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THE vast hall of Shanghai Exhibition Centre became a port for showy yachts from April 8 to 11. The cool, exquisite and expensive machines that berthed there attracted thousands of people with the shared dream of one day heading out to sea in a boat.
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- New toys for the rich
THE vast hall of Shanghai Exhibition Centre became a port for showy yachts from April 8 to 11. The cool, exquisite and expensive machines that berthed there attracted thousands of people with the shared dream of one day heading out to sea in a boat.
- Nautical delights
NATURE. Escaping from car exhaust and the pandemonium of the city is perhaps best when sitting on a yacht with the blue sky all to yourself - a luxury never to be found on land.
- Forensics for financial order
THERE is nothing unusual about a school adding a new course, but when Fudan University announced its "Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting" course the media paid immediate attention.
- Death with dignity
THE 54-year-old gastric cancer patient, surnamed Xiao, was finally able to sleep peacefully at night.
- Cancer toll mounts
LOCAL officials will launch a week-long programme, starting April 15, to promote the prevention and proper treatment of cancer as incidence of the disease continues to rise in the city.
- Academic puzzle
YAN Caihong, a lecturer from the School of Electronics, Information and Electrical Engineering of Shanghai Jiaotong University, died of lung cancer on March 12. Unlike many other university teachers, Yan's death was followed not only by mourning among his students and friends but also criticism of and disputes about the achievement evaluation system for teachers in Chinese universities.
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- Terrors of nature
TANJUNG AUA, Indonesia - More than 25,000 panicked residents have been evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra Island and officials raised the alert level on April 13 as the mountain's activity intensified.
- EU treaty campaign starts badly for French leaders
LOCHES, France - French teacher Philippe Connil braves the cold on a wintry April 9 morning to hand out leaflets urging shoppers in this sleepy provincial town to reject the European Union constitution.
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- Artistic overflow
CHEN Yifei, the Chinese painter, entrepreneur and movie director, died of gastrorrhagia in Huashan Hospital on April 10.
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- World's most excellent teapots
``I LOVE tea, love the teapot." For most teapot fans and collectors, this saying is quite true. In China, where tea originated as early as
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- Breakfast in bed
THE Sunday brunch at Bar Rouge is called "Bed & Breakfast," where the long, wide red sofa could pass for a bed upon which diners may lie and enjoy a relaxing French meal.
- Light approach to Italian
CHEF Alfred Spieler at Raphael's restaurant has created a new spring menu of light Italian and Mediterranean food based on seafood and vegetables.
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