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BUSTED: Chinese drug cartel arrested for smuggling nearly $1 billion of crystal meth into Australia via push-up bra inserts
Australian police have arrested three Hong Kong residents and one mainland Chinese man in relation to the mass smuggling of liquid methamphetamine in the gel inserts of push-up bras, in what is the biggest haul of ice in Australian history.
China confirms second case of dangerous Zika virus in another man returning from Venezuela
Hot on the heels of its first case, China has confirmed that a second person on the mainland has been diagnosed with the Zika virus.
Good night people,have bless night
Millennials less confident about nation’s future, but so were their parents, grandparents when young
Two decades ago, Gen Xers, then in their teens and 20s, stood out for their lack of confidence in the nation’s prospects. And two decades before that, Boomers were less bullish than their elders in assessing America’s future.
To Bridges–A New Album in Flickr (LOC)
The Library of Congress posted a photo:
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist.
Fukagawa mannenbashi shita
[between 1826 and 1833, printed later]
1 print : woodcut, color.
Title Translation: Beneath Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
From the series: Fugaku sanjūrokkei : 36 views of Mount Fuji.
Format: horizontal Oban Nishikie.
Adachi modern reprint (Showa).
Print shows pedestrians crossing a high-arched bridge spanning a river with a fisherman and a boat in the foreground, view of Mount Fuji in the background.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Forms part of: the H. Irving Olds collection.
Subjects:
Bridges–Japan–1820-1840.
Boats–Japan–1820-1840.
Rivers–Japan–1820-1840.
Fuji, Mount (Japan)
Format:
Ukiyo-e–Japanese–Color–1820-1840.
Woodcuts–Japanese–Color–1820-1840.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, http://1.usa.gov/1D9d3AE
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): http://1.usa.gov/1VlCF76
Call Number: FP 2 – JPD, no. 1681
Photos: These Maniacs Ran Around In Their Underwear During “Life Threatening” Temps
On Saturday some unhinged lunatics actually paid money to be out in the below-freezing “life-threatening” weather in their underwear. The annual Cupid Undie Run—which raises money for the Children’s Tumor Foundation—went down around 2 p.m. near Pier 84 in Manhattan. [ more › ]
El Niño Is Washing Away Our Beaches
Powerful, El Niño-fueled waves have washed away massive amounts of sand at many of L.A. County’s beaches, causing more erosion than typical winter months. [ more › ]
Photos: Inside The Roots’ Intimate, Star-Studded ‘Grammy Jam’ Session
France urges Turkey to stop Syria shelling
Turkey has targeted Kurdish positions in Syria for the second day in a row, despite growing international pressure to end the cross-border artillery fire. Ankara demands that Kurdish fighters leave the border region.
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