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In China, Hunt on for Loch Ness Monster: Four people huddle on the edge of a floating wooden dock, eyes scanning this mountain lake near China's remote northwestern frontier with Central Asia. Small waves lap at their shoes.

Great Wall cries over graffiti: No one is a hero, a renowned Chinese leader once said, until he steps onto the Great Wall. Nowadays too many Chinese want to become "heroes", as they flood onto the Great Wall and carve their names on its bricks.

China Says Three Cases May Be Bird Flu: China announced Sunday that three people in which pneumonia was initially diagnosed, including a girl who died, are now suspected to have had bird flu. The government said it had asked the World Health Organization for help finding the cause of their illness.