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Hundreds more trains added for Spring Festival
China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) announced Tuesday it will put into operation 586 more trains each day for this year's Spring Festival 40-day travel peak compared to the corresponding period last year.
President Hu delivers New Year address
Chinese President Hu Jintao put the country's economic tasks on top of next year's agenda in a New Year address broadcast Friday.
China to spend New Year Holiday in cold weather
China's meteorological authority said Friday that temperatures across China would remain low during the three-day New Year Holiday, which starts on Saturday.
Heavy snow strands Christmas travellers in Europe
Heavy snow stranded thousands of Christmas travellers in parts of Europe on Friday, with Belgium's main airport closed for most of the day to landing and icy roads in Sweden choked with traffic.
Iceland's 13 Santas give naughty kids potatoes
They don't wear red, and they're not jolly: the 13 Santas who usher in Christmas in Iceland are "descendants" of trolls and ogres who revel in terrifying young children.
Free E-cards from China Daily!
China Daily website has brought you a set of free holiday e-cards. Send to your friends and wish them a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Spanish Christmas lottery hands out $3 billion
Spain's beloved Christmas lottery sprinkled 2.3 billion euros ($3 billion) in holiday cheer across the country Wednesday, handing out winnings eagerly welcomed by a nation facing 20 percent unemployment.
Home by Christmas, says Cathay
Cathay Pacific resumed its four scheduled flights between London and Hong Kong Wednesday and is expected to return all Hong Kong passengers who have been stranded in Europe by Christmas Day.
Festival helps light up businessman's profits
SHANGHAI - While Christmas was still like a fairy tale to most people in China in the early 1990s, Gong Yuequan, then in his mid-30s, saw it differently.
New Year's Eve in Beijing