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Death for the driver who kept going

A MAN with no driving license has been sentenced to death for killing an eight-year-old girl with his car, according to a court verdict in southwest China's Chongqing municipality yesterday. In addition, two accomplices... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Thu, Jul 31 2008

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