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diff --git a/recipes/ming_pao.recipe b/recipes/ming_pao.recipe
index 88a7354cde..ea1823e1cc 100644
--- a/recipes/ming_pao.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ming_pao.recipe
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ __Date__ = ''
 '''
 Change Log:
 2011/12/18: update the overridden create_odf(.) routine with the one from Calibre version 0.8.31. Move __UseChineseTitle__ usage away
-            from create_odf(.). Optional support of text_summary and thumbnail images in Kindle's article view. Start new day 
+            from create_odf(.). Optional support of text_summary and thumbnail images in Kindle's article view. Start new day
             download of Hong Kong Mingpao at 4.30am. Set the actual publication date shown on kindle device.
 2011/12/01: take care of situation that in txt source parsing, the article content does start with special character u'\u3010'
 2011/10/21: fix a bug that hi-res img is unavailable in pages parsed from source txt
 2011/10/19: fix a bug in txt source parsing
 2011/10/17: disable fetching of premium content, also improved txt source parsing
 2011/10/04: option to get hi-res photos for the articles
-2011/09/21: fetching "column" section is made optional. 
+2011/09/21: fetching "column" section is made optional.
 2011/09/18: parse "column" section stuff from source text file directly.
 2011/09/07: disable "column" section as it is no longer offered free.
 2011/06/26: add fetching Vancouver and Toronto versions of the paper, also provide captions for images using life.mingpao fetch source
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Change Log:
 2010/10/31: skip repeated articles in section pages
 '''
 
-from calibre import (browser, iswindows, __appname__, force_unicode, preferred_encoding, as_unicode)
 from calibre.utils.date import now as nowf
 import os, datetime, re, mechanize
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
@@ -204,13 +203,13 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             return __Date__[0:4]+'-'+__Date__[4:6]+'-'+__Date__[6:8]
         else:
             return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-    
+
     def get_fetchyear(self):
         if __Date__ <> '':
             return __Date__[0:4]
         else:
-            return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y")    
-    
+            return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y")
+
     def get_fetchmonth(self):
         if __Date__ <> '':
             return __Date__[4:6]
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                         if articles:
                             feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 for title, url in [(u'\u526f\u520a Supplement', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/jaindex.htm'),
                                    (u'\u82f1\u6587 English', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/emindex.htm')]:
                     articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                     if articles:
                         feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 #for title, url in [('Tech News', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/naindex.htm'),
                 #                   (u'\u9ad4\u80b2 Sport', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/spindex.htm')]:
                 #    articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                     if articles:
                         feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 if __InclPremium__ == True:
                     # parse column section articles directly from .txt files
                     for title, url, keystr in [(u'\u5c08\u6b04 Columns', 'http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews2.cfm?Issue=' + dateStr +'&Category=ncolumn', 'ncl')
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                         if articles:
                             feeds.append((title, articles))
-                            
+
                 for title, url in [(u'\u526f\u520a Supplement', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/jaindex.htm'),
                                    (u'\u82f1\u6587 English', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/emindex.htm')]:
                     articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             title = self.tag_to_string(i)
             url = 'http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/' + i.get('href', False)
             if (url not in included_urls) and (not url.rfind('.txt') == -1) and (not url.rfind(keystr) == -1):
-                try: 
+                try:
                     br.open_novisit(url)
                     url = url.replace('dailynews3.cfm', 'dailynews3a.cfm')  # use printed version of the article
                     current_articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url, 'description': ''})
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 included_urls.append(url)
         current_articles.reverse()
         return current_articles
-        
+
     # parse from www.mingpaovan.com
     def parse_section3(self, url, baseUrl):
         self.get_fetchdate()
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         photo = photo.replace('class="photo"', '')
                         new_raw_html = new_raw_html + '<div class="images">' + photo + '</div>'
                 new_html = new_raw_html + '</body></html>'
-            else: 
+            else:
                 # .txt based file
                 splitter = re.compile(r'\n') # Match non-digits
                 new_raw_html = '<html><head><title>Untitled</title></head><body><div class="images">'
@@ -622,23 +621,23 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         #raw_html = raw_html.replace(u'<p>\u3010', u'\u3010')
         if __HiResImg__ == True:
             # TODO: add a _ in front of an image url
-            if url.rfind('news.mingpao.com') > -1: 
+            if url.rfind('news.mingpao.com') > -1:
                 imglist =  re.findall('src="?.*?jpg"', new_html)
                 br = mechanize.Browser()
                 br.set_handle_redirect(False)
                 for img in imglist:
                     gifimg = img.replace('jpg"', 'gif"')
-                    try: 
+                    try:
                         br.open_novisit(url + "/../" + gifimg[5:len(gifimg)-1])
                         new_html = new_html.replace(img, gifimg)
-                    except: 
+                    except:
                         # find the location of the first _
                         pos = img.find('_')
                         if pos > -1:
                             # if found, insert _ after the first _
                             newimg = img[0:pos] + '_' + img[pos:]
                             new_html = new_html.replace(img, newimg)
-                        else: 
+                        else:
                             # if not found, insert _ after "
                             new_html = new_html.replace(img[1:], '"_' + img[1:])
             elif url.rfind('life.mingpao.com') > -1:
@@ -675,7 +674,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         #print 'Use hi-res img', newimg
                         new_html = new_html.replace(img, newimg)
         return new_html
-        
+
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
             del item['style']
@@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         for item in soup.findAll(stype=True):
             del item['absmiddle']
         return soup
-        
+
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
         # thumbnails shouldn't be available if using hi-res images
         if __IncludeThumbnails__ and __HiResImg__ == False and first and hasattr(self, 'add_toc_thumbnail'):
@@ -699,7 +698,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent01'})
                 if not articlebodies:
-                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'}) 
+                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id':'font'})
                 if articlebodies:
@@ -721,12 +720,12 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 # display a simple text
                 #article.summary = article.text_summary = u'\u66f4\u591a......'
                 # display word counts
-                counts = 0 
+                counts = 0
                 articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent01'})
                 if not articlebodies:
-                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'}) 
+                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id':'font'})
                 if articlebodies:
@@ -908,5 +907,5 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         with nested(open(opf_path, 'wb'), open(ncx_path, 'wb')) as (opf_file, ncx_file):
             opf.render(opf_file, ncx_file)
-        
+
 
diff --git a/recipes/ming_pao_toronto.recipe b/recipes/ming_pao_toronto.recipe
index 739a808aba..84001d3952 100644
--- a/recipes/ming_pao_toronto.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ming_pao_toronto.recipe
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ __Date__ = ''
 '''
 Change Log:
 2011/12/18: update the overridden create_odf(.) routine with the one from Calibre version 0.8.31. Move __UseChineseTitle__ usage away
-            from create_odf(.). Optional support of text_summary and thumbnail images in Kindle's article view. Start new day 
+            from create_odf(.). Optional support of text_summary and thumbnail images in Kindle's article view. Start new day
             download of Hong Kong Mingpao at 4.30am. Set the actual publication date shown on kindle device.
 2011/12/01: take care of situation that in txt source parsing, the article content does start with special character u'\u3010'
 2011/10/21: fix a bug that hi-res img is unavailable in pages parsed from source txt
 2011/10/19: fix a bug in txt source parsing
 2011/10/17: disable fetching of premium content, also improved txt source parsing
 2011/10/04: option to get hi-res photos for the articles
-2011/09/21: fetching "column" section is made optional. 
+2011/09/21: fetching "column" section is made optional.
 2011/09/18: parse "column" section stuff from source text file directly.
 2011/09/07: disable "column" section as it is no longer offered free.
 2011/06/26: add fetching Vancouver and Toronto versions of the paper, also provide captions for images using life.mingpao fetch source
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Change Log:
 2010/10/31: skip repeated articles in section pages
 '''
 
-from calibre import (browser, iswindows, __appname__, force_unicode, preferred_encoding, as_unicode)
 from calibre.utils.date import now as nowf
 import os, datetime, re, mechanize
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
@@ -204,13 +203,13 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             return __Date__[0:4]+'-'+__Date__[4:6]+'-'+__Date__[6:8]
         else:
             return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-    
+
     def get_fetchyear(self):
         if __Date__ <> '':
             return __Date__[0:4]
         else:
-            return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y")    
-    
+            return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y")
+
     def get_fetchmonth(self):
         if __Date__ <> '':
             return __Date__[4:6]
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                         if articles:
                             feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 for title, url in [(u'\u526f\u520a Supplement', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/jaindex.htm'),
                                    (u'\u82f1\u6587 English', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/emindex.htm')]:
                     articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                     if articles:
                         feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 #for title, url in [('Tech News', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/naindex.htm'),
                 #                   (u'\u9ad4\u80b2 Sport', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/spindex.htm')]:
                 #    articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                     if articles:
                         feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 if __InclPremium__ == True:
                     # parse column section articles directly from .txt files
                     for title, url, keystr in [(u'\u5c08\u6b04 Columns', 'http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews2.cfm?Issue=' + dateStr +'&Category=ncolumn', 'ncl')
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                         if articles:
                             feeds.append((title, articles))
-                            
+
                 for title, url in [(u'\u526f\u520a Supplement', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/jaindex.htm'),
                                    (u'\u82f1\u6587 English', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/emindex.htm')]:
                     articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             title = self.tag_to_string(i)
             url = 'http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/' + i.get('href', False)
             if (url not in included_urls) and (not url.rfind('.txt') == -1) and (not url.rfind(keystr) == -1):
-                try: 
+                try:
                     br.open_novisit(url)
                     url = url.replace('dailynews3.cfm', 'dailynews3a.cfm')  # use printed version of the article
                     current_articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url, 'description': ''})
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 included_urls.append(url)
         current_articles.reverse()
         return current_articles
-        
+
     # parse from www.mingpaovan.com
     def parse_section3(self, url, baseUrl):
         self.get_fetchdate()
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         photo = photo.replace('class="photo"', '')
                         new_raw_html = new_raw_html + '<div class="images">' + photo + '</div>'
                 new_html = new_raw_html + '</body></html>'
-            else: 
+            else:
                 # .txt based file
                 splitter = re.compile(r'\n') # Match non-digits
                 new_raw_html = '<html><head><title>Untitled</title></head><body><div class="images">'
@@ -622,23 +621,23 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         #raw_html = raw_html.replace(u'<p>\u3010', u'\u3010')
         if __HiResImg__ == True:
             # TODO: add a _ in front of an image url
-            if url.rfind('news.mingpao.com') > -1: 
+            if url.rfind('news.mingpao.com') > -1:
                 imglist =  re.findall('src="?.*?jpg"', new_html)
                 br = mechanize.Browser()
                 br.set_handle_redirect(False)
                 for img in imglist:
                     gifimg = img.replace('jpg"', 'gif"')
-                    try: 
+                    try:
                         br.open_novisit(url + "/../" + gifimg[5:len(gifimg)-1])
                         new_html = new_html.replace(img, gifimg)
-                    except: 
+                    except:
                         # find the location of the first _
                         pos = img.find('_')
                         if pos > -1:
                             # if found, insert _ after the first _
                             newimg = img[0:pos] + '_' + img[pos:]
                             new_html = new_html.replace(img, newimg)
-                        else: 
+                        else:
                             # if not found, insert _ after "
                             new_html = new_html.replace(img[1:], '"_' + img[1:])
             elif url.rfind('life.mingpao.com') > -1:
@@ -675,7 +674,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         #print 'Use hi-res img', newimg
                         new_html = new_html.replace(img, newimg)
         return new_html
-        
+
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
             del item['style']
@@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         for item in soup.findAll(stype=True):
             del item['absmiddle']
         return soup
-        
+
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
         # thumbnails shouldn't be available if using hi-res images
         if __IncludeThumbnails__ and __HiResImg__ == False and first and hasattr(self, 'add_toc_thumbnail'):
@@ -699,7 +698,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent01'})
                 if not articlebodies:
-                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'}) 
+                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id':'font'})
                 if articlebodies:
@@ -721,12 +720,12 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 # display a simple text
                 #article.summary = article.text_summary = u'\u66f4\u591a......'
                 # display word counts
-                counts = 0 
+                counts = 0
                 articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent01'})
                 if not articlebodies:
-                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'}) 
+                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id':'font'})
                 if articlebodies:
@@ -908,5 +907,5 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         with nested(open(opf_path, 'wb'), open(ncx_path, 'wb')) as (opf_file, ncx_file):
             opf.render(opf_file, ncx_file)
-        
+
 
diff --git a/recipes/ming_pao_vancouver.recipe b/recipes/ming_pao_vancouver.recipe
index 687d830db9..8dc2c78cb7 100644
--- a/recipes/ming_pao_vancouver.recipe
+++ b/recipes/ming_pao_vancouver.recipe
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ __Date__ = ''
 '''
 Change Log:
 2011/12/18: update the overridden create_odf(.) routine with the one from Calibre version 0.8.31. Move __UseChineseTitle__ usage away
-            from create_odf(.). Optional support of text_summary and thumbnail images in Kindle's article view. Start new day 
+            from create_odf(.). Optional support of text_summary and thumbnail images in Kindle's article view. Start new day
             download of Hong Kong Mingpao at 4.30am. Set the actual publication date shown on kindle device.
 2011/12/01: take care of situation that in txt source parsing, the article content does start with special character u'\u3010'
 2011/10/21: fix a bug that hi-res img is unavailable in pages parsed from source txt
 2011/10/19: fix a bug in txt source parsing
 2011/10/17: disable fetching of premium content, also improved txt source parsing
 2011/10/04: option to get hi-res photos for the articles
-2011/09/21: fetching "column" section is made optional. 
+2011/09/21: fetching "column" section is made optional.
 2011/09/18: parse "column" section stuff from source text file directly.
 2011/09/07: disable "column" section as it is no longer offered free.
 2011/06/26: add fetching Vancouver and Toronto versions of the paper, also provide captions for images using life.mingpao fetch source
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ Change Log:
 2010/10/31: skip repeated articles in section pages
 '''
 
-from calibre import (browser, iswindows, __appname__, force_unicode, preferred_encoding, as_unicode)
 from calibre.utils.date import now as nowf
 import os, datetime, re, mechanize
 from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
@@ -204,13 +203,13 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             return __Date__[0:4]+'-'+__Date__[4:6]+'-'+__Date__[6:8]
         else:
             return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-    
+
     def get_fetchyear(self):
         if __Date__ <> '':
             return __Date__[0:4]
         else:
-            return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y")    
-    
+            return self.get_dtlocal().strftime("%Y")
+
     def get_fetchmonth(self):
         if __Date__ <> '':
             return __Date__[4:6]
@@ -268,7 +267,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                         if articles:
                             feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 for title, url in [(u'\u526f\u520a Supplement', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/jaindex.htm'),
                                    (u'\u82f1\u6587 English', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/emindex.htm')]:
                     articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                     if articles:
                         feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 #for title, url in [('Tech News', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/naindex.htm'),
                 #                   (u'\u9ad4\u80b2 Sport', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/spindex.htm')]:
                 #    articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                     articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                     if articles:
                         feeds.append((title, articles))
-                        
+
                 if __InclPremium__ == True:
                     # parse column section articles directly from .txt files
                     for title, url, keystr in [(u'\u5c08\u6b04 Columns', 'http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/dailynews2.cfm?Issue=' + dateStr +'&Category=ncolumn', 'ncl')
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         articles = self.parse_section2_txt(url, keystr)
                         if articles:
                             feeds.append((title, articles))
-                            
+
                 for title, url in [(u'\u526f\u520a Supplement', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/jaindex.htm'),
                                    (u'\u82f1\u6587 English', 'http://news.mingpao.com/' + dateStr + '/emindex.htm')]:
                     articles = self.parse_section(url)
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
             title = self.tag_to_string(i)
             url = 'http://life.mingpao.com/cfm/' + i.get('href', False)
             if (url not in included_urls) and (not url.rfind('.txt') == -1) and (not url.rfind(keystr) == -1):
-                try: 
+                try:
                     br.open_novisit(url)
                     url = url.replace('dailynews3.cfm', 'dailynews3a.cfm')  # use printed version of the article
                     current_articles.append({'title': title, 'url': url, 'description': ''})
@@ -437,7 +436,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 included_urls.append(url)
         current_articles.reverse()
         return current_articles
-        
+
     # parse from www.mingpaovan.com
     def parse_section3(self, url, baseUrl):
         self.get_fetchdate()
@@ -559,7 +558,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         photo = photo.replace('class="photo"', '')
                         new_raw_html = new_raw_html + '<div class="images">' + photo + '</div>'
                 new_html = new_raw_html + '</body></html>'
-            else: 
+            else:
                 # .txt based file
                 splitter = re.compile(r'\n') # Match non-digits
                 new_raw_html = '<html><head><title>Untitled</title></head><body><div class="images">'
@@ -622,23 +621,23 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         #raw_html = raw_html.replace(u'<p>\u3010', u'\u3010')
         if __HiResImg__ == True:
             # TODO: add a _ in front of an image url
-            if url.rfind('news.mingpao.com') > -1: 
+            if url.rfind('news.mingpao.com') > -1:
                 imglist =  re.findall('src="?.*?jpg"', new_html)
                 br = mechanize.Browser()
                 br.set_handle_redirect(False)
                 for img in imglist:
                     gifimg = img.replace('jpg"', 'gif"')
-                    try: 
+                    try:
                         br.open_novisit(url + "/../" + gifimg[5:len(gifimg)-1])
                         new_html = new_html.replace(img, gifimg)
-                    except: 
+                    except:
                         # find the location of the first _
                         pos = img.find('_')
                         if pos > -1:
                             # if found, insert _ after the first _
                             newimg = img[0:pos] + '_' + img[pos:]
                             new_html = new_html.replace(img, newimg)
-                        else: 
+                        else:
                             # if not found, insert _ after "
                             new_html = new_html.replace(img[1:], '"_' + img[1:])
             elif url.rfind('life.mingpao.com') > -1:
@@ -675,7 +674,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                         #print 'Use hi-res img', newimg
                         new_html = new_html.replace(img, newimg)
         return new_html
-        
+
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
         for item in soup.findAll(style=True):
             del item['style']
@@ -684,7 +683,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
         for item in soup.findAll(stype=True):
             del item['absmiddle']
         return soup
-        
+
     def populate_article_metadata(self, article, soup, first):
         # thumbnails shouldn't be available if using hi-res images
         if __IncludeThumbnails__ and __HiResImg__ == False and first and hasattr(self, 'add_toc_thumbnail'):
@@ -699,7 +698,7 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent01'})
                 if not articlebodies:
-                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'}) 
+                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id':'font'})
                 if articlebodies:
@@ -721,12 +720,12 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
                 # display a simple text
                 #article.summary = article.text_summary = u'\u66f4\u591a......'
                 # display word counts
-                counts = 0 
+                counts = 0
                 articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'id':'newscontent01'})
                 if not articlebodies:
-                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'}) 
+                    articlebodies = soup.findAll('div',attrs={'class':'content'})
                 if not articlebodies:
                     articlebodies = soup.findAll('div', attrs={'id':'font'})
                 if articlebodies:
@@ -908,5 +907,5 @@ class MPRecipe(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         with nested(open(opf_path, 'wb'), open(ncx_path, 'wb')) as (opf_file, ncx_file):
             opf.render(opf_file, ncx_file)
-        
+