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WATCH: Rescuers Save Toddler With An iPhone

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 04.03.2012

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A two-year-old Chinese boy was saved by firefighters after falling into a 40-foot well in southwestern China Saturday, the Telegraph reports. As e...

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Tea, Green: Five Experts Serve Up Their Favorite Eco-Friendly Brews

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avital Binshtock

The tea industry has an ugly history of deforesting, damaging biodiversity, and using pesticides. To promote more enlightened sipping, we asked five experts to name their preferred brew.

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China's Last Wild Indochinese Tiger Is Killed And Eaten By A Villager

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

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The man was sentenced to 12 years in jail, local media reported. Kang Wannian, a villager from Mengla, Yunnan Province, met the tiger in February whil...

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Government-Backed Chinese Gay Bar In Yunnan Province Stays Empty

AP | TINI TRAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — A new bar in southwestern China aimed at educating gay men about AIDS stayed conspicuously empty during its official opening as potent...

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Olympic Security and the Media

Jeremy Haft | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeremy Haft

China is curtailing the hours when press can film in Tiananmen Square, and they'll try to censor the television narrative. But they won't be able to prohibit 24/7 coverage via the Internet of protests as they happen.

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