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London : blaze destroys Camden market

February 11, 2008 at 08:31 AM

--> 伦敦一商业区发生大火 2月9日傍晚，英国伦敦北部肯姆顿区的查克法姆商业区突然发生大火，大火持续将近3个小时才被扑灭，没有伤亡报道。据警方说，大火始于该商业区内的一个酒吧，但起火原因目前尚不清楚。查克法姆商业区是英国最大的露天商业区，有数目众多的服装店、古董店、酒吧和餐馆。该商业区也是伦敦的一个著名旅游区。新华社/路透... Read more

Harbin : outdoor swimming fun

February 11, 2008 at 08:06 AM

Anhui gang feigns leukemia fundraising

February 11, 2008 at 07:46 AM

--> 警惕“爱心”被欺骗 2月10日，团伙中的两名成员在合肥街头募捐。当日，一伙自称是“安徽省太和县第三高级中学高二学生”的青年在合肥街头募捐。他们打着为患白血病的同学募捐的旗号，身披“献爱心、救学生青年志愿者”的绶带，抱着“募捐箱”募捐。不少市民被此行为感动，向箱里投放钱财。经记者详细了解，并向当地教育部门及医院核实，发... Read more

Firefox AND MSIE issues

February 11, 2008 at 07:01 AM

Hello! For the last few days a great part of this website has become unusable for me and I really mean unusable. The issues are:  1. In Firefox the flash playac... Read more

Disposable Chopsticks and the Sky is Falling

February 11, 2008 at 12:11 AM

There was a front page article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday about the environmental debate in China over disposable chopsticks. Banned in Bejing: Chinese See... Read more

Myanmar to vote on new constitution

February 10, 2008 at 08:24 PM

--> 缅甸将举行新宪法全民公决缅甸反对派全国民主联盟成员在其党部缅甸军人政府昨天宣布，缅甸将于２００８年５月举行新宪法全民公决，２０１０年根据新宪法举行多党制大选。缅甸上次大选是在1990年举行的，由昂山舒姬领导的全国民主联盟取得了压倒性胜利，不过军人政府以国家需要先拟定宪法为由，拒绝承认大选结果。缅甸全国代表大会是在... Read more

Character points (motivated by various lessons)

February 10, 2008 at 07:23 PM

Let's see if I keep this up... Read more

Character points

February 10, 2008 at 07:21 PM

Let's see if I keep this up... Read more

Henning's dictionary challenge

February 10, 2008 at 04:38 PM

CHINESE WORDS:...funniest sounding?...longest?...words that sound like english words?...etc. Read more

Dictionary quest...

February 10, 2008 at 04:36 PM

Following tvans advice I took out the following sub-discussion from the "Christian Agenda" thread.   During the heated discussion pipsy came up with a... Read more