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BEIJING – We were watching a group of men and women kneading and preparing loaves of bread when my colleague Gu Bo suddenly asked, “There are six patients baking and one instructor, is that right?”
“Yes,” replied Yang Yun, a petite Beijing native showing us around.
“So the one holding the knife is the instructor, right?” asked [...]

By Brinley Bruton, msnbc.com
LONDON – Wild animals don’t often venture into bustling, noisy and grimy London. But there is one country creature that has made its home in this city of almost 8 million: the fox.
Foxes slink down side streets at dawn and dusk. Amorous foxes shrieking outside my [...]