Liu Xiang fell at the first hurdle in the 110m hurdles heat on Tuesday, missing the chance to reclaim his gold glory and probably ending his Olympic career.Tribute for fallen star 
Fans and rivals show respect Liu hit by two-time injury-worry Liu embodies Olympic spirit Liu doesn't think about quitting
At least nine people in Liaoning province, five in Hubei province and one in Yunnan province were confirmed dead in floods and mudslides triggered by rainstorms on Monday.
China's Xu Lijia won Laser Radial class in the Olympic sailing after a close medal race on Monday, the second gold ever in sailing for China.
China's largest submersible-support vessel was delivered and put into service on Monday in Qingdao, Shandong province.
The $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity rover landed on the Red Planet on Sunday to determine if life ever existed there.
Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the US nuclear attack on Monday morning, people took a moment of silence at 8:15 am local time, the time the bomb was dropped in 1945.
The Mars science rover Curiosity landed on the Martian surface shortly after 10:30 pm Pacific time on Sunday to begin a two-year mission, NASA said. NASA braces for Mars rover plunge
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Sunday greeted a group of renowned experts and grassroots talents and encouraged them to contribute more to the country's development.
More than 30 mothers breast-feed their babies for one and a half minutes to promote World Breastfeeding Week in a shopping mall in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Saturday.
About 320 metric tons of gold and more than 7,500 tons of silver - together worth $21 billion - are used each year in manufacturing electronic devices.
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