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Hoping to fix a dying trade

| Hangzhou
2011-9-7

REPAIRMEN figure their trade is slowly becoming extinct as people nowadays have higher incomes and prefer to simply replace broken items. Shi Xiaohan reports. A person who identifies himself online as Layang Yinqiang,...

Man who beat female bus driver gets jail

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-6

THE man who severely assaulted a female bus driver in May was sentenced to three years and six months in jail this morning after being found guilty on charges of causing a disturbance. The Baoshan District People's...

First cabbie suspended for smoking

| Metro
2011-9-6

A taxi driver was fined and suspended for smoking in a taxi - the first local cabbie to receive such punishment after the city started a crackdown on smoking at public places this May. The driver of Qiangsheng...

'Good luck bullets' not so lucky

| National
2011-9-6

BULLETS don't bring good luck a Chongqing woman found when a security officer handed her over to police at an airport in Lanzhou for carrying live ammunition. When asked why she was carrying the two bullets, the...

Wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas

| World
2011-9-6

A roaring wildfire raced unchecked yesterday through rain-starved farm and ranchland in Central Texas, destroying nearly 500 homes during a rapid advance fanned in part by howling winds from the remnants of Tropical...

Woman gets 15 years for killing syphilis-suffering son

| National
2011-9-6

A 20-year-old woman in western China's Chongqing city has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for poisoning her son in order to end his pains from congenital syphilis. The young mother fed her 16 months old boy...

6 arrested for assassination of HK woman

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-6

SHANGHAI police said this afternoon that they had detained six suspects for allegedly murdering a Hong Kong woman last month after a job dispute. One of the suspects, surnamed Shen, allegedly hired hit men to murder...

Racing up the mountain

| National
2011-9-6

Stocks close down on souring sentiment

Business | Securities
2011-9-6

SHANGHAI stock market lost ground today with concerns over China's growth continuing to sour sentiment ahead of the release of a raft of economic data on Friday. The Shanghai Composite Index traded down 0.33 percent...

Contaminated water sickens 135 students in Hebei

| National
2011-9-6

A total of 135 students were hospitalized for stomachaches, diarrhea and fevers after drinking contaminated water at a middle school in north China's Hebei Province, the local government said. As of today, 50...