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NANNING Cheap Yannick Carrasco Jersey , China, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hosts China and 2012 Olympic team bronze medalist Romania will join the challenge for top rankings when they compete in the last day of women's qualifications on Monday at the gymnastics worlds.
Yao Jinnan, Shang Chunsong and Huang Huidan are expected to lead China in their quest to maintain or improve upon their third-place team finish at the 2011 world championships in Tokyo.
The trio distinguished themselves at the 2013 world championships in Antwerp, where Yao placed fifth all-around, Shang placed eighth all-around and Huang won gold on uneven bars.
Romania will rely on veteran Larisa Andreea Iordache to climb back into the medals following their fourth-place finish at the 2011 world championships.
Britain, Japan Cheap Tiago Mendes Jersey , Italy, Germany, Australia and France are among the other prominent teams that will compete on Monday.
The top eight teams from the qualifications will advance to Wednesday's team final; the top 24 all-around gymnasts (maximum two per national federation) will advance to Friday's all-around final; and the top eight gymnasts on each of the four apparatus (maximum two per national federation) will advance to next weekend's respective apparatus finals.
Scores from qualifications are not carried over to the finals, where all gymnasts start from scratch.
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ACT UP didn’t have time to worry about offense. Its protest tactics (tenting Helms’ Arlington Cheap Sime Vrsaljko Jersey , Va., house with a 35-foot fake condom, for example) were designed to get attention. But “How to Survive a Plague” gets into the gray areas and the nitty-gritty, showing how key members of ACT UP learned to be taken seriously 鈥?by drug companies such as Merck; the National Institutes of Health; the Federal Drug Administration; and the press 鈥?in their mission to speed along drug trials and find something, or a combination of drugs, that could slow the casualties.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. defense chief James Mattis said Sunday en route to the Philippines that he will discuss regional security challenges with his counterparts of U.S. Asian allies and Southeast Asian nations there, the Defense Ministry said in a press release.
Mattis will participate in an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM+) to be held on Oct. 23-25 Cheap Nicolas Gaitan Jersey , to discuss issues with his counterparts of Japan, South Korea, India and ASEAN countries. The United States and ASEAN this year marked the 40th anniversary of their cooperation.
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Mattis said the bloc has played a strong role in Southeast Asia's peace, stability and economic prosperity since it was founded five decades ago.
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During the ASEAN meeting, Mattis is slated to have a trilateral meeting with South Korea and Japan to discuss things ""in a trilateral setting.""
Mattis also hailed the Philippine military for liberating the southern Marawi city from pro-Islamic State group militants.
""It was a very tough fight as you know in southern Mindanao. And I think the Philippine military sends a very strong message to the terrorists,"" he said.
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