A school in western China was shut down after an outbreak of Type B influenza, a local health official said Tuesday, not the more lethal swine flu.

中国西部地区的一位卫生官员周二说，当地一所学校爆发了B型流感，不是高致病性猪流感，学校随后关闭。

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Japan is planning ultra(1) long-range 30-year weather forecasts that will predict typhoons, storms, blizzards(2), droughts and other inclement(3) weather, an official said Tuesday.

周二，日本官方称计划进行一次超长天气预测，将预测未来30年内会发生的台风、暴风雨、暴风雪、干旱和其他恶劣天气。

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Japanese Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday he will visit the Kansai region, where he is set to attend the ninth World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention in Kobe and Osaka on Saturday.

一位日本外交部官员声称周二他将巡访关西地区，第九届世界华商大会将于周六在关西的神户和大阪举行。

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Authorities were conducting surveillance of Shahzad on Monday, but they lost him before he arrived at the airport, a senior counterterrorism official said Tuesday.

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Paris (CNN) -- A French cyclist taking part in the prestigious Tour de France race has been arrested, a national police official said Tuesday, leading his team to suspend him while claims of doping are investigated.

CNN: French Tour de France cyclist arrested amid doping claims

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) The deaths of five teenagers in a fiery wreck after their vehicle ran a stop sign and collided with a tanker loaded with fuel affected families throughout the Texas Panhandle, a local official said Tuesday.

NPR: 5 Texas Teens Die In Fiery Crash With Fuel Tanker