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Shaanxi dialect finds new life in Xi'an
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XI'AN: Li Pengyong, an artist living in Xi'an, likens his work to
protecting a rare species, just on the verge of extinction.
And though the 34-year-old pursues this worthy cause near the Big
Wild Goose Pagoda (built in AD 652) in Xi'an's southern suburbs, his
efforts are not on behalf of any animal.
Li is a member of a group that meets every weekend in Shaanxi
Province's capital city to teach the local dialect at their "Shaanxi
Dialect Corner."
"My students are mostly tourists from other parts of China and
some overseas college students who are studying in Xi'an. I teach
them in order ...
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82-MM CHINESE RECOILLESS GUN SEIZED FROM MILITANT HIDEOUT.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
; ...DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, A TOP DEFENCE OFFICIAL SAID ON THURSDAY. ON AN INTELLIGENC INPUT, TROOPS OF PARAMILITARY RASTRIYA RIFLES RECOVERED THE DEADLY GUN ALONG WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS FROM A HIGH ALTITUDE HIDEOUT IN BANIHAL HILLS OF DODA DISTRICT BESIDES...
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Target air rifle zero shifting. (Holding Zeros, part 3) (column)
Magazine article from: Shooting Industry
; ...its motion. The recoilless factor of the high...Olympic-type air rifles permits a trainee...setting of the rifle. This can range...me to load his rifle for every practice...we didn't have recoilless air rifles and I was not aware...through with air rifles and pistols ...
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TWO U.N. WORKERS KILLED IN KABUL BLAST
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ...machine guns, six AK-47 assault rifles, one mine, and 40 82 mm mortar rounds. Seventy 82 mm recoilless-rifle rounds, 85 SPG-9 recoilless-rifle rounds, 15 82 mm recoilless rifles, and 227 fuses were also found...
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New Iranian Naval Weapon: High-Speed Patrol Boats; Vessels Called Threat to Reflagged Tankers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...hand-fired rockets and 106 mm recoilless cannon capable of piercing the...RPG7 rocket launchers and 106 mm recoilless cannons mounted on the stern...explosives, rocket launchers or recoilless rifles. He said this is not enough...
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ANSF, CF CAUSE INSURGENTS TO FLEE, DISCOVER IED, WEAPONS CACHE IN ZABUL
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...arms, heavy-machine gun, and recoilless-rifle fire. The ANSF force returned...weapons cache consisting of a recoilless rifle, three heavy machine guns...regrouped and began to fire 82 mm recoilless rifle rounds and small-arms...
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Training the Trainers-The Arch Carpenter Way
Magazine article from: Army
; ...brigade commander. The rifle companies of the airborne...consisted of four 46-man rifle platoons; a weapons...mortars and two 106 mm recoilless rifles; supply, communications...in each of the four rifle platoons, six jeeps...mortars, two 106 mm recoilless rifle jeeps and ...
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AFGHAN, COALITION TROOPS DETAIN 11, REPEL MILITANT ATTACK
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ...arms, heavy-machine gun and recoilless-rifle fire. The Afghans returned fire...weapons cache consisting of a recoilless rifle, three heavy machine guns...regrouped and began to direct 82 mm recoilless-rifle rounds and small-arms...
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Afghanistan Armed Forces at a Glance
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...50,000. --Small arms: AK assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles. --Armored forces (650 vehicles total...guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles. --Armored forces (60-70...
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Afghan Guerrillas Creating New Units; Training Emphasizes Unity, Discipline
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...combat fatigues with an assault rifle slung across his back, watched...echoing with the storm of rifle fire and the whine of bullets...specialist in mortars and recoilless rifles-and a veteran of years of...mortars, heavy machine guns, recoilless rifles and ground-to-ground...
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AS I SEE IT Battle lines drawn on the Big Lake
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL)
; ...floating in the lake? Let a rifle squad handle it. To protect...caliber machine guns, 106mm recoilless rifles, bazookas, howitzers and anything...Indoor ranges would hamper recoilless rifle training. Apparently, after...
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