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Woman jailed over suicidal gas blast

A WOMAN has been jailed for 11 years after cutting a gas pipe in her kitchen, causing a blast that injured 14 people. Wang Qi cut the gas pipe in the early hours of June 4 last year in Beijing to try to commit... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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