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Medical authorities in central China have discovered more than 1,300 cases of suspected lead poisoning in children, state media said Thursday, in the second such incident this month. Authorities in the city of Wugang in Hunan province have shut down a smelting plant and detained two of the company's executives on suspicion of... 

Japan's opposition Democratic Party may be headed for a landslide election victory, trouncing the conservative party that has ruled for most of the past half-century, a leading newspaper said on Thursday. The Democrats could win 300 of the 480 seats in parliament's lower house while the long-ruling Liberal Democrats may see... 

A sudden flood at Russia's largest hydroelectric plant killed at least 12 people and left dozens missing after a surge in water pressure ruptured pipes, officials said Tuesday. The accident Monday caused serious power disruption in Siberia, cutting off electricity to smelters of major Russian metals manufacturers UC Rusal and...