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Prisoner smashes out of jail with crane

POLICE in Hebei Province are trying to capture a prisoner who drove a crane to break out of a prison yesterday, China News Service reported today. The fugitive, 28-year-old Xie Wanli, escaped from a prison in Baoding City at 10:10pm by driving a crane... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Mar 14 2008

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