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SYDNEY， June 3 (Xinhua) -- The world's largest light， music and ideas festival， Vivid Sydney， attracted a bumper crowd in its opening weekend.
Close to 300，000 people attended the festival last weekend， the New South Wales (NSW) state government said on Friday.
NSW state tourism minister Stuart Ayres said the festival had already recorded a 7 percent increase on last year's opening weekend attendance.
"Visitors and locals alike embrace Vivid Sydney each year and 2016 is no exception with more than 296，000 people celebrating the festival's shining story of creativity in the first weekend alone，" Ayres said.
"Vivid Sydney is a huge hit with visitors who are sharing their experiences on social media."
He noted that over opening weekend， the Vivid Sydney hashtag had over 18，600 mentions and trended at number one on both Facebook and Twitter.
"With an extra five days to see this year's festival， Vivid Sydney will light up the city through to 18 June and I encourage everyone to come and be inspired by this magnificent celebration of innovation and creativity in Sydney，" Ayres noted.
The festival kicked off on May 27 and runs for 23 nights.
Vivid Sydney attracted 1.7 million people in 2015.
By Michael Place
RIO DE JANEIRO Giants Mark Melancon Jersey , June 14 (Xinhua) -- Former Portugal star Deco is free to resume his career after a Brazilian sports tribunal accepted Friday that he unwittingly took a banned substance.
But a doping panel ruled the 35-year-old was responsible for his actions and handed him a 30-day suspension. The penalty was backdated to May 7, meaning he can play immediately for his club Fluminense.
Deco expressed a mixture of frustration and relief upon leaving the hearing on Friday night, claiming the episode had stained his reputation.
"In my opinion it is unfair. I should have been absolved," Deco said. "I wanted my name to be cleared because I know I am innocent. But the most important thing is that now I can get back to playing."
There had been fears Deco would be barred from playing for two years under Brazilian football's strict drug code.
Deco tested positive to the diuretic furosemide after Fluminense's Campeonato Carioca match against Boavista in April. The substance is banned due to its use as a masking agent for other drugs.
During a four-hour hearing on Friday, Deco's doctor Sergio Puppin and biochemist Luciana Figueiredo presented arguments in the midfielder's defence.
Puppin said he had prescribed vitamin supplements to help Deco overcome recurring leg muscle injuries during the past two seasons. He said the pharmacy responsible had unknowingly supplied supplements with traces of furosemide.
Figueiredo argued Deco needed a level of the substance 1000 times higher than that found in his system to feel a doping effect.
During his own testimony, Deco asked the panel to consider his controversy-free 18-year professional career, which has also included spells at Porto, Barcelona and Cheslea.
The playmaker has sought to avoid the public eye since news of his failed sample emerged last month.
But in a statement released after his failed B sample, Deco vowed he would "stop at nothing" to clear his name of the allegations.
On Saturday he will travel with his teammates to Orlando, where Fluminense will train during a two-week hiatus in Brazil's Serie A while the Confederations Cup is played.
Deco said he was determined to put the ordeal behind him.
"The decision doesn't take away what I have gone through," he said. "Now I want to end my career with dignity at a club that has always supported me and been by my side.
"Unfortunately I couldn't help Fluminense win the Copa Libertadores which was my dream. That was taken away from me. But the story hasn't finished. There is still time to put things right."
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by Abdi and Wang Xiaopeng
MOGADISHU, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- A new radio station in Somalia that airs business programs round the clock is behind hastening the Horn of Africa State's recovery process through promotion of entrepreneurship.
Goobjoog Business that has over 25 radio stations across Somalia usually airs content rich in economics, finance and entrepreneurship to the delight of citizens and local leaders.
It commenced operations early this year and has stood out as the only channel dedicated to business while providing a platform for entrepreneurs and their clients to interact.
Abdiwali Jama Bare, the director of Goobjoog Business, told Xinhua recently that the decision to start a business radio was informed by the growing need for specialized coverage of topics related to entrepreneurship.
""We started this idea because we realized there were no media outlets dedicated to covering business and we felt the need to fill this gap in the market,"" said Bare.
""We offer opportunities to make visible business ideas for entrepreneurs in Somalia. Since we do not spend time on politics as most stations do, we are able to build our expertise in covering business and gradually becoming a reliable source for business news in Somalia,"" he added.
The World Bank said in its Somali Economic Update last month, the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to have reached 6.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, adding the Horn of Africa country lost about 1.7 billion dollars in livestock deaths and another 60 million dollars lost in crop production during the recent drought.
Bare said the increasing number of Somali Diaspora returning to the country and foreign investors find it difficult to get a clear picture of the country's investment opportunities and challenges but Goobjoog Business is now addressing that need.
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