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Today's Front Page of the Day is from The Beijing News.

The headlines are:

[Women from outside Beijing] don't need to apply for permit from their home province when having a baby in Beijing
(There are many stories in today's papers about how the government is making life easier for migrant workers and people from outside the cities.)

Saudi hostages rescued (with picture)

1,000 cigarette stores refuse to sell to minors

Magic troupe's tiger bites 14 year-old female performer

Tsinghua 'Mantou Spirit' doesn't want high salary
(A worker who started studying at Tsinghua University by listening in on classes refuses job offers to continue studying.)

Journalist undercover as bar tout is unsatisfactory [to the bar's boss]

NEWSPAPERS

Beijing Daily Messenger 信报
中小学生赴日修学旅行免签
Chinese primary students go to Japan for studies without visas

Beijing Youth Daily 北京青年报纸
总理问候玉泉路小学师生
Premier [Wen Jiabao] greets Yuquan Road Primary School students and teachers
(The school was set up especially for children of migrants from other provinces)

People's Daily 人民日报
胡锦涛会见世界银行行长
Hu JIntao meets President of World Bank

FROM YESTERDAY
Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
首届希望小学运动今天开幕
Hope Primary School sports activities start today
(The school is a project of the Hope Project, a charity dedicated to helping people from China's poorest areas.

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