China raises 800-year-old sunken ship
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After 800 years at the bottom of the sea, a merchant ship loaded with porcelain and other rare antiques was raised to the surface Friday in a specially built basket, a state news agency reported.
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ChinaÂs trade surplus with the world ballooned last month to $18.8 billion as exports soared, according to preliminary customs figures.
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Air China, the country&#39;s largest airline, will raise HK$8.36 billion after pricing its Hong Kong and London initial public offering (IPO) at the high end of its price range, sources said.
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The Louvre Museum in Paris bought a  bust by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt on Thursday for a  record-setting $4.8 million, roughly 10 times the expected sale  price, Sotheby's said.
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Science & environment: China's greatest river has fallen to its lowest level since 1866, threatening endangered species
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China had a trade surplus of $85.72 billion in the first five months of 2007, up more than 80 percent from the same period a year before, a commerce ministry official said on Saturday.
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An almost complete human skull fossil  that could date back 100,000 years has been unearthed in China,  state media said on Wednesday, hailing it as the greatest  discovery since Peking Man.
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Floods and typhoons in China this year have killed at least 800 people and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, state media and government officials said Wednesday.
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BEIJING: Premier Wen Jiabao Friday increased China&#39;s aid to tsunami-hit nations around the Indian Ocean by US$60.5m, state media reported.
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China Coal raises $1.69bn in its Hong Kong flotation, just the latest Chinese firm to list its shares this year.
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Four years after buying the Nantucket Lightship on eBay , Bill and Kristen Golden want to sell vacationers an interest in a onetime rust bucket that has been transformed into a floating pleasure palace.
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Five thousand of the world's rarest animals were found by fishermen in a known smuggling area adrift in an abandoned boat near China's coast.
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China dramatically stepped up the appreciation of its currency, allowing it to push through an important level against the dollar for the first time.
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China announces new investment worth $800m in Zambia, the latest stop on President Hu's African tour.
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MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Sept. 20 -- An auction of rights to name 10 newly discovered species of fish raised more than $2 million for conservation efforts in eastern Indonesia on Thursday night, setting a record for an event of its type.
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Explorers have discovered a century-old shipwrecked ore carrier that sank mysteriously during a Lake Superior storm less than two months after it was launched.
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A 121 million-year-old baby bird,  fossilized while still curled in its egg, has been found in China.