Azalea Mountain 1974 - Stephen Bulger Gallery
“At that time, there were only three Hasselblad camera available in China. Jiang Qing, Shi Shaohua, and I got one respectively. I could use as many rolls of color films as i needed”. Zhang Yaxin was put in charge of the team of photographers that had to capture the Model Opera
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BRASILIA, 16 MAY – Safety during the FIFA World Cup to be held in Brazil in 2014 will be entrusted to robots too. Company iRobot announced that it had sold 30 units, for a total of $ 3.5 million, to the Brazilian government.
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MOSCOW, 16 MAY – The biennial meeting of the Arctic Council ended with a new agreement, legally binding for the countries that are part of it, including Russia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the United States, as well as representatives of local communities.
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NEW YORK, 16 MAY – The Central African Republic is now in a state of anarchy and the UN Security Council should impose sanctions and send a peacekeeping force to restore order. This was reported by the representative of the international organization Margaret Vogt,
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NEW DELHI, 16 MAY – Though downgraded to a Category 1 storm, UN has issued a warning of the possible danger to about 8.2 million people dwelling near the coast of India, Bangladesh and Myanmar as cyclone Mahasen,
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BEIJING, 16 MAY – The Environment Ministry of China has approved the construction of what would become the highest hydroelectric dam in the country. The facility will be 314 meters tall and will be built on the Dadu River in Sichuan Province.
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JOHANNESBURG, 15 MAY – Police authorities announced on Tuesday the death of at least 20 participants in the last six days after joining the initiation schools in Mpumalanga. According to the report the deaths took place in Belfast,
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PORTLAND, 15 MAY – A man from Seattle, north west coast of the U.S., traying to reach Brazil dribbling a soccer ball by the start of the World Cup, died yesterday after being hit by a pick up on Highway 101 near Portland.
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CALCUTTA, MAY 15 – Shanti Tigga, the first woman to join the Indian Army was found hanged in a hospital. The 37 year-old was found in the hospital room in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, where she was hospitalized last week, after being kidnapped and tied to a pole all night.
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MOSCOW, MAY 15 – The Moscow city authorities have denied permission to the Gay Pride parade which was scheduled on May 25th. “From our point of view, there is no need for such events in the city,” said to the press Alexei Mayorov, head of City Hall’s security department.
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