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Metro set for holiday record

Metro | Traffic
2012-1-7

METRO services will be under great pressure during the 40-day Spring Festival transport peak that begins tomorrow, the transport authority said yesterday. The Metro authority estimates a daily average of 5.57...

Here be dragons

| Metro
2012-1-7

Improving US economy is Romney's latest rival

| World
2012-1-7

REPUBLICAN front-runner Mitt Romney has another emerging contender as he hopes to challenge President Barack Obama in November: The improving US economy. A new report released yesterday says the US unemployment...

Turkey's former military chief jailed over plot

| World
2012-1-7

A FORMER Turkish military chief suspected of leading an Internet campaign to stir revolt was jailed yesterday in a sweeping investigation of alleged conspiracies to topple a civilian government that has stripped the...

Gunmen hit Nigerian church

| World
2012-1-7

SUSPECTED gunmen from a radical Muslim sect attacked a town hall yesterday in rural northeast Nigeria, killing at least 20 people who had gathered for a meeting of a Christian ethnic group, police said. The attack...

Suicide explosion kills 25 in Syrian capital

| World
2012-1-7

AN explosion ripped through a busy intersection in the Syrian capital yesterday, hitting a police bus and killing up to 25 people in what Syrian authorities said was the second suicide attack in as many weeks. The...

Swill oil found in no city restaurants

Metro | Food
2012-1-7

NOT a single restaurant in Shanghai has been caught using "swill oil" - illegally recycled oil scooped from drains, food safety watchdogs said yesterday. However, the Shanghai Food Safety Office admitted that the...

Museum doubts artwork

| Metro
2012-1-7

THE Shanghai Museum has questioned the authenticity of a calligraphy work sold for 140 million yuan (US$22.1 million) in south China's city of Guangzhou last month. The museum claims the original by Emperor...

More tenants claim Canadian scammed them

Metro | Crime and public security
2012-1-7

MORE expats have come forward to say they were left homeless by a Canadian landlord who has gone missing, and urged police to find him. Since Shanghai Daily reported the case yesterday, another seven tenants have...

Stranger's contacts start a trail towards stolen iPhone

Metro | Consumer rights
2012-1-7

A SHANGHAI resident said yesterday that he believes he has located his wife's stolen iPhone4, after a stranger's contacts appeared in her Gmail account. The iPhone came installed with iCloud and accessed a Gmail...