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Culture vultures, merchants scour countryside for relics

Opinion | Shanghai Daily columnists
2011-9-1

IN recent years there has been a growing number of scandals involving museums. This May a thief broke into the high-security Palace Museum in Beijing and made off with a few gem-studded, modern luxury items on...

New rule respects legal rights

Opinion | Chinese perspectives
2011-9-1

CHINA'S draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law will further protect human rights, Chinese experts say. The experts commented in response to doubts cast by some international media outlets on an article...

IAAF will not change rule after Bolt fiasco

Sports | Athletics
2011-9-1

THE International Association of Athletics Federations will not be rushed into revising the controversial false-start rule that sent Usain Bolt crashing out of the world championships 100 meters, a top official said...

Robles claims being Cuban cost him hurdles gold

Sports | Athletics
2011-9-1

CUBAN hurdler Dayron Robles has claimed he wouldn't have been disqualified from the 110-meter hurdles at the world championships if he came from a more powerful country. Robles was stripped of his first-place...

Kaniskina retains gold, Liu second

Sports | Athletics
2011-9-1

WITH a brisk 20-kilometer walk through the morning sunshine, Olympic champion Olga Kaniskina won her third straight world title to push Russia to the top of the overall medals standings. After the failures of champion...

South African greats aim to go out with a bang

Sports | Rugby union
2011-9-1

JOHN Smit and Victor Matfield have done more than play international rugby together. They've grown up together. After the World Cup in New Zealand they plan to retire together - as world champions. South Africa's...

McIlroy Eyes Top Ranking

Sports | Tennis
2011-9-1

US Open winner Rory McIlroy says his relationship with top-ranked tennis player Caroline Wozniacki can help him become golf's world No. 1. McIlroy said he and Wozniacki "definitely spur each other on and it's...

Nadal has shaky start to his title defense

Sports | Tennis
2011-9-1

RAFAEL Nadal's first match as defending US Open champion was hardly a tour de force, with the Spaniard lucky to record a victory over the relatively lowly-ranked Andrey Golubev on Tuesday. Nadal dropped serve...

Li makes early US Open exit

Sports | Tennis
2011-9-1

THE last of the reigning women's grand slam champion was shown the door at the US Open on Tuesday when error-prone French Open winner Li Na succumbed to unseeded Romanian teenager Simona Halep 6-2, 7-5. Li sprayed...

Yanks enjoy rare win over Red Sox

Sports | Baseball
2011-9-1

THE New York Yankees enjoyed a rare success over bitter rivals the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday - the 5-2 victory in a hot-tempered affair enabling the visitors to tighten the battle for supremacy in the American League...