Ice Rooster Welcomes Chinese New Year in Vilnius
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Lifestyle: 3 January 2005, Monday. A gigantic rooster made of ice perched in the central square in Lithuania's capital Vilnius to celebrate the incoming New Year, which according to the Chinese calendar is the ...
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An animal rights group called Monday for China to treat rats with kindness and respect, as millions across the nation begin to celebrate the coming Year of the Rat.
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Two giant pandas were welcomed like heads of state when they arrived in Spain from China on Saturday to begin a new life in an air-conditioned pagoda and custom-built gardens at Madrid zoo.
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AIR CHINA will become the first new Chinese company in four years to trade on the London Stock Exchange today, in what exchange officials hope will be the beginning of a wave of listings from Hong Kong.
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BEIJING, Feb. 28 The Year of the Pig has turned into the year of the baby.
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China marks the arrival of the New Year, with the golden pig year seen as being particularly auspicious.
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It was something not seen in Baghdad since before the 2003 invasion Â people publicly welcoming a new year with singing, dancing and alcohol-fueled revelry. The ballrooms of two landmark hotels Â the Palestine and the Sheraton Â were full of people for the first New Year's Eve celebrations after four years of violence that has bloodied Iraq.
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The first airliner from Taiwan to land in Beijing in more than 55 years touched down in the Chinese capital on Saturday to fanfare as part of special charter flights between the arch-foes for the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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In previous years, hard drinking Lithuanians managed to set some pretty impressive records.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has received a warm welcome in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore where he arrived for cultural and business visits after concluding a free trade deal and pledging to boost strategic ties.
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The upcoming Christmas holiday will be a memorable one for Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, he will spend it in snow-covered Beijing.
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Cooperation between Estonia and China has been fruitful in various fields since they established diplomatic ties, Estonian President Arnold Ruutel said Monday while meeting a top Chinese official.
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One of Russia, Austria or South Korea will be celebrating later on Wednesday when the host venue of the 2014 Winter Olympics is decided.
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Russia s State Veterinarian Service is launching, today, another check of Lithuanian meat and dairy factories eager to export their produce to Russia, reports Lithuania s State Food and Veterinarian Service.
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Two giant pandas were welcomed like  heads of state when they arrived in Spain from China on  Saturday to begin a new life in an air-conditioned pagoda and  custom-built gardens at Madrid zoo.
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More than 100 fighting cocks due to perform at a temple fair over the Chinese New Year holiday have been stolen from a suburban Beijing farm along with the dog guarding them, a newspaper reported on Monday.
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Voters are set to elect a new parliament Saturday for the first time since the Baltic nation settled into a new era of stability by joining the European Union and NATO in 2004.Comment