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THE DARING RESCUE WAS UNFOLDING AT AN ALTITUDE OF NEARLY 12,500 FEET IN THE MONT BLANC MASSIF NEAR CHAMONIX AFTER THE CARS CAME TO A HALT AROUND 2 P.M.

The Daily Express, a British newspaper, reported that rescuers had harnessed themselves to the cables and climbed along to the cars and dropping down through hatches...

9th September, 2016 1395

bbc.com

APPLE TAX RULING 'MUST NOT STAND' SAYS ENDA KENNY

Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the European Commission ruling on Apple's Irish tax payments is damaging to Ireland...

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

EUROPEAN UNION

EUROPEAN COMMISSION RULING

APPLE

8th September, 2016 225

telegraph.co.uk

CHINA DECLARES WAR ON SPITTING CROWDS AND SMOG AHEAD OF G20

China's biggest travel agency Ctrip has already handed out more than 200,000 vouchers, containing 500 yuan, state media said...

STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL RULES

HANGZHOU

3rd September, 2016 155

thestar.com

DAILY MAIL RETRACTS STORY SUGGESTING MELANIA TRUMP WORKED AS ESCORT

Defendants' actions are so egregious, malicious and harmful to Mrs. Trump that her damages are estimated at 150m, he said in a statement...

2nd September, 2016 169

washingtonpost.com

HARDER REPRESENTED WRESTLER HULK HOGAN IN HIS SUCCESSFUL LAWSUIT AGAINST GAWKER, WHICH RECENTLY SHUT DOWN.

Defendants' actions are so egregious, malicious and harmful to Mrs Trump that her damages are estimated at 150m, he said in a statement...

2nd September, 2016 0

telegraph.co.uk

THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT THE MARYLAND BLOGGER, WEBSTER GRIFFIN TARPLEY, PUBLISHED "FALSE AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS" ABOUT MRS TRUMP, INCLUDING THAT THE FORMER MODEL HAD SUFFERED FROM "A FULL-BLOWN NERVOUS BREAKDOWN".

The attorney for Mrs Trump said that the wife of US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had found stories about her past to be "tremendously damaging"...

DAILY MAIL

DAILY MAIL AND GENERAL TRUST

MRS TRUMP

MELANIA TRUMP

2nd September, 2016 0

euronews.com

THE DAILY MAIL RETRACTED A STORY IN A POSTING ON ITS WEBSITE ON THURSDAY.

The lawsuit was filed in state circuit court in Montgomery County, Maryland...

2nd September, 2016 0

smh.com.au

MELANIA TRUMP SUES OVER 'TREMENDOUSLY DAMAGING' ESCORT REPORTS

The lawsuit was filed in state circuit court in Montgomery County, Maryland...

2nd September, 2016 2

DAILY MAIL AND GENERAL TRUST

NO HEADING NO.1

No Heading No.2...

PLEADING

MRS. TRUMP

MELANIA TRUMP

2nd September, 2016 2

HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER AVATAR

MELANIA TRUMP STARTS LEGAL PROCESS AGAINST DAILY MAIL OVER 'DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS'

Melania Trump has warned the Daily Mail and other outlets that there will be legal action against themA over articles about her past...

22nd August, 2016 54

THE WORLD'S HIGHEST AND LONGEST GLASS-BOTTOMED BRIDGE OPENED SATURDAY IN CHINA'S SPECTACULAR ZHANGJIAJIE MOUNTAINS -- AN INSPIRATION FOR HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER AVATAR.

World's longest glass bridge opens over canyon in China...

22nd August, 2016 0

atimes.com

SOME 430 METERS (1,400 FEET) LONG AND SUSPENDED 300 METERS ABOVE THE EARTH, THE BRIDGE SPANS THE CANYON BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN CLIFFS IN ZHANGJIAJIE PARK IN CHINA'S CENTRAL HUNAN PROVINCE.

Tourists can walk across the bridge, designed by Israeli architect Haim Dotan, and the more adventurous will be able to bungee jump or ride a zip line...

ISRAELI ARCHITECT HAIM

GLASS BRIDGE

21st August, 2016 8

atimes.com

NO HEADING NO.1

No Heading No.2...

20th August, 2016 0

THE STATEMENT REAFFIRMED CHINA'S ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY AGAINST DOPING, SAYING THE COUNTRY CONDUCTS 15,000 DOPING TESTS ANNUALLY AND ONLY 2 OUT OF 1,000 HAVE FAILED CHECKS IN RECENT YEARS.

The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC)...

MEDIA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

CHINESE OLYMPIC DELEGATION

20th August, 2016 0

MADIAN GANGUE POWER GENERATION CO. LTD.

21-YEAR-OLD ETHAN BUCKLEY OF BOWLING GREEN IS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT, 1ST DEGREE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

Police in Bowling Green, Ky., arrested a 21-year-old man Sunday who they said stabbed his father during a morning service at a local church...

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS

15th August, 2016 244

chinadaily.com.cn

A FATAL TUBE EXPLOSION IN DANGYANG, CENTRAL CHINA'S HUBEI PROVINCE TOOK THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE WHILE FIVE OTHERS ARE INJURED, HUBEI DAILY REPORTS.

At least 21 killed in power plant blast in central china...

11th August, 2016 0

BUS ÉIREANN CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

CBS ANNOUNCED THE LIVE EPISODES, ALL TAKING PLACE AT THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER IN NEW YORK, AT THE TELEVISION CRITICS ASSOCIATION SUMMER PRESS TOUR WEDNESDAY.

The episodes are scheduled after the presidential debates Sept. 26 and Oct. 19 and after the vice presidential debate Oct. 4 (all shows 11:35 ET/PT)...

VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

10th August, 2016 38

HIS HALF-DAY TRIAL IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF TIANJIN FOLLOWED THOSE OF TWO RELATED LEGAL ACTIVISTS EARLIER THIS WEEK, BOTH ON CHARGES OF SUBVERSION.

As with the others, Zhou was detained in July of last year amid a sweeping roundup of activists and lawyers...

4th August, 2016 4

DONALD TRUMP IS GUARANTEED TO WIN -- AS TOP JOKE TARGET

Fox has its own conservative-oriented comedy show, Red Eye, but blesses it with a 3 a.m...

1st August, 2016 27

COMEDY CENTRAL DOES NOT REPEAT EPISODES OF "THE COLBERT REPORT," BUT FANS CAN STILL ACCESS VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SHOW'S WEBSITE, WHICH HAS PAID ADVERTISEMENTS.

The audience booed when Colbert, "with a heavy heart," said it has been decreed that the character is kaput...

29th July, 2016 2

TDS OFTEN USE THESE QUESTIONS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICALLY PUT PRESSURE ON MINISTERS IN THE OIREACHTAS.

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QUESTION

OIREACHTAS

MODERN CIVILISED SOCIETY

26th July, 2016 28

FLOATING VOTER PODCAST 'DO-NOTHING' DAIL SLAMMED AS TDS LEAVE FOR 10-WEEK SUMMER HOLIDAY

As the Dail breaks for its 10 week summer holiday, the Floating Voter podcast looked back on the highs and lows of the political year so far...

FLOATING VOTER PODCAST

25th July, 2016 11

MICHAEL HEALY-RAE LABELS BAN ON OVER-70S DRIVING SCHOOL BUSES AS 'AGEISM'

Earlier he outlined how bus drivers over 70 can't bring children to school...

25th July, 2016 9

theguardian.com

IT ROLLED OUT THE C919, CHINA'S FIRST DOMESTICALLY DEVELOPED NARROW-BODY PASSENGER PLANE, IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR.

Despite a history of delays and problems, China's aviation industry has made rapid progress in the last year...

STATE-OWNED AVIATION INDUSTRY

25th July, 2016 122

seattletimes.com

THE REPORT CITES CHINESE STATE AIRCRAFT MAKER, THE AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA, AS SAYING THE PLANE IS NEARLY AS BIG AS A BOEING 737.

It measures 37 meters 121 feet in length with a wingspan of 39 meters 128 feet ...

PEOPLE'S DAILY

LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT

OFFICIAL NEWS AGENCY

AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA

24th July, 2016 6

IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT AMBITION, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER IT, MR COVENEY SAID.

The plan is divided up into 'five pillars' dealing with homelessness, social housing, construction, the rental sector and vacant properties...

20th July, 2016 4

CHINA'S COMMUNIST PARTY AND MILITARY ARE AT WAR WITH IDEAS ONLINE

But China's Communist Party has made a determined effort to do just that...

COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

14th July, 2016 6

BEIJING ENGINEERS COVERAGE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA RULING

Meanwhile, over at censorship-monitoring website Free Weibo, South China Sea became the most-censored term...

13th July, 2016 186

MR WALLACE, AN INDEPENDENT TD FOR WEXFORD, PAID EUR5,780 LAST YEAR TO WALLACE CALCIO

Calls to Mr Wallace for comment were not returned last night...

11th July, 2016 6

Trending News Headlines : Dáil

WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1922, JONES WORKED FULL TIME HELPING FAMILY MEMBERS PICK CROPS.

Susannah Mushatt Jones 116 keeps a steady diet of bacon eggs and grits for breakfast...

SUSANNAH MUSHATT JONES

6th October, 2015 24222

PRESIDENT OBAMA UNDERSCORED THE NEED FOR STRONGER GUN CONTROL LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES AFTER WEDNESDAY'S MASS SHOOTING, WHICH LEFT AT LEAST 14 DEAD AND 14 WOUNDED.

House Speaker Paul Ryan and GOP presidential hopefuls Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and Lindsey Graham all responded with "prayers" for the victims of San Bernardino...

3rd December, 2015 4179

300-FOOT-LONG GLASS-BOTTOM WALKWAY

THE 1 300-FOOT-LONG GLASS-BOTTOM WALKWAY IS BUILT ALONG YUNTAI MOUNTAIN SCENIC PARK IN HENAN PROVINCE CHINA.

The 1,300-foot-long glass-bottom walkway is built along Yuntai Mountain Scenic Park in Henan Province, China...

7th October, 2015 3994

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

MR. LETTERMAN SAID HE MIGHT HAVE PUT HIS DESK ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE ED SULLIVAN THEATER STAGE.

Mr. Colbert said he was reluctant to participate in the late-night skirmishes that Mr. Letterman had famously battled over the years...

11th August, 2015 3825

bbc.co.uk

ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL XINHUA NEWS AGENCY, MR. ZHOU'S WIFE, JIA XIAOYE, AND HIS SON FROM A FORMER MARRIAGE, ZHOU BIN, ALSO TOOK BRIBES TOTALING MORE THAN $20 MILLION.

Moreover, he said, continuing to prosecute high-ranking people like Mr. Zhou could cause the party lasting damage...

COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

11th June, 2015 2256

CHINA CORRUPTION LIFE TERM FOR EX-SECURITY CHIEF ZHOU

He was put under investigation one year later as part of President Xi Jinping's major anti-corruption campaign...

COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

11th June, 2015 2141

THE SLUMP IN THE STOCK MARKETS IS DESTROYING WHAT REMAINS OF INVESTOR CONFIDENCE, AND THIS PROBLEM IS PROFOUNDLY SERIOUS, THE PAPER SAID IN A FRONT-PAGE COMMENTARY.

Chinas Party-Run Media Is Silent on Market Mayhem...

25th August, 2015 1714

bbc.co.uk

IN FEBRUARY, A DISTRICT JUDGE FOUND SHE HAD FABRICATED ALLEGATIONS AGAINST MR WILLIAMS IN ORDER TO FRUSTRATE CONTACT BETWEEN HIM AND ETHAN.

Rebecca Minnock 35 from Highbridge Somerset disappeared with her son Ethan on 27 May after a court ruled the boy should live with his father...

12th June, 2015 1503

IN RECENT MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ATTACKS ON STATIONS IN CHINA, IN KUNMING AND URUMQI.

It comes just a day after China began its annual parliamentary session in Beijing...

BEIJING

UIGHUR MUSLIM MINORITY

MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS

6th March, 2015 1422

theguardian.com

SHANGHAI DOZENS KILLED AND INJURED IN STAMPEDE AT NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

A photo taken with a smartphone of people pushing each other as they try to escape a stampede on the Shanghai riverfront...

1st January, 2015 1303

CHANGZHI ZHANGZE RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK

MOTOR TAX CASH USED TO FUND IRISH WATER

Two-thirds of funding being given to Irish Water this year by the Government came from motor tax payments, the Dail spending watchdog has heard...

6th February, 2015 1281

bbc.com

IN HIS VIDEO APOLOGY, HE KEPT EMPHASISING THAT HE HAD HURT THE LEADERSHIP AT CHANGZHI ZHANGZE RURAL COMMERCIAL BANK!

It shows at least four rounds of spanking, with one woman recoiling each time, apparently in pain...

ZHANGZE RURAL COMMERCIAL

BANK EMPLOYEES

CHANGZHI

21st June, 2016 1265

MEDIA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

A STUDY LED BY RESEARCHERS AT WILLIAM AND MARY FOUND THAT COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO EAT SUCH FOODS--THINK YOGURT, SAUERKRAUT, PICKLES, KIMCHI--REPORT FEWER SOCIAL ANXIETY SYMPTOMS.

People who suffer from social anxiety might want to get familiar with fermented foods...

20th June, 2015 1229

LAST YEAR SHI ZHICHENG, A CHINESE ASTRONOMER, TOLD THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST THAT THE TELESCOPE REPRESENTED A GIANT LEAP IN THE HUNT FOR ALIEN LIFE.

Work on the 1.2bn yuan (?127m) Fast (Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope) project began in the south-western province of Guizhou in 2011 and is expected to be completed by September...

BEIJING

RADIO TELESCOPE

SOUTH CHINA MORNING

17th February, 2016 1194

bbc.co.uk

COUNSEL DAVID SHERBORNE SAID THE HACKING WAS ON AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE AND FAR LARGER THAN THAT WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mr Sherborne said as well as hacking, private investigators were also used...

COUNSEL DAVID SHERBORNE

9th March, 2015 1193

YAHOO! UK AND IRELAND TOP CHINESE OFFICIAL GETS LIFE FOR 6M BRIBERY COURT 10 HRS AGO

LABOUR TD PAT RABBITTE CONFIRMS HE WILL NOT CONTEST UPCOMING...

Rabbitte to leave Dail with EUR2m pension pot...

8th July, 2015 1163

"I HAD MY SCHOOLMATE HOLD SHARES FOR ME BECAUSE OF MY FATHER," A FORMER POLICE CHIEF FOR THE PORT OF TIANJIN WHO DIED IN 2014, MR. DONG TOLD XINHUA.

Mr. Dong holds 45 percent of the shares through a former classmate...

19th August, 2015 1111

independent.co.uk

WORLDA??S OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE EVER FOUND FINALLY WASHES UP AFTER 108 YEARS

World's oldest message in a bottle ever found finally washes up after 108 years...

BOTTLE

OCEAN

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

21st August, 2015 1105

aljazeera.com

CHINA PUTS FINAL TOUCHES TO WORLD'S LARGEST TELESCOPE

China has put the final piece of what is set to be the world's largest radio telescope in place, state media have reported...

APERTURE SPHERICAL TELESCOPE

ASTRONOMY

LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE

FINAL PIECE

3rd July, 2016 1054

UKIP PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE

HE WOULD ALSO GET A TD'S PENSION OF 43,629 AND A MINISTERIAL PENSION OF 25,215 EVERY YEAR.

Fine gael and labour fund of 30m is still long way short of 50m for fianna fail ministers...

1st March, 2015 1004

"I'M NOT SURE WHY I DID IT," BEN INNES SAID WHEN IT WAS ALL OVER.

Let us know when you get off." His roommate told the Daily Mail, "He's not afraid to shy away from anything...

SIX-HOUR HIJACKING DRAMA

BEN INNES

30th March, 2016 931

reuters.com

CABLEVISION DECLINED TO COMMENT WHILE A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY BE REACHED FOR A COMMENT.

FINE GAEL TD VERY CLOSE TO RESIGNING OVER WATER CHARGES

Revenue won't chase households who don't pay water charges...

REVENUE COMMISSIONERS

ALAN KELLY

6th November, 2014 891

huffingtonpost.co.uk

NIGEL FARAGE DEFENDS USE OF WORDS 'CHINKY' AND 'POOFTER'

Watch Nigel Farage Defend Use Of Words 'Chinky' And 'Poofter'...

THE HUFFINGTON POST

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN

KERRY SMITH

19th December, 2014 890

SIMILARLY, MR KELLY'S TIPPERARY CONSTITUENCY, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF 158,000, RECEIVED EUR4,152,899 IN HOUSING GRANTS SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR.

Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin's Wexford constituency which has population of 145,000, also received less than the Taoiseach's home county with EUR2,623,741 in grants paid there this year...

14th June, 2015 738

12 FIREFIGHTERS AMONG 50 DEAD IN CHINESE PORT CITY EXPLOSIONS

12 firefighters among at least 50 dead in Chinese port city explosions...

PEOPLE'S DAILY

TWIN WAREHOUSE BLASTS

13th August, 2015 698

OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST

HE SAID HE INTENDS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO IMPOSE HARSHER SENTENCES FOR CRIMES AGAINST OLDER PEOPLE IF ELECTED TO THE DAIL.

The new law would see criminals who break into an older person's home receive a mandatory four and half year sentence...

GARDA WHISTLEBLOWER JOHN

JOHN WILSON

8th February, 2016 693

nbcnews.com

THREE FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN WASHINGTON AS WILDFIRES SPREAD ACROSS WEST

But it's now 95 percent contained, with crews turning to mop-up duty, incident commanders said...

CHELAN COMPLEX

22nd June, 2016 676

Related News Headlines : Dáil

AT G20 MEET IN CHINA, DEFENDING FREE TRADE WILL NEED MORE THAN TALK

At G20 meet in China, defending free trade will need more than talk - Asia Times...

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

FREE TRADE

G20

2nd September, 2016 0

telegraph.co.uk

A WITNESS TOLD THE GUARDIAN THAT THERE WAS A "STRONG BURNING SMELL" IN THE AREA.

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BROADSHEET

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FILMS

21st July, 2016 96

VOTERS WERE WARNED THAT BREXIT WOULD BE A POLITICAL BOON FOR RUSSIA AND CHINA

Russia, China See Silver Linings After U.K.'s Brexit Vote...

RUSSIA

VLADIMIR PUTIN

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

EU MIGRATION POLICIES

EUROPEAN UNION

14th July, 2016 81

smh.com.au

IT'S THE SAME ANGER THAT FAR-RIGHT PARTIES ARE EXPLOITING ACROSS EUROPE.

Eminent Melbourne University economist Ross Garnaut alerts us to the short-term dangers...

UNITED KINGDOM

EUROPEAN UNION

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST

LOW PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH

28th June, 2016 226

PHOTOGRAPHER TIM WHITTAKER

PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON, WHO IS CAMPAIGNING TO REMAIN, SAID HE WOULD CONTINUE AS PRIME MINISTER EVEN IF THE NATION VOTES FOR BREXIT, THE SUNDAY TIMES REPORTED.

A survey by YouGov for the Sunday Times conducted Thursday and Friday said 44% wanted to remain and 43% wanted to leave...

19th June, 2016 52

BUT THE DEBATE ON WITHDRAWAL FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION -- KNOWN AS BREXIT -- HAS GIVEN SOME PAPERS A PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY TO UNLEASH THEIR NATIONALIST AND ANTI-EUROPEAN TENDENCIES.

For pro-Europeans, the tabloid onslaught seems wearingly familiar...

10th June, 2016 209

"I TOLD HIM THAT IF ANYONE LIED TO ME AND DISRESPECTED ME AND USED ME IT WAS THE NEW YORK TIMES, NOT DONALD TRUMP," SHE SAID.

Meanwhile, ex-Miss California USA Carrie Prejean said Wednesday that the Times writers quoted from a book she wrote to portray Trump negatively, while ignoring positive comments she made about him...

19th May, 2016 25

TORIES BACK AWAY FROM DAVID CAMERON IN ROW OVER EUROPE

EU referendum Tories back away from David Cameron in row over Europe...

23rd February, 2016 15

smh.com.au

STUNNING HAWKE'S BAY SHEEP HERDING FOOTAGE YOU HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE

Captivating aerial footage of sheep being herded on a Hawke's Bay farm has attracted international attention...

BROADSHEET

PHOTOGRAPHY

VIDEO DRONE OPERATOR

TIM WHITTAKER

HAWKE'S BAY

12th February, 2016 60

PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI

MR. RENZI, TOO, ARGUES THAT EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS ARE TOO BUREAUCRATIC AND TOO DOMINATED BY A CLIQUE OF ELITES AND FAVORED NATIONS, ESPECIALLY GERMANY.

For years, Italy sought financial help on migration but got little from European Union officials...

28th January, 2016 69

EUROPE RAISES PRESSURE ON GREECE TO TIGHTEN ITS BORDERS

On Monday, European Union interior ministers meeting in Amsterdam backed the idea of keeping the border controls in place longer...

28th January, 2016 78