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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (4th L) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao (2nd R) attend a signing ceremony during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing June 7, 2012. The signing is for the 2012-2020 Space Cooperation Outline between China's National Space Administration and Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission.

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, bows to the officer in charge of the honour guard (not in frame) during his welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 7, 2012. Security in Central Asia, including the situation in Afghanistan, is set to be the focus of talks at a meeting in Beijing of a regional group dominated by China and Russia.

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A worker walks past a freight boat under assembly at a port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong province on April 10, 2012. China said that the country recorded a trade surplus last month, reversing a massive deficit in , but exports remained weak. The country recorded a trade surplus of $5.35 billion in March, as exports rose 8.9 percent to $165.66 billion for the month, Chinese customs said in a statement on its website.

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Wang Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Party Secretary of CPC Guangdong Committee, looks through a microscope during his tour of the photovoltaic lab at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney on June 7, 2012. Wang Yang is in New South Wales -- the sister province of Guangdong -- to promote bilateral business, cultural and tourism ties.

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Wang Yang (L), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Party Secretary of CPC Guangdong Committee, listens to student Jiang Yajie (R) during his tour of the photovoltaic lab at the University of New South Wales in Sydney on June 7, 2012.

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A police officer blocks Hong Kong-based lawmaker and pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan (R) from throwing a white flower into the China Liaison Office during a demonstration for the death of Li Wangyang, in Hong Kong June 7, 2012. Li, a labour activist and Chinese dissident jailed after the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, was found dead in a hospital ward in central China amidst suspicious circumstances, his family and rights groups said on Wednesday.

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Protesters hold photocopies of a photograph showing Li Wangyang hanged by a bandage around his neck in his hospital room at Shaoyang city, in Hunan province, during a protest outside the Chinese central government's liaison officer in Hong Kong Thursday, June 7, 2012. Li imprisoned for two decades died in a hospital Wednesday one year after being released from jail, and a relative raised doubt on the official explanation that he had hanged himself. Li had advocated for independent labor unions in central China's Hunan province and was caught in the sweeping nationwide crackdown on all forms of dissent after the Tiananmen Square democracy protests were quashed in 1989.

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An invigilator checks on an examinee outside the classroom at a high school during the National College Entrance Exam in Suining, Sichuan province June 7, 2012. The device checks for electronic devices used to cheat on the highly competive entrance exams.

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Parents greet students coming out of a high school after the first test of the National College Entrance Exams in Nanjing, Jiangsu province June 7, 2012. About three out of four applicants of China's annual national college entrance exam, the largest in the country and the world, will be admitted by universities, with the exam contents highly guarded by armed police and surveillance cameras, Xinhua News Agency reported. About 9.15 million people will take the exam to vie for 6.85 million vacancies in the country's universities and colleges, said China's education ministry, according to Xinhua News Agency.

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A woman shops for handbags at a Gucci luxury boutique at the IFC Mall in Shanghai June 4, 2012.

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Tourists take photos with a replica of a double-decker London bus exhibited inside China's National Aquatic Center, also known as the "Water Cube", in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 7, 2012. The "Water Cube" was the 2008 Beijing Olympic venue for swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and water-polo.

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Monks of the Bhutia-Lepcha community in the Indian state of Sikkim blow traditional ceremonial horns during a demonstration in New Delhi, 28 September 2003. The demonstrators demanded safeguards for the economical and political rights of their community, genuine representation in the Sikkim Assembly, and special rights before the opening of Nathula trade route between India and China which will pass through their homeland.

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Rescuers walk to the accident site to search for the missing prospecting workers after an avalanche buried the campsite of the Heicigou Antimony Ore Prospecting Station in Subei County, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 7, 2012. The death toll in the avalanche, which occured late Tuesday night, has risen to four, and rescuers are still searching in snow-packed debris for six other missing prospecting workers Thursday morning. The prospecting team is owned by Subei Jinze Mining Co. Ltd.. Heicigou, situated over 4,300 meters above sea level, is located 180 km away from the county seat of Subei, which is a dense Mongolian ethnic area. Since Monday, the area had been hit by heavy rainstorms rarely seen in the local history. By Thursday, snow on ground reached 60 cm deep. Rescuers could only reach the avalanche site on foot. (Xinhua)

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Rescuers work at the accident site to search for the missing prospecting workers after an avalanche buried the campsite of the Heicigou Antimony Ore Prospecting Station in Subei County, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 7, 2012.

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Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou waves to military troops during the Lien Yung military drill in southern Pingtung county on June 7, 2012. Taiwan displayed its military might at the first live-fire drill simulating Chinese invasion at the very beginning of the second term in office of Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is greeted upon his arrival at the airport in Beijing, capital of China, June 5, 2012. Ahmadinejad arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night to attend the 12th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). [Xinhua]

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 07: Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 7, 2012. Central Asian leaders are visiting China for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a Central Asian grouping headed by Beijing and Moscow, with discussions focusing on approaches to Syria, Iran and the influence held by the United States in Asia.

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Consumers are welcomed by a staff member at the IKEA Wuxi Store in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 6, 2012. The IKEA Wuxi Store, which has 63 sample rooms and a business area of 49,117 square meters, opened here on Wednesday. It is the second largest IKEA store in China. (Xinhua/Huan Wei)

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Ma Yinshen (R) practices embroidery at Hunan Arts and Crafts Vocational College in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, June 7, 2012. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

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Models present fashion creations designed by graduates during a graduation fashion show at the Wenhua College of the Yunnan Arts University in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Chen Haining)

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Leading actor Mark Chao (R) and actress Angelababy (2nd L) of film First Time pose for photos at a press conference of the film's premiere in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 6, 2012. The film will start screening on June 8. (Xinhua)

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Tang Shuquan, looks for someone who can grimace in a street in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, June 5, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

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Tang Shuquan grimaces as he holds a badge awarded by the Guinness World Records in a street in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, June 5, 2012. [Photo/CFP]

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Students practice with a plastic mannequin during an mortician service class at the Tianquanjiajing Funeral Service school in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province May 29, 2012. A new breed of young Chinese morticians are fighting centuries-old taboos to gain social acceptance for their profession, saying they help the deceased and their families make their final parting with respect. There are more than 1,500 students across the country studying to become morticians each year. Courses in funeral services take three years to complete and the service includes washing of the dead body as well as providing funeral make-up and dressing.

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A model displays five color models of Genius Ring Presenter, the world's first ring style wireless thumb cursor controller, during the Computex Taipei at the Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The touch cursor controller, desirable for users in a bus, train and plane, will be sold at NT$ 1890 (USD$ 63).

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Yick Yee Belinda Ng (L) with Cheung Ning Fiona, two of the eleven Chinese nationals rescued, receive medical treatment while onboard a coast guard vessel before their arrival at the south harbor in Manila June 5, 2012. The eleven Chinese nationals were undertaking a sailing match from Hong Kong to Taiwan onboard sailing yacht "Tipsy Frenz" which sank on Sunday and they were rescued by Hong Kong cargo ship "Easy Success" which is conducting a voyage to the Philippines, a coast guard report on Tuesday.

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bd popeye said:

Steelbird, is there a problem viewing the videos? If so let me know.

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BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 05: Chinese woman sleeps after tasting red wine during the Top Wine China 2012 at the China National Convention Center on June 5, 2012 in Beijing, China. China imported a record 1.27 billion U.S. dollars of bottled wine in 2011, up 94 percent year-on-year, according to figures released from the first China Worldwide Wine Summit Forum.

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bladerunner said:

No wonder that wine imports are up 94% if one person can drink 6 bottles of wine in a sitting. Anyway she does'nt look too bad after drinking all those bottles of wine. I would be a total mess, lying on the floor. Anyway Im glad that none of the girls I ever dated drank that much.

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SteelBird said:

I clicked to [play] the video and it said "Embedding disabled by request" then it suggested me to go youtube website to view it. I followed the link and could see the video. Wonder what about other. However, the young guy in the video was brave to save the boy. Wonder if they are in some kind of relative?

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai prepare to review an honour guard during his welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2012. China's president pledged 'selfless help' to Afghanistan and the leaders of the two nations agreed to upgrade their ties, as NATO-led forces prepare to withdraw from the war-torn country in 2014.

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An elderly couple sleep outside in a park along with thousands of others at Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province, 26 November 2005. At least 14 died, hundreds more were injured and thousands of houses collapsed when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near this popular tourist destination in east China on Saturday, officials said. The quake, the biggest in the region in half a century, could be felt in cities hundreds of kilometers (miles) away when it hit at 8:49 am (0049 GMT), according to the China National Seismic Observation Network.

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Students react as they leave Shanghai No.1 High School after finishing China's annual national college entrance exam in Shanghai June 8, 2012.

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A clerk counts Chinese banknotes at a bank in Huaibei, in central China's Anhui province, Friday June 8, 2012. China cut state-set gasoline and diesel prices for the second time in a month on Friday amid mounting government efforts to reverse a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. The reduction in fuel prices followed an interest rate cut on Thursday, which was the first in almost four years, and a small but significant step toward letting the market set rates paid on bank deposits. (AP Photo)

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Parents, grandparents, and other family members rest on the roadside outside a high school where their children and grand children are taking the national college exams in Beijing, China, Friday, June 8, 2012.

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A labourer swings a sledgehammer to smash concrete to recycle steel bars at a demolition site near a residential complex in Xi'an, Shanxi province June 8, 2012.

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A model stands next to a new Aero Coupe car, made by luxury British automobile brand Morgan, after its launch at the China Luxury exhibition in Beijing June 8, 2012.

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This picture taken on June 7, 2012, shows a China Southern Airline and an Air China plane taxiing for take-off at the Beijing Capital International airport in Beijing. The debt crisis in Europe and high oil prices weigh on the outlook for airline companies as they meet from June 10 in Beijing for the annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

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Parents wait at the gate of a school compound as their children take part in the National College Entrance Exam in Huaibei, Anhui province June 8, 2012.

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A model presents a Toyota concept car during the 16th Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao International Auto Show in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, June 7, 2012. More than 1,000 new vehicles were on display during the exhibition, which kicked off here Thursday. (Xinhua/Yuan Shuiling)

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Photo taken on June 8, 2012 shows the exterior & departure area of the newly-built Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. The new airport, with total investment of more than 23 billion yuan (about 3.6 billion U.S. dollars), will be put into operation on June 28. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)

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A protester from an environment groups wears a mask of US President Barack Obama during a demonstration outside the American Institute in Taipei on June 8, 2012. A dozen environmental activists protested against what they say is the US government forcing the Taiwan government to import US beef.

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