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A Chinese woman, clutching a child, grieves by the body of her slain husband, Dec. 30, 1937.

A Japanese headsman tells a Chinese prisoner how to hold his head for a smooth decapitation in a photo dated from 1938.

The dead litter the streets in Nanjing, China, following the Japanese assault on the city, Dec. 14, 1937.

Chinese prisoners are used as live targets in a bayonet drill by their Japanese captors during their occupation of Nanjing.

Confident Japanese troops raise their rifles into the air as they approach the Chinese capital of Nanjing, 1937.

Desolation in Nanjing, following Japanese attacks, Jan. 4, 1938.

An official Japanese picture of a captured Chinese soldier, Nanjing, China, Dec. 1937. With or without uniforms, thousands of Chinese soldiers at Nanking were brutally executed.

Japanese invaders found this portion of Nanjing deserted when they forced their way into the city, but the work of the Chinese in setting fire to the city can be noted in the background, Dec. 28, 1937.

Mounted Japanese troops pass under the Chungshan Gate while entering Nanjing, China, Jan. 4, 1938.

Taken a day after they had captured the former Chinese capital city on Dec. 13, 1937, this picture shows victorious Japanese infantrymen patrolling the building that had previously housed the Finance Ministry of the Republic of China's government.

The Nanjing Massacre: Scenes from a Hideous Slaughter 75 Years Ago 75 years ago, on Dec. 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured the city of Nanjing, then the capital of the Chinese republic led by Chiang Kai-shek and went on a six-week campaign of carnage and slaughter that would be forever...

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Ukraine's gays fear coming out of the closet Proposed new laws designed to stop media outlets from "promoting and propagating homosexuality" worry rights groups. Andrew Connelly Last Modified: 31 May 2013 15:58 Religious leaders held a counter demonstration during Ukraine's first gay pride...

People’s Daily Online ‘Dishonest Americans’ Series Controversy by Li on Thursday, May 30, 2013 From China Business News (May 28): Recently, a special column/series by People’s Daily Online called “Dishonest Americans” intended to “help everyone fully understand the United States and...

Girl Paraded in Handcuffs for Splashing Water on Government Car by Fauna on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 The following microblog post accusing a government official in a town in Guizhou province of having a 13-year-old girl handcuffed and then paraded on the streets after “accidentally spilling...

Man Spends 5 Years Walking Home Carrying His ‘House’ on His Back by Bing on Monday, May 27, 2013 May 21, on the Liucheng County stretch of the 209 National Highway in Guangxi Liuzhou city, Liu Lingchao carrying his mobile “home” on his shoulders as he walks on the road. On QQ...

North Korean defector caught in Laos may be son of abducted Japanese Staff Writers AAP May 31, 2013 10:57AM South Korean protesters stage a rally urging China to stop repatriating North Korean defector. Nine North Korean defectors have been forced to return to their country from China after...