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5-minute total eclipse of the sun happens this week

Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five... ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Mon, Jul 20 2009

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21 Jul 09		China Focus: China prepares for the total eclipse » People's Daily Many Chinese people were busy Tuesday getting preparing for the longest total solar eclipse visible in Asia in a century. According to Li Jing, a research fellow with the National Astronomical Observatories (NAO), some astronomy fans even planned to...

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