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20 Nov 09
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Yunnan police shoot 2 kidnappers dead POLICE shot dead two kidnappers and caught another while rescuing a woman hostage early yesterday in southwest China's Yunnan Province, today's Chuncheng Evening News reported.
The woman surnamed Jiang, 37,... |
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20 Nov 09
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Veteran burglar 'stole to help sick mom' A VETERAN burglar who allegedly stole nearly 100,000 yuan (US$14,644) from more than 100 victims in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality in the past two years spent most of the loot to cure his fatally ill mother.
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20 Nov 09
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19 Nov 09
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Bus company pays costs after crash A SHANGHAI bus company yesterday paid 180,000 yuan (US$26,370) in total to the relatives of nine people who died in a traffic accident on Wednesday in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
The money is to cover... |
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19 Nov 09
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Crackdown on football betting nets former goalie A FORMER Chinese goalkeeper is back in the spotlight after he was seized by police in a nationwide crackdown on football betting.
Yan Yi, reckoned to be the best goalkeeper in central China in the 1990s, was taken... |
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19 Nov 09
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TV tower collapse: 8 charged EIGHT people, including three local radio and television administration officials and two contractors, have been charged with negligence and giving and taking bribes after a TV tower broke apart in a rainstorm three... |
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19 Nov 09
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Blighted villagers may be on move VILLAGERS living just 100 meters from a quarry in southern China's Guangdong Province are hoping to be relocated after local government took note of their protests.
Residents had complained about clouds of dust... |
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19 Nov 09
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Clinics angered by fake patients THE Social Insurance Bureau in south China's Shenzhen City has been criticized over an undercover operation to catch doctors and clinics that break social insurance regulations.
Eighteen clinics in the city have... |
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19 Nov 09
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Snow brings power misery for 640,000 MORE than 640,000 people in Anqing City, eastern China's Anhui Province, have suffered power shortages since Sunday due to heavy snow, the local power company said yesterday.
Almost 115,600 people still had no... |
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19 Nov 09
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1 dead in pier collapse ONE worker died and five others were injured when a bridge pier in east China's Zhejiang Province collapsed early yesterday, local authorities said.
The pier was part of a railway bridge that was being built on... |
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19 Nov 09
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Vaccine threat rumor 'baseless' BEIJING health authorities said yesterday that swine flu shots would continue, dismissing rumors circulating over the mobile phone network that the program would be shut down.
"The inoculations will not be suspended,"... |
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19 Nov 09
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Doctor raises doubts over swine flu toll CHINA'S health watchdog is encouraging the public and news media to keep a close watch over how it controls the spread of swine flu after a prominent medical expert raised concern that fatality figures for the disease... |
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19 Nov 09
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Police accuse unwed couple of selling baby A YOUNG couple in east China's Jiangsu Province have run afoul of the law for selling their newborn boy online for 15,000 yuan (US$2,196).
They spent the money shortly after the sale on a new computer, cell phone... |
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19 Nov 09
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China gives 1.5m HINI shots a day CHINA'S health minister said the country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous nation by year's... |
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19 Nov 09
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China Says It Supports US-North Korea Talks CHINA welcomes dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday.
He was responding to a question about an announcement by US President Barack Obama that special envoy... |
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19 Nov 09
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Goalie netted in football betting scandal A REITRED Chinese goalkeeper has dived back into the spotlight as police seized him while investigating his involvement in the nationwide crackdown on football betting.
Yan Yi, who was dubbed the best goalkeeper... |
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19 Nov 09
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Undercover probe exposes medical insurance scam AN undercover operation in southern China's Shenzhen City has exposed 18 clinics who allowed operatives posing as patients to use someone else's insurance cards to pay for their medical care, China National Radio... |
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19 Nov 09
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Couple accused of selling newborn son A YOUNG couple in east China's Jiangsu Province has been caught after allegedly selling their newborn son online.
The unmarried couple could not obtain legal identity papers for the baby nor support the child... |
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19 Nov 09
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Mountain search stopped as escapee still on run POLICE have abandoned their search of a mountain area in central China after an escaped prisoner is still on the run four days after the jailbreak.
This doesn't mean the prison has given up the manhunt, but... |
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19 Nov 09
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8 charged after TV tower collapses EIGHT people, including three local radio and television administration officials and two contractors, have been charged with negligence and corruption after a sub-quality TV tower collapsed in a rainstorm three months... |
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19 Nov 09
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Six die in restaurant fire SIX people were killed and three injured early today after a restaurant went on fire in eastern Shandong Province's Qingyun county, local authorities said.
Fire fighters rescued seven people, three of whom suffered... |
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19 Nov 09
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Six die in Jilin road accident SIX people were killed and one person was injured yesterday after a van fell from a highway bridge in Dehui City, northeast China's Jilin Province, said local police.
Two nearby traffic policemen managed to rescue... |
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18 Nov 09
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Wen stresses need for balancing its US trade PREMIER Wen Jiabao told US President Barack Obama yesterday that China does not seek a trade surplus with America and wants to balance commercial flows.
"Lively global trade and investment will help to overcome... |
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18 Nov 09
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Dairies battle it out as CCTV ad space auction sets a record CHINA Central Television auctioned off its 2010 advertising spots for a record 10.96 billion yuan (US$1.61 billion) last night, an 18 percent increase from 2009.
The average price of CCTV ad space rose more than... |
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18 Nov 09
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Ministry fights off e-attacks THE Chinese Ministry of National Defense Website was targeted by more than 2.3 million hacker attacks in the first month of operation, according to the site's editor-in-chief.
The attacks, which have been continuous... |
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18 Nov 09
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9 killed, 29 hurt in bus smash NINE people were killed and 29 injured when a bus crashed through a highway guard rail and plunged down a 30-meter-high slope in Guizhou Province yesterday.
The injured, including the driver, were sent to a hospital... |
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18 Nov 09
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Coal comfort on power supply COAL stocks for power plants were above the "alert" level in snow-hit regions of the nation, which will ensure continuous power supply, a senior official of State Grid Corp of China said yesterday.
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18 Nov 09
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TV and radio must face the music CHINA'S radio and television outlets will have to pay copyright owners for their music, according to new regulations.
The State Council, or the Cabinet, yesterday publicized the regulations that will come into... |
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18 Nov 09
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Bank-card crime faces nationwide crackdown THE People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Public Security would carry out a nationwide crackdown on bank-card crimes in 2010, the central bank said yesterday.
The crackdown would last 10 months, starting... |
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18 Nov 09
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Inmate flees under-investigation jail A CENTRAL China jail's management was under investigation for corruption before a prisoner, who is still on the run, escaped from it.
The jail's former warden is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes... |
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18 Nov 09
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Zhang weighs options LOOKING for a new project after finishing a comedy, Zhang Yimou is considering adaptations of novels set against the "cultural revolution (1966-76)" and the Japanese invasion of China in World War II, according to... |
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18 Nov 09
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Wen reassures Obama on trade gap PREMIER Wen Jiabao told US President Barack Obama yesterday that China does not seek a trade surplus with America and wants to balance commercial flows.
"Lively global trade and investment will help to overcome... |
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18 Nov 09
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Fatherly dreams link Obama brothers in Beijing US President Barack Obama said yesterday that he met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel about the abusive Kenyan father they share.
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18 Nov 09
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Mainland veteran of D-Day dies at 91 HUANG Tingxin, the Chinese mainland's last veteran of the D-Day campaign to end the Nazi-Germany domination of Europe in 1944, has died in Hangzhou. He was 91.
Huang, who died on November 11, was made a Chevalier... |
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18 Nov 09
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Beijing's fruit supplies get clean bill of health THE Ministry of Health said yesterday that fruit sold in Beijing supermarkets had been tested and met national standards, in response to a Greenpeace report in July on pesticide residue on fruit sold in the capital.
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18 Nov 09
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Wall-top meditation on sweep of history US President Barack Obama absorbed history's expanse yesterday from atop the Great Wall of China, a man-made wonder of such enormity that Obama found himself putting daily life in perspective.
"It's magical,"... |
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18 Nov 09
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Convict escaped jail marred by corrupt management A CENTRAL China jail's management had been investigated for corruption before a prisoner, who is still on the run, escaped from it on Sunday.
The jail's former warden is being investigated for allegedly taking... |
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18 Nov 09
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18 Nov 09
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9 die in Guizhou bus crash NINE people died and more than 30 were injured when a bus crashed through a guard rail and plunged down a 30-meter slope in southwest China's Guizhou Province today.
The accident took place at about 5:15 am on... |
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18 Nov 09
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Wen hopes Obama visit to lift Sino-US tie to new level CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing today that the fruitful visit of United States President Barack Obama to China was of far-reaching significance.
"It is my sincere hope that your current visit will lift... |
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18 Nov 09
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Millions attack Defense Website THE newly launched Website of China's Ministry of National Defense is looking to attract more visitors despite millions of attacks by hacker since it opened to the public on August 20.
The Website warded off... |
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18 Nov 09
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Health Ministry defends fruit safety in Beijing supermarkets CHINA'S Ministry of Health said today that fruit sold in supermarkets in Beijing had been tested and found to meet national standards, in response to a Greenpeace report in July on pesticide residues on fruit sold... |
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18 Nov 09
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45 people injured in Macao traffic accident SOME 42 tourists and three drivers were injured as three tourist coaches collided with one another on a narrow road in Macao, the Macao Post Daily reported today.
The accident occurred yesterday morning near Macao's... |
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18 Nov 09
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18 Nov 09
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Chinese PM to meet US President Obama CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao will meet in Beijing today with US President Barack Obama, who is on his first state visit to China since his January inauguration.
They will have a working lunch before Obama's sightseeing... |
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17 Nov 09
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Landslide kills 23 in Shanxi Province EIGHT children aged one to four are among 23 people confirmed dead in Monday's massive landslide that buried part of a village in northern China's Shanxi Province, local authorities said yesterday.
The landslide,... |
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17 Nov 09
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Uni's kissing police still patrol TWO months after an eastern China university banned public kissing and canoodling on campus, the petting police are still on patrol - despite heated debate.
About 100 student guards wearing red armbands are employed... |
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17 Nov 09
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Cops jailed for torture to procure confession FOUR Chinese policemen have been sentenced to jail terms from one to two years for torturing a confession from a man who later died, a court spokesman said yesterday.
Officers Niu Dongsheng, Xu Songshan, Zhen Weimin... |
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17 Nov 09
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Officials sacked over forced lottery sale NEIGHBORHOOD officials in southwestern China's Sichuan Province have been fired or suspended from work after forcing low-income residents to buy welfare lottery when they claim government-sponsored living allowances.
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17 Nov 09
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Taiwanese robot may take your job TAIWAN researchers have invented a robot that can act as a receptionist, tour guide, security guard and doctor's aide, the latest offering from the island seeking to make its name in the global robotics market.
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