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KABUL (Reuters) - From the ruins of a bombed-out palace above Kabul, a young Afghan man bearing a striking resemblance to kung fu legend Bruce Lee is high-kicking his way to Internet fame, aiming to show another side to his war-weary nation.

Videos and photos of Abbas Alizada, 20, posted on the Facebook page "Bruce Hazara" show him performing back flips and striking Lee's famous poses. They blazed through Afghanistan's small Internet community this week, part of a publicity burst he hopes will catapult him to broader fame.

"I want to be a champion in my country and a Hollywood star," Alizada said at Kabul's desolate Darulaman palace, where he trains twice a week, swirling nunchakus and sporting a Lee-like bowl haircut.

At a workout at the palace, adorned with photos of thousands of civilian war victims as part of a protest exhibition, Alizada showed off his wiry physique, doing push-ups on his fingertips and sparring with a partner. Two assistants dabbed his brow and fixed his hair for the cameras.

Alizada is from a poor family of 10 children. His parents could not afford the fees at an academy of Wushu, a Chinese mixed martial art, but the trainer took him under his wing.

Darulaman palace, built in the 1920s by King Amanullah Khan, was damaged by decades of fighting for control of the capital. It is now a ruin pocked by artillery craters and bullet holes, overlooking an as-yet-unfinished national parliament building.

"The destruction here makes me sad, but it also inspires me," said Alizada, who refused to be filmed in one room where the walls were daubed with graffiti reading "death to Americans".

He rejects the name Bruce Hazara given to him by friends in recognition of his ethnic heritage, saying he prefers to be known as the Afghan Bruce Lee in a country riven by tribal divides.

Questions of national unity are poignant in Afghanistan, where Taliban insurgents are flexing their muscles with near-daily attacks. This year has been the bloodiest of the war, as foreign troops drastically reduce their presence.

Alizada's recent success on the Internet and at a martial arts tournament in Kabul reflects some of the changes in the country since the U.S.-led intervention toppled the Taliban after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Helped by the spread of TV and the Internet, Afghanistan has witnessed a rapid rise in interest in sports under the government that succeeded the hardline Islamists, who had banned television and many sports and martial arts.

"The only news that comes from Afghanistan is about war ... I am happy that my story is a positive one," Alizada said.

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China’s Chime Long Safari Park in southern Guangzhou City on Tuesday released a video showing the world’s only surviving giant panda triplets meeting their mother for the first time since they were born on July 29, 2014.

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December 1, 2014, World AIDS Day, Wuhan Metro a group of women sportsman distribute condoms to passengers. Photo courtesy: Oriental IC

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The women were all dressed as nurses.

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These men & women were all part of the show.

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Combined photo taken on Dec. 1, 2014 shows the pedestrians walking on streets in Yantai, east China's Shandong Province. A strong cold front will sweep central and east China, bringing sharp temperature drops on Monday and Tuesday, the National Meteorological Center said on Monday. (Xinhua/Luan Shengjie)

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12月2日消息，据台湾“中央社”报道，国民党“九合一”选举挫败，党主席马英九在中山会报表示，他将请辞国民党主席。图为11月30日，马英九率领国民党党内高层人士在台北举行记者会。

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An obsolete vehicle that does not meet China's emission standard is dismantled at a recycling company in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 3, 2014. To relieve air pollution, Xi'an will raise its environmental subsidies to encourage the removal of motor vehicles with excessive gas emissions. The city plans to remove nearly 40,000 such environmentally unfriendly vehicles by the end of 2014. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

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A worker is seen at a vehicle recycling company in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 3, 2014.

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Guests press the launch button during the opening ceremony of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) London Branch in London, Britain, on Dec. 1, 2014. ICBC London Branch officially declared its opening for business on Monday night, marking the first branch of a Chinese bank from the Chinese mainland approved to be established in Britain since the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua/Wu Congsi)

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A visitor has her teacher certificate checked at the entrance to the Palace Museum in Beijing, China, Dec. 3, 2014. The Palace Museum started waiving the entry fee for certain Chinese residents on Wednesday. Chinese teachers, students, soldiers, police, medical staff and volunteers will be able to visit the museum for free on the first Wednesday of each month from December 2014 to April 2015. The initiative aims to foster interest from these key groups of society in the popular ancient Chinese palace during the museum's quieter months, while at the same time reducing the hordes of tourists during high season. (Xinhua/Li He)

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12.03.2013. A natural gas explosion in a seventh floor flat killed two persons in Jilin China.

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12月3日清晨，河南省郑州市管城区南十里铺花寨村，因为城中村拆迁堵路，一群上学的孩子穿越布满砖头、断墙废墟的道路前去上学。据被拆迁户反映，十里铺拆迁时并未出示任何手续。一些住户的家具等物品都没有来得及搬出。

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Yunnan's first wedding expo held in Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center on Dec. 6, 2014. (Photo source:chinanews.com)

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Actress Hai Qing in black and white....English.news.cn | 12.07.2014 | Editor: Tian Shaohui

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Actress Liu Yan poses for fashion magazine....English.news.cn | 12.07.2014 | Editor: Tian Shaohui

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Kang Ning poses with flowers ....English.news.cn | 12.02.2014| Editor: Danqing

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Actress Nini poses for fashion magazine....English.news.cn | 12.10.2014 | Editor: Xiang Bo

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China's humanitarian aid items are seen in Erbil International Airport in the Iraqi Kurdish regional capital of Erbil, Dec. 9, 2014. Two aircraft carrying the China's humanitarian aid items arrived in Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdish region on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Chen Xu)

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The Director of Business at the Chinese Embassy in Madrid Huang Yazhong speaks during the "Yixinou" train arriving ceremony in Madrid Abronigal railway station in Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 9, 2014. Madrid was the final destination on Tuesday for a train which has set the record for the longest train journey in history: 13,052 kilometers between the Chinese city of Yiwu and the Spanish capital. (Xinhua/Xie Haining)

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The train, named "Yixinou" arrives in Madrid Abronigal railway station in Madrid, Spain, on Dec. 9, 2014. Madrid was the final destination on Tuesday for a train which has set the record for the longest train journey in history: 13,052 kilometers between the Chinese city of Yiwu and the Spanish capital. (Xinhua/Xie Haining)

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Customers purchase fruit in a supermarket in Cangzhou, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 9, 2014. China's consumer price index (CPI), the main gauge of inflation, grew by 1.4 percent year on year in November, the slowest increase in five years, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Mo Yu)

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Liu Tienan (C), a former senior economic planning official, stands trial at the Langfang Intermediate People's Court in Langfang, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 10, 2014. Liu Tienan, former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission and former head of the National Energy Administration, was convicted of bribery and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Langfang Intermediate People's Court on Dec. 10. (Xinhua/Langfang Intermediate People's Court)

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Passengers get on the high-speed train G85 from Shanghai to Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, at the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 10, 2014. The first Shanghai-Guangzhou high-speed train was put into operation on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)

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A train running on the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway heads for Yiwu Station, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 10, 2014. The Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed rail link which connects east China's Zhejiang province to central China's Hunan province, started operating on Dec. 10 and slashed the travel time from 8 hours and 15 minutes to 3 hours and 36 minutes.(Xinhua/Tan Jin

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A train runs from Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, to Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, on the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 10, 2014. The Hangzhou-Nanchang high-speed railway connecting Hangzhou and Nanchang, capitals of east China's Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces respectively, started operation on Dec. 10. The Hangzhou-Nanchang railway is part of the Shanghai-Kunming railway linking Shanghai Municipality in east China and Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Tan Jin)

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Train attendants wait for passengers of a high-speed bullet train which is about to go on a test run on the Gansu section of the newly built Lanxin (Lanzhou-Urumqi) High-Speed Railway at Lanzhou West Railway Station in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 10, 2014. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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Train attendant Li Jia is seen in a high-speed bullet train which is about to go on a test run on the Gansu section of the newly built Lanxin (Lanzhou-Urumqi) High-Speed Railway at Lanzhou West Railway Station in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 10, 2014. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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Chopsticks & Beyond's invited a crew of kids last Saturday to see how they'd handle a little friendly competition in the kitchen. Sixteen kids aged 5 to 16 came ready to get their hands dirty. [Photo/CRI]

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