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China calls for restraint in Syria
China called on all parties concerned in Syria to exercise restraint in order to avoid violence or more bloodshed and conflict in the Middle East country.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi made the call in his speech at the general debate of the 66th UN General Assembly session.
Yang urged the international community to "respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial1 integrity of Syria". A recent UN statement put the number of civilians2 killed in the anti-government protests during the past six months in Syria at 2,600.
Typhoon hits northern Philippines, 100,000 flee
A powerful typhoon slammed ashore3 in the eastern Philippines where authorities ordered more than 100,000 people to seek shelter from heavy rains and wind gusts4 of up to 170 kilometers per hour.
With its immense 650-kilometer cloud band, the typhoon threatened to foul5 weather across the entire main Luzon Island as it moves across the Philippines toward the South China Sea later this week and then heads toward southern China.
Pakistan bus crash kills 26 children, 2 teachers
Police say at least 26 school children and two teachers have been killed in a bus accident in Pakistan.
The bus was returning from a school trip to a salt mine popular with tourists when it plunged8 into a ditch. Police officials say 40 other people on the bus were injured.
The accident happened in Kalar Kahar, around 160 kilometers east of the capital Islamabad.
Six junior high students were killed and another six were injured after their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck in north China's Shanxi Province.
The van, which is allowed to carry a maximum of seven passengers, had 12 people on board when it was hit by a heavy truck from behind. The van was taking students from Lengquan Village to a middle school in town a dozen kilometers away.
Police but are still looking for the driver of the truck as he fled the scene of the accident.
China issues forest fire alert in five regions
Chinese authorities issued its second highest alert for forest fire outbreaks in five regions in the country's south and southwest.
The State Forestry10 Administration said there will be high risks for forest fires in the provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Guizhou, Chongqing Municipality and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous11 Region in the next three days, due to the risks caused by high temperatures and scarce rains.
The agency said drought has lingered in most of those areas, with precipitation levels at about half the historic averages.
Israel releases Palestinian reporter for Al Jazeera
Israel freed a Palestinian correspondent for Al Jazeera from custody12, saying he had confessed to links with Hamas and had received a suspended prison sentence.
Samer Allawi, a West Bank native and head of the Arabic satellite station's Kabul bureau, said after his release that his contacts with Palestinian Islamists were part of his work as a journalist.
The Qatar-based station's Jerusalem bureau has occasionally sparred with Israeli officials who accused it of bias13.
Ending weeks of political brinkmanship, the US Congress finessed16 a dispute over disaster aid and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.
The agreement ensured there would be no interruption in assistance to areas battered17 by disasters such as Hurricane Irene, and also that the government would be able to run normally when the new budget year begins this weekend.
The Senate approved the resolution after a day of behind-the-scenes talks and occasionally biting debate, spelling an end to the latest in a string of standoffs between Democrats18 and Republicans over deficits19, spending and taxes.
US home-buying season the worst in at least 50 years
March through August are typically the peak buying months in the US. But this time, Americans bought fewer new homes in that stretch than in any other six-month period since record-keeping began a half-century ago, with roughly 168,000 new homes sold.
And sales of previously21 occupied homes did not fare much better.
Combined, total sales this spring and summer were the weakest on records dating to 1963. The figures underscore how badly the US housing market is faring and suggest that a recovery is years away.
Chinese Forbidden City exhibits open at Louvre
About 130 artifacts from the Forbidden City, China's ancient imperial palace museum greeted the French public in the Louvre Museum in an exhibition that will run until early next year.
The exhibits including arms, clothing, bronzes, pieces of jade22, lacquerware, enamels23, seals, ceramics24 and personal effects of the Ming and Qing emperors, some of which were on their first overseas visit.
The Louvre, which has no Chinese art department, modified parts of the museum to accommodate the collection.
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| adj.领土的，领地的 | |
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civilians
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| 平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓 | |
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ashore
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| adv.在(向)岸上，上岸 | |
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gusts
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| 一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作 | |
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foul
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| adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规 | |
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cyclone
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| n.旋风，龙卷风 | |
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lash
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| v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛 | |
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plunged
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| v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降 | |
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| n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车 | |
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forestry
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| n.森林学；林业 | |
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autonomous
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custody
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| n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留 | |
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bias
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| 防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移 | |
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finessed
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battered
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| adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损 | |
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democrats
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| n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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deficits
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| n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损 | |
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bust
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| vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部 | |
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previously
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jade
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| n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠 | |
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enamels
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| 搪瓷( enamel的名词复数 )； 珐琅； 釉药； 瓷漆 | |
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ceramics
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| n.制陶业；陶器 | |
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