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A 13-year-old boy apparently hot-wired a public bus and took it on a joyride in downtown Beijing and crashed it into a dozen vehicles in a scene witnesses likened to a blockbuster movie, state media reported Monday. Not that this happens everyday in the... ...full story at Black China Hand

from Black China Hand on Mon, Feb 23 2009

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