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  Dried-up lake reappears in Dunhuang after more than 300 years

  Dunhuang West Lake National Nature Reserve in northwest Chinas Gansu Province. (Photo: screenshot of CCTV News)Haraqi Lake at the end of the Shule River has reappeared after drying out for about 300 years, following work in recent years to protect the regions waterways.The lake, which borders the Kumtag Desert, is in the Dunhuang West Lake National Nature Reserve in northwest Chinas Gansu Province. It now covers an area of around five square kilometers, and has become a home to several species of wild birds that nest in the rose willows and reeds growing on the banks. It is also playing an important role in preventing desertification.The lake used to cover an area of around 200 square kilometers, and had about 800 square kilometers of wetlands. But the flow of the Shule River had fallen sharply since the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907) due to desertification and diversions for irrigation. Around 300 years ago, Haraqi Lake disappeared completely when the river dried up.In 2003, Dunhuang West Lake became a national nature reserve in an effort to preserve the regions wetlands and habitat for rare animals and plants.In 2011, the State Council approved a plan on water conservation and environmental protection in Dunhuang to solve the problems between supply and demand for water resources and the continuously deteriorating regional environment.In 2017, the restoration project of the Shule River and Danghe River, which were included in the plan, were completed.Water returned to Haraqi Lake accidentally in 2017 and 2018. With the continuous replenishment of water flow and increased rainfall, Haraqi Lake has maintained a relatively stable water area for five total months this year.

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  Leaking hydraulic oil vapor causes injuries at Airbus site in Germany

  (File photo: AP)BERLIN, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Poisonous vapor of leaking hydraulic oil has injured five employees of Airbus on Wednesday in the northern German city of Hamburg, German media focus reported.Several ambulances and fire brigade have rushed to the scene in the Airbus company area. All injured people have been sent to a hospital, the report said.

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  China's lunar rover travels over 300 meters on moon's far side

  （Photo: CLEP）BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinas lunar rover Yutu-2 has driven 318.62 meters on the far side of the moon to conduct scientific exploration of the virgin territory.Both the lander and the rover of the Change-4 probe have ended their work for the 11th lunar day, and switched to dormant mode for the lunar night on Monday (Beijing time), according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the China National Space Administration.The rover is now located 218.11 meters northwest of the lander.Chinas Change-4 probe, launched on Dec. 8, 2018, made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3.