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Scaling the great wall of symbolism

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to India showed the impact of patient and persuasive diplomacy on both sides - but it's the outcome that will matter, says Nitin Pai That sound you hear emanating......

Great Wall of China is now LONGER!

Over 2,200 years after it was built, China's Great Wall continues to be a mystery, as new studies reveal that it could be almost 2.4 times longer than originally measured. Archaeologists and......

Image: Obama at the Great Wall of China

United States President Barack Obama's [ Images ] tour of China has evoked tremendous interest across the globe, and India in particular. As Obama soft-pedals on Tibet, and includes China in his......

Indian medical students face great wall of China

The mad rush of Indian students to medical colleges in China for cheaper courses is likely to ebb with Beijing declaring that only 24 such colleges are fit to admit foreigners.According to a......

Part of Great Wall damaged by construction

China has heavily fined a construction company for destroying parts of the Great Wall in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.The Cultural Relics Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous......

China's wealthy building 'great walls' for safety

The legacy of China's Great Wall, built in the 5th century to prevent intrusions from nomads, has become an inspiration for the country's new rich, who now are building similar structures around......

China's Great (Fire)Wall

If the Chinese government has its way, the sexual proclivities of the grandchildren of the revolution will be remoulded. As of July 1, every personal computer sold in the PRC must ship with......

Indian bourses remember the great US crash

Even before the Wall Street the world's stock market hub in New York - opened on the 20th anniversary of the original Black Monday today, the domestic stock market's benchmark Sensex plunged over......

Airlines keen to scale Great Wall

Domestic airlines are keen to bring China into their network as the latter is set to become the country's top trade partner in the coming years.While Jet Airways and Air Sahara are planning new......

Storming the Great Wall

How serious is Harish Kumar, the dapper chairman of Delhi-based Maharaja Appliances about the China Factor? Well, he's so serious he has called in a high-priced tutor and is taking Mandarin lessons......

PIX: Tom Cruise visits the Great Wall of China

Hollywood actor Tom Cruise made a trip to Beijing, China, to promote his latest sic-film Oblivion, which is set to release in the country today. Dressed informally in a grey shirt and jeans,......

How Akshay Kumar beat Tom Cruise

Rohan Sippy, director of Bluffmaster, was given permission to shoot on The Great Wall of China for his Chandni Chowk To China, something -- he claimed at a press meet in New York October 31 --......

Director Mysskin unique way of promoting films

Mysskin is a director with a difference. Not only in the films he makes, but also in the way he conducts himself. When he found that he had no money to compete with big banners in promoting his......

'I am glad that people liked my singing in Lucia'

It is not every day a modest stage and orchestra performer gets to do playback singing. 24-year old Naveen Sajju from Mysore made his debut with Lucia by singing three songs under the music of......

Review: Tasher Desh is bizarre, brave and brilliant

Tasher Desh is staggeringly-original film, writes Raja Sen.The thing about building a house of cards -- indeed, a country of cards -- is that its very existence is rooted in caprice. With Tasher......

Vijeeta Dravid reveals the virtues of 'The Wall'

Rahul Dravid throwing a chair. Now, that may seem hard to believe but that is what the Indian batting great, known for his calm and composed demeanour, once did after a heavy defeat at the hands of......

Young Germans out to overpower experienced Aussies

The great weight of German expectation will slam headlong into a wall of Australian defensive grit and muscle when the spectacular new Moses Mabhida stadium hosts its first World Cup match on......

Beijing torch climbs the Great Wall

Doves flew and confetti rained down as the Olympic torch was carried along the ancient Great Wall on a misty Thursday morning, the eve of Games that China hopes will demonstrate its modern-day......

Korean GP: Hamilton turns up pace in practice; Kimi rams into tyre wall

Lewis Hamilton kept championship leader Sebastian Vettel off the top of the timesheets in both Friday practice sessions for the Korean Formula One Grand Prix while Kimi Raikkonen slammed his Lotus......

What you must not miss in the EPL this weekend

With the abundance of flair and attacking talent Tottenham Hotspur acquired knowing Gareth Bale was leaving, it has perhaps been surprising that their impressive start to the season owes a lot to a......

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Q. do u know how the great wall of china selected in the wolrd wonders. what is the positive points in it. comments pls
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Q. Write the name of 7 wonder in world
Mastram Kurmi: A. i think the human effort in the circa and the fact that it is visible from space.. more

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Q. what's more precious? sevents wonder? seventh colour?saminder? ya seventh Cylinder?
Vidyasagar Atre: A. Great Wall of Cchina Petra Christ the RedeemerMachu Picchu c. AD 1450 PeruChichen Itza ColosseumTaj Mahal more

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Q. Can anybody here tell me any attractions in China?
Evaliang: A. A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World." Though there were some...... more

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Never thought I'd play T20 cricket for so long, an emotional Dravid bids farewell

It was with mixed emotions that Rahul Dravid bid goodbye to competitive cricket after the Champions League T20 final at the Feroze Shah Kotla... ...

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Exset BV and ITP Software enter into a Strategic Relationship

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Parkour vaults from asphalt to softer indoor landings

By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parkour, the free-wheeling outdoor sport of vaulting, bouncing, jumping and flipping through the urban... ...

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