Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed rail starts operation. The 505-km Zhengzhou-Xi'an high-speed railway, the first of its kind in central and western China, cut the travel time between the two cities from former more than six hours to less than two hours
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A sea otter holds a dyed, heart-shaped chunk of ice at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Minato Ward, Osaka. Leading up to Valentine's Day, the aquarium is giving four sea otters eight large chunks of ice as a snack
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Sri Lankan demonstrators shout slogans as they stand in a cloud of teargas fired by authorities during a rally in Colombo on February 10 2010 held by opposition parties to protest the arrest of former army chief Sarath Fonseka
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Jakarta authorities removed a statue of Barack Obama from a park in the Indonesian capital due to a public backlash and moved it to a nearby elementary school that the U.S. president attended as a child
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Hundreds of demonstrators, chanting "mind your own business" and carrying banners, have protested outside the Australian embassy in Kuala Lumpur over criticism of the sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Last week more than 50 Australian MPs lodged a formal protest over the trial, saying it would damage Malaysia's image
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