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The Gossiping Gourmet: A taste of Taiwan in O.C.
China has a great variety of regional cuisines yet, locally, we only see a few of these represented, mainly Cantonese, Szechuan and Beijing, or a combination thereof. We went in search of something different, and found Chef Chen, an attractive, small...
Tags: Italy, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Marco Polo, Seafood
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Joe Surf: Hundreds paddle out to remember Surfline.com founder
A couple hundred people paddled out on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier Sunday while hundreds more lined the pier or stood on the sand to honor Surfline.com founder Sean Collins, who died of a heart attack Dec. 26. Collins' two sons, Tyler and...Tags: Brazil, Weather Reports, France, Quiksilver Incorporated, Surfing
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Each exhibit is a new set of challenges
SANTA ANA — Before he began to work closely with Anne Shih in the mid-1990s, Bowers Museum President Peter C. Keller had traveled to the Far East on business many times.
Still, the 64-year-old veteran Los Angeles-area museum executive, by his own...Tags: Chemotherapy, Arts, Artists, Entertainment, Arts
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Local festival showcases variety of films
Cameron Lew wants people to give back when they shop.
So the 15-year-old made a short documentary, "Factory in a Box," based on the nonprofit Faces Behind the Label. The Huntington Beach-based organization gives people living in rural China the chance to...Tags: Edward Furlong, Entertainment, L.A. Confidential (movie), Plant Openings, Documentary (genre)
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Bowers unveils new Chinese exhibit
SANTA ANA — As a follow-up to its acclaimed 2008 "Terra Cotta Warriors" exhibition, the Bowers Museum has opened an entirely new one covering a much broader sweep of ancient Chinese history.
For the next five months, the museum in Santa Ana is...Tags: History, Arts and Culture, Museums
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A general to guard them
The general was discovered in the ground next to his chariot, clad in a double-layered gown with armor on the chest and feathers on his head. His left palm spread out in front of his waist, possibly to steady the handle of a sword that had since been...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Arts and Culture, Defense, Armed Forces, Sculpture
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Nights of rioting test Sweden's reputation for tolerance
LONDON -- Residents of Stockholm braced for more violence Friday after five consecutive nights of rioting that have rocked the Swedish capital and shaken the Scandinavian country’s self-image as a tolerant, liberal place. Since Sunday, sections of...
Tags: Immigration, Aftonbladet (newspaper), Sweden, Police Arrests, Shootings
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China gives U.S. regulators access to audit records
China agreed to give a U.S. regulator access to documents from Chinese accounting firms, moving toward a resolution of a dispute that could have pushed the country's companies to stop trading on U.S. stock markets. The Public Company Accounting Oversight...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Accounting and Auditing, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
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Obama's restrictions on drone program welcomed in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Obama’s commitment to scaling back the use of unmanned aircraft to kill suspected terrorists could pave the way for improved relations between the United States and Pakistan, analysts and political leaders...
Tags: Government, Pakistan, Politics, Armed Conflicts, North Korea
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Syria ready to join peace conference, Russians say
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad's government has agreed “in principle” to participate in a U.S.-Russian sponsored peace conference aimed at ending the violence in Syria, Russia officials said Friday. Russian Foreign Ministry...
Tags: Politics, Government, North Korea, Istanbul (Turkey), Russia
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North Korea's Kim signals he's willing to talk in letter to China's Xi
BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday personally received a handwritten letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, signaling a possible rapprochement after months of estrangement between the communist allies. The contents of the letter...
Tags: White House, Wars and Interventions, Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang (North Korea), Xi Jinping
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Lincolnshire boy takes 2nd in National Geographic Bee
The question that stumped Conrad Oberhaus, runner-up in the National Geographic Bee in Washington last week, wasn't exactly of the name-the-capital-of-Belgium variety. Conrad, 13, drew this doozy: "One of the world's largest deposits of rare-earth...Tags: Science and Technology, Jeopardy!, Lincolnshire, National Geographic Channel (tv network), Geography
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