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Air pollution 'serious' but winds to bring relief

Metro | Environment
2011-11-14

AIR pollution that covered Shanghai over the weekend was rated "seriously polluted" last night, but is expected to clear today as winds pick up, the c...

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5 held after man beaten to death on busy street

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-11-14

POLICE are questioning five men in connection with an incident in which a man was beaten to death in front of shocked members of the public in Zhabei District yesterday afternoon. Officers said the victim, an Anhui...

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Bargain hunters hit by web glitches

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-11-14

WHEN online promotion prices seem too good to be true, technical problems mean they often are, Taobao Mall shoppers discovered over the weekend. Many consumers who ordered goods in Taobao Mall's massive sales...

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Woman killed unborn baby in love rival attack

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-11-14

A WOMAN has been charged with stabbing her lover's pregnant wife, seriously injuring her and killing the baby, prosecutors said yesterday. The 20-year-old suspect, identified as Jiamin, faces a charge of intentional...

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China Pavilion to be art gallery to 'rival New York and Paris'

Metro | World Expo
2011-11-14

SHANGHAI is to transform the Expo 2010's China Pavilion into an art gallery to rival those in New York and Paris, the city government announced yesterday. The new gallery in the Pudong New Area - to be called...

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Husband arrested for killing wife and her suspected lover

Metro
2011-11-14

POLICE have caught a 40-year-old man who first killed his wife and then stabbed her suspected lover to death yesterday in the city's Zhabei District. The man surnamed Zhang killed his wife surnamed Huang at home...

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Lawmakers mull new rules for urban management

Metro
2011-11-14

THE Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) will submit a draft resolution on "standardizing administrative punishment in urban management" for approval at its 30th meeting. To turn...

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Sharp performance

Metro
2011-11-14

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Folk art for free

Metro | Culture and history
2011-11-14

HUNDREDS of pieces of art, including an ancient bronze mirror, delicate porcelains, paintings and calligraphy are now on display in the Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall in Lujiazui area. The folk collection exhibition will...

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Tourists step in

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-11-14

A MAN believed to be stealing in a city park yesterday was held by tourists and handed over to police, officers said. A photograph posted on the Internet shows three tourists holding the man, with two restraining...

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Investigation into fish die-off

Metro | Environment
2011-11-14

ENVIRONMENT watchdogs are investigating a pollution incident on a stretch of river in an industrial park that killed thousands of fish, leaving distinctive spots on the bodies. The waterway administrator is removing...

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City plans incentives to boost cultural industry

Metro | Culture and history
2011-11-13

THE Shanghai government will launch a series of policies and incentives to create a "cultural highland" that will benefit the art, fashion and information technology sectors, local officials said yesterday. Officials...

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Hopeful singles at matchmaking party

Metro | Charity and civil affairs
2011-11-13

THE road toward a wedding hall can be as tricky as navigating a minefield. About 10,000 singles stepped onto that road yesterday at a matchmaking party in Shanghai's Thames Town, Songjiang District, although they...

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Relax, it's only a drill

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-11-13

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German week begins

Metro | Culture and history
2011-11-13

GERMAN Culture Week in Shanghai starts tonight with a concert by the 12 cellists of Berlin Philharmonic. Directed by Simon Rattle, the orchestra will perform Ravel's "Alborada del Gracioso," Bruckner's "Symphony...

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Gucci denies selling second-hand bags as new

Metro | Consumer rights
2011-11-12

GUCCI China yesterday denied claims that goods returned by customers because of flaws are put back on its shelves again and sold as new. The luxury goods company was responding to a report in the National Business...

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Numbers add up for couples tying the knot

Metro | Charity and civil affairs
2011-11-12

YESTERDAY'S auspicious date for marriage saw 20 times more couples than usual tie the knot in Shanghai, but numbers were still well short of the city record. Around 5,000 couples drew their marriage certificates,...

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Officials raid homes of recalcitrant debtors

Metro | Courts
2011-11-12

YAN Weiying, 35, was woken by judges and bailiffs at her home in Putuo District early yesterday and was detained for ignoring a court order to pay her debts. Three other debtors in Putuo District were also detained...

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Young people return to make the best of the city

Metro
2011-11-12

JIANGXI Province native Xu Dan came back to Shanghai from a second-tier city early this year to better her career. She chose to work in Nanjing three years ago after graduating from a Shanghai university to avoid...

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Fugitive nabbed

Metro
2011-11-12

PUDONG New Area police said yesterday they have detained a fugitive involved in a murder case in Guangdong Province 16 years ago. Ding Wenshuo was said to be involved in the murder of a man surnamed Lu in 1995. Ding...