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Are you nuts? Coconuts are liquid!

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Yangcheng Evening News
March 18, 2008

Dead chickens in Guangzhou: Bird Flu confirmed
The big headline is about the Ministry of Agriculture's announcement yesterday that a test by the National Bird Flu Lab confirmed the H5N1 bird flu was the cause of death of 114 chickens in Jinhua New Market in Liwan District, Guangzhou. Other markets within 3 kilometers have been thoroughly sterilized as a precaution. Since then, there have been no further cases reported.

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Ten civilians dead, twelve policemen badly wounded
The situation in Lhåsa is now under control, which as this article says, proves again that separatist conspiracies will be crushed and will never be successful. The article says that the riot was instigated by about 300 mønks from Råmoche Témple. The situation deteriorated after 3 mønks mutilated themselves and took photos of each other to confuse the media.

Fancy titles confuse job seekers
In a job fair held at South China Agriculture University in Guangzhou, many jobs on offer have unfamiliar sounding titles such as "administration trainee" (管理培训生), "novitiate manager" (见习经理)or, fancier still, "American mutual beneficiary" (美国互惠生) etc. One student said that some titles sounded great, but he was not so sure if the pay would be as good.

Are you nuts? Coconuts are liquid!
New flight regulations banning airline passengers from bringing any liquid item have taken effect since March 14. In Shenzhen, a passenger tried to defy the new regulations by taking three coconuts onboard was not allowed to board. he was evetually persuaded that coconuts contained liquid and he agreed to leave behind his 15 yuan worth of coconuts.

Today is just another foggy day (photo)
March this year in Guangzhou seems foggier than it usually is. Experts say the climate is normal, so take it easy.

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Comments on Are you nuts? Coconuts are liquid!

Yes..."fog"...that's what it is obscuring our lovely views here in quaint, "fog" shrouded Guangzhou..."fog"...yessssss...

Considering the recent Xinjiang terror scare involved a person with gasoline, why does the "sniff test" not suffice? I certainly hope they relax this liquid ban by the next time I fly somewhere.

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