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This Year’s Dumpling Festival Celebrated by Baidu and Google

2011-06-06 by Delia Gavrilescu

A performer dances at a Dragon Boat festival in Beijing

For those out there who do not know what the Duanwu Festival is, search giants Baidu and Google will have further confounded the unwary with their doodles celebrating the Dumpling Festival. Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China celebrate national holidays today.

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Sundown Marathon Singapore: Sleep Can Wait

2011-05-28 by Phil Butler

Sundown Marathon, Sleep Can Wait

In news from Singapore, the annual Sundown Marathon takes place there today. Thousands of competitors from around the world will take part in a sports festival and three distance running events, all for charity. When a great run is at hand, and others are in need, Sleep Can Wait – the organizers say.

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