreds of flights to be cancelled. Sales of face masks were reported to have surged as residents of China's heavily polluted capital sought to protect themselves from the air, which US embassy figures ranked as 'very unhealthy'.

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Workers have lunch at the port of Yangshan in Shanghai on December 7, 2011.

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - DECEMBER 06: Pedestrians walk through a Christmas decoration at West Nanjing Road on December 6, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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Figurines in 24K gold are displayed at a Chow Tai Fook Jewellery store in Hong Kong December 6, 2011. Chow Tai Fook Jewellery, braving volatile markets with a listing in which it hopes to raise up to HK$22 billion ($2.8 billion), expects strong consumer demand in China, Hong Kong and Macau to drive sales over the next 10 years, its chairman said.

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Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung, the owner of English football club Birmingham City, leaves a district court after a brief pre-trial in Hong Kong December 7, 2011. As head of Hong Kong-listed Birmingham International Holdings Ltd , the tycoon was arrested in June and is awaiting trial on five counts of alleged money laundering of more than HK$720 million ($92.4 million).

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Taiwanese people gather to view an array of products at the ICT Month consumer electronics fair at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011.

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A model poses with a Play Station Vita console game at the ICT Month consumer electronics fair at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011.

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A school bus was damaged in a traffic accident in Longgang district in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, Dec 7, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

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A boy waits to see a doctor at a hospital after the school bus crash in Longgang district in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, Dec 7, 2011. [Photo/CFP]

The bus, carrying 43 pupils from a local private primary school, ran a red light at an intersection and crashed into a van early Wednesday morning.

Eleven pupils aboard were injured, including a 5-year-old who needs surgery after her thigh bone was dislocated. The van driver and a teacher were also sent to the hospital. Police who are investigating the case say the school bus driver had no driving license.

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Christmas decorations outside a fashion shopping mall in Beijing on December 9, 2011.

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A man counts money in front of a truck loaded with carrots at a wholesale market in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. China's chronically high inflation rate fell to a lower than expected 4.2 percent in November, paving the way for authorities to further ease credit to support growth. (AP Photo)

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Armed Chinese policemen stand in formation on patrol boats as they prepare for their first patrol mission along the Mekong River in Guanlei port, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province December 9, 2011. China and southeast Asian neighbours will start coordinated patrols of the Mekong River by mid-December, a Chinese ministry said, after a meeting that also agreed to let Beijing send advisors to Myanmar and Laos. The joint effort came after a deadly attack on Chinese ships in October killing 13 Chinese sailors.

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An event organiser hands over a certificate and the Chinese Confucius Peace Prize to Russian students Ekateryna Dakhova (C) and Maria Ostasheako (R) as they accept the award on behalf of this year's winner, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in Beijing December 9, 2011. According to organisers, Putin was awarded the prize for "his efforts promoting peace in domestic and foreign policy areas, especially his active stand of protest against bombing attacks on Libya by NATO".

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Restaurant staff receive delivery of packaged soda drinks in Beijing on December 6, 2011.

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People check their damaged cars beside the pile up of over 100 vehicles after a crash along a highway in Weifang, east China's Shandong province on December 8, 2011, which killed two people and injured five others, according to local media report. Almost 70,000 people died in road accidents in China in 2010, or about 190 fatalities a day, according to police statistics -- down from nearly 99,000 deaths on the roads in 2005.

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A vendor cooks deep fried bread at a street stall in Shanghai on December 9, 2011.

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Dense smoke rises from a hospital building currently under construction in Changsha, the capital city of Central China's Hunan province, Dec 9, 2011.[Photo/163.com]

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A fire broke out in a hospital building under construction in Changsha, the capital city of central China's Hunan province, around 1:00 pm on Dec 9, 2011, people.com.cn reported Friday.

The fire broke out at the top of the 22-story building, which is being built for the Hunan Provincial People's Hospital. Eight fire trucks were sent to the scene to fight the blaze.

The cause of the fire is still unknown and no casualties have yet been reported.

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