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RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2012 - (L-R) Fellow workers, a firefighter and doctors work together to cut steel bars which were pierced through a worker's body during an operation at a hospital in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, June 12, 2012. The worker was pierced by seven steel bars during his duty at a bridge construction site on Monday afternoon, local media reported. Picture taken June 12, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily

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Gao Xiqing, President of China Investment Corporation (CIC) smiles as he holds a mallet to hit the ceremonial gong during his visit to the Karachi's Stock Exchange December 3, 2012. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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A couple walk past a beggar at a pedestrian bridge near apartment blocks in Beijing December 2, 2012. China's home prices edged up for a sixth straight month in November, a private survey showed, reinforcing signs of a gentle recovery in the property market as the government seeks to bolster economic growth. Picture taken on December 2, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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Chinese surfers Darci Liu (L) and Monica Guo (R) pose after a coaching clinic with local children at Riyuewan Bay on Hainan Island during the 2012 Swatch Girls Pro China surfing competition, in this undated handout photo taken during the November 21-25, 2012 event. REUTERS/Will Swanton/Handout

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A car jumps over a sand dune as spectators stand by during a cross country event in Wudi county, Shandong province, December 2, 2012. Picture taken December 2, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily

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Miss Universe 2012 contestants, Miss Ghana 2012 Gifty Ofori (back L), Miss India 2012 Shilpa Singh (reflected in the mirror C) and Miss China 2012 Ji Dan Xu (2nd R), have their makeup done upon arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada December 2, 2012. The Miss Universe competition will be held on December 19, 2012. REUTERS/Valerie Macon/Miss Universe Organization L.P/Handout

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In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, Li Zhuang, an ex-lawyer who claims he was framed and wrongfully jailed for 18 months, talks on his mobile phone in front of the Chongqing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. With China's new leaders freshly installed in power, authorities are turning their attention to tying up loose ends in the sprawling, scandal-ridden city once ruled by populist politician Bo Xilai before his downfall buffeted the leadership transition. In the past two weeks, authorities in Chongqing released Li, a lawyer disbarred after being convicted of having one of his clients lie in court, as well as a village official who had been sent to a labor camp for criticizing Bo. (AP Photo)

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Rescuers pump water out from a flooded pit of a coal mine in Qitaihe, Heilongjiang province, December 2, 2012. Two miners, on Sunday were pulled out alive while 14 others remain trapped after the Furuixiang Coal Mine in Qitaihe City was flooded on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken December 2, 2012. REUTERS/China Daily

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By Jam Media/CON | LatinContent Editorial | Getty Images
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - DECEMBER 01: Team of China competes during the 7th Synchronised Swimming World Trophy 2012 at Mexican Olympic Committee on December 01, 2012 in Mexico City, Mexico

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Middle school students perform during the awarding ceremony of a Chinese opera contest for students at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2012. About 2,000 students participated in the contest. (Xinhua/Duan Zhuoli)

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The combined photo taken on Dec. 2, 2012 shows that a primary school student named Ji Xiangrui performs at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. About 2,000 students participated in the contest. (Xinhua/Duan Zhuoli)

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Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2012 shows a gold bar at the 8th Beijing International Finance Conference in Beijing, capital of China. The four-day conference was closed on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

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Visitors take photos of a work of art which is made of gold at the 8th Beijing International Finance Conference in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 3, 2012. The four-day conference was closed on Monday. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

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Zhang Xuelin, a farmer from Jinan, Shandong Province, tried to send his plane into the air on Nov. 29, 2012. Zhang spent almost a year making the 3.4-meter-long plane, which weighed more than 230 kilograms. But he failed to fly it after two hours of hard efforts. [Photo: CFP]

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C,front) is welcomed by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev (R, front) upon his arrival in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 4, 2012. Wen Jiabao arrived here Tuesday to attend the 11th prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and pay an official visit to Kyrgyzstan. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Kyrgyzstan's Prime Minister Zhantoro Satybaldiyev inspect the guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony at Manas Airport outside Bishkek December 4, 2012. Wen Jiabao is in Kyrgyzstan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov

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This undated photo released by Videoland Cable Network Taiwan shows Chinese actress Sun Li, second from left, in costume with her supporting actresses on set of the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in mainland China. Set in the imperial palace of the Qing dynasty in the 17th century "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is a TV drama series written by a 28-year-old Chinese online fiction writer that has captivated viewers in Taiwan, but its emphasis on the dark side of human nature has made it less popular with cultural authorities in China. (AP Photo/Videoland Cable Network)

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This undated photo released by Videoland Cable Network Taiwan shows Chinese actress Sun Li and actor Chen Jian Bin in costumes on set of the TV series "The Legend of Zhen Huan" in mainland China. (AP Photo/Videoland Cable Network)

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A man gets into a Nissan car in Beijing December 4, 2012. Nissan Motor Co Ltd and its Chinese joint venture sold 79,500 vehicles in China in November, down 29.8 percent from a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Jason Lee

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Rescuers get out of the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine in Qitaihe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 4, 2012. Three miners were confirmed dead, with another 11 missing, at the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine, rescuers said Tuesday. A total of 22 miners were working underground when the accident happened Saturday at the Furuixiang Coal Mine. Six miners managed to escape. Another two miners were escorted out of the mine at noon Sunday before being rushed to hospital. (Xinhua/Qin Cunguang)

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A rescuer gets out of the flooded Furuixiang Coal Mine in Qitaihe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 4, 2012.

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Chagba (2nd L), father of Luozhou Jigme, a child with congenital heart disease, signs on a consent of operation in Nangqian County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 3, 2012. More than 500 children here will receive free heart disease test by doctors from Anhui Red Cross Cardiovascular Hospital and 15 children with congenital heart disease will be treated for free in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)

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Actors Xin Baiqing, Yolanda Yuan, Chow Yun Fat, Joyce Feng and Gao Hu (From L to R) attend the premiere press conference of the movie "The Last Tycoon" during the Screen Singapore 2012 held in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Dec. 4, 2012. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

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Visitors view models of trains made by China CNR Corporation Limited, one of the country's biggest train manufacturers, during the Modern Railways, an international railway exhibition, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 27, 2012. The four-day exhibition, hosted by the Ministry of Railways, kicked off here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Liu Changlong)

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A trainee performs belly dance in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 3, 2012. Belly dance became more and more popular among China's young people as a means of physical exercises. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

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A Christmas tree is displayed at a shopping mall as the territory prepares to celebrate the Christmas holidays, in Hong Kong Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping (C) is directed as he prepares to greet a panel of foreign experts prior to a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 5, 2012. REUTERS/Ed Jones/Pool

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China's newly appointed leader Xi Jinping (C) attends a meeting with a panel of foreign experts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 5, 2012. REUTERS/Ed Jones/Pool

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A policeman directs the traffic at a busy street of downtown Shanghai December 5, 2012. While the opportunities are vast in China's estimated $50 billion auto insurance industry, there are roadblocks aplenty - from poor driving standards to a new generation of car owners unfamiliar with the concept of buying protection against accidents and repairs. In 2010, China reported 3.9 million road accidents that killed 65,225 people and injured 254,075. For comparison, there were 30,797 fatal crashes in the United States in 2009, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has almost 2.5 times as many registered vehicles as China. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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A worker wearing a mask touches his cap as he looks up during work at a limestone mine in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, December 5, 2012.

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Jackie Chan smiles as he stands beside his certificates as the "Most Credits in One Movie" and "Most Stunts by a Living Actor" given by the Guinness World Records during a promotional event in Shanghai, December 5, 2012. Hollywood action man Chan promoted his new film 'Chinese Zodiac' in Shanghai and was presented with two official Guinness World Records certificates for his career achievements, local media reported. REUTER/Aly Song

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| Hong Kong lawmaker and labour union representative Lee Chuck-yan (L) confronts security guards during a protest outside a commercial tower where the Singapore Consulate is located in Hong Kong December 5, 2012. The group demanded for the release of a Chinese immigrant bus driver being sentenced to jail in Singapore after a protest in late November. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan holds his passport as he waits for boarding a plane at Beijing airport, December 5, 2012. Mo Yan will leave for Sweden with his wife and daughter on Wednesday to accept the award, said an official from the writer's hometown, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily

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Toilets are seen as a woman walks at an area knows as The French Concession in downtown Shanghai December 5, 2012. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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Video grab obtained December 4, 2012 shows firefighters carrying a victim out following a fire hit an underwear factory in Shantou, Guangdong province, December 4, 2012. A fire at an underwear factory in southern China's export-dependent Guangdong province has killed 14 people, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/China Daily

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Paramilitary policemen stand guard in subzero temperatures at the southeast corner of the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, December 5, 2012. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

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Customers choose slaughtered pigs at a wholesale pork market in Hefei, Anhui province December 5, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer

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Winner Zeng Zheng (C), runner-up Fang Xingtong (R) and second runner-up Cheng Lin gesture to audience during the finals of China-USA Super Model Contest (China Area) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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Second runner-up Cheng Lin competes during the finals of China-USA Super Model Contest (China Area) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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Winner Zeng Zheng (front) competes during the finals of China-USA Super Model Contest (China Area) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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Contestants compete during the finals of China-USA Super Model Contest (China Area) in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2012. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

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A worker welds steel bars at a construction site for a new train station in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, December 6, 2012. Annual growth in China's factory output, investment and retail sales may have gained pace in November thanks to recent pro-growth policies, a Reuters poll showed, reducing the chances for further policy support as inflation picks up. REUTERS/China Daily

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Rescuers close the entrance of a coal mine after a gas blast accident in Fuyuan county of Qujing city, Yunnan province, December 6, 2012. Seventeen people have been confirmed dead and six others injured in a coal mine accident that occurred in southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said early Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily

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Policemen stand guard at the entrance of a coal mine after a gas blast accident in Fuyuan county of Qujing city, Yunnan province, December 6, 2012. Seventeen people have been confirmed dead and six others injured in a coal mine accident that occurred in southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said early Thursday, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/Stringer

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Paramilitary policemen videotape a fire scene during a chemical plant fire protection drill at a firefighter training base in Chongqing Municipality, December 6, 2012. At least 300 personnel and 30 fire engines participated in the exercise on Thursday. REUTERS/Stringer

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Firefighters practice during a chemical plant fire protection drill at a firefighter training base in Chongqing Municipality, December 6, 2012. At least 300 personnel and 30 fire engines participated in the exercise on Thursday. REUTERS/Stringer

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A woman serves customers at a jewellery stand at a shopping mall in central Beijing December 6, 2012. Annual growth in China's factory output, investment and retail sales may have gained pace in November thanks to recent pro-growth policies, a Reuters poll showed, reducing the chances for further policy support as inflation picks up. REUTERS/David Gray

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An ancestral tomb, measuring 10 metres high and a surface area of 10 square metres, is seen on the construction site of a building in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, December 6, 2012. The grave, which is believed to have existed since 2004, has not been moved as the family of the deceased is waiting for an auspicious date to do so and a reason from the developer of choosing this site, according to the owner of tomb. The building is scheduled to be completed by April 2013. REUTERS/Stringer

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Photos taken on Dec. 5, 2012 shows a solar yacht on the Yundang Lake in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The 15-meter-long and 6-meter-wide solar yacht was put into use on Wednesday. The yacht can transform the collected solar energy into electricity to provide power supply for the facilities on board. (Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)

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Visitors take a solar yacht on the Yundang Lake in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 5, 2012.

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A Chinese bus driver Gao Yueqiang leaves Subordinate Court building in Singapore, Dec. 6, 2012. Four Chinese bus drivers charged with instigating illegal strike were released on bail in Singapore on Thursday. (Xinhua/Hu Juanxin)

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A Chinese bus driver He Junling (L) leaves Subordinate Court building in Singapore, Dec. 6, 2012. Four Chinese bus drivers charged with instigating illegal strike were released on bail in Singapore on Thursday. (Xinhua/Hu Juanxin)

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SINGAPORE, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- Four Chinese bus drivers charged with instigating illegal strike were released on bail in Singapore on Thursday.

The drivers told the judge that they wanted lawyers to represent them when they appeared briefly before the Subordinate Court in the morning.

Three of them, who face charge of instigating an illegal strike, were granted bail of 10,000 Singapore dollars (8,197 U.S. dollars) each, while He Junling, the other driver who faces an additional charge of inciting an illegal strike, was granted bail of 20,000 Singapore dollars (16,294 U.S. dollars).

The drivers were released on bail and left the Subordinate Court building in the afternoon.

They told the judge that they were not able to raise the money. It was not immediately clear who paid the bail for them but some of the staff of local humanitarian organizations said they would bail out the workers personally.

The case will be mentioned on Dec. 12.

A total of 171 Chinese bus drivers took medical leave on Nov. 26 in protest against inequitable pay rises by local public transport operator SMRT, and 88 of them stayed away from work on the following day.

Five drivers were soon arrested and charged, while 29 others had their work permits revoked and were deported to China. Bao Fengshan, one of the five drivers, was sentenced to six weeks in jail on Monday. He was not represented by a lawyer and pleaded guilty to the charge for his role in the rare strike.

If convicted, the four drivers will face a fine of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars (1,639 U.S. dollars), or a maximum imprisonment of 12 months, or both on each charge.

Singapore government has reiterated its policy of "zero tolerance for illegal strikes" and Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin has described the drivers' action as an illegal strike.

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