BEIJING, Dec 5: US Vice President Joe Biden encouraged Chinese visa applicants to ‘challenge their government’ during a brief meeting at the US embassy in Beijing yesterday. Biden, accompanied by Ambassador Gary Locke, waved and greeted hundreds of Chinese queuing at the visa hall.
US football celebrations register as minor earthquakes Undated, (Reuters) Celebrations by Seattle football fans in a Monday night game against the New Orleans Saints were so thunderous that they registered as minor earthquakes on a nearby seismometer, a state university professor said. The most intense rumble came after Seahawks’ defensive end Michael Bennett recovered a fumble by New Orleans’ quarterback Drew Brees in the first quarter and ran it back for a touchdown, said John Vidale, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network at the University of Washington. (agencies)
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