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Soldiers and volunteers carry rocks to reinforce the Kama Reservoir dam in Luocheng County...

Another building shifted at ill-fated city complex

By Dong Zhen | 2009-7-4

THE construction mistakes that caused a 13-story apartment house to topple last Saturday also undermined a second building, causing it to shift slightly, an investigation team told reporters yesterday in Shanghai. ...

Electric shock kills flu patient

HANGZHOU police confirmed yesterday that electrocution was the cause of the "accidental" death of a swine flu patient in a hospital in the Zhejiang Pr...

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Safety fears at 2nd complex

RESIDENTS of a second Minhang District apartment complex are waiting for government officials to reassure them that their homes are safe after another...

Line 8 signals get green light

TESTING and fine-tuning are complete on the Line 8 Metro signal system that caused six breakdowns in just 10 days from late June. The Shanghai Met...

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Expo Memo

US appears closer to Expo commitment

THE US government's appointment of a commissioner general fo...

Customs puts Expo importers in fast lane

IMPORTS directly related to Shanghai World Expo will be fast...

Business takes box seat

CONSTRUCTION began yesterday on a joint pavilion built by ei...

Business news

City firms on foreign deal binge

THE value of overseas investment by Shanghai firms more than tripled in the first half of the year from a year ago to US$715 million, surpassing the a...

Price limits for trading debut

THE Shenzhen Stock Exchange will limit price fluctuations of shares in small and medium-sized companies on their debut trading day to curb speculation...

Tomson Riviera sells 16 apartments

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National news

Electric shock kills flu patient

HANGZHOU police confirmed yesterday that electrocution was the cause of the "accidental" death of a swine flu patient in a hospital in the Zhejiang Pr...

Orphanage-scandal probe starts

A JOINT work team including family planning, civil affairs personnel, police and Party disciplinary officials are investigating a scandal in which bab...

Cops caught in crimes

Beijing sees drop in pollution levels

July 4

China began to build the county's first west-to-east natural gas transmission pipeline in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on this day in 2002. The 4,000-kilometer pipeline goes through 10 provinces and municipalities. The pipeline, with an investment of more than 40 billion yuan (US$5.71 billion), can transfer 12 billion square meters of natural gas every year.

World news

City braced for Jackson memorial mayhem

OFFICIALS in Los Angeles were scrambling yesterday to try to figure out how to accommodate a public memorial service for Michael Jackson at a venue th...

Protesters delay Yemenia flight

PROTESTERS upset at conditions on Yemenia airlines protested at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday, delaying the departure of a flight to Como...

Russia to allow access for US arms

Demjanjuk declared fit enough for trial

Palaeontologist Scott Hocknull analyzes fossils at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs facilit...

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Sports news

United makes bold Owen bid, City's offer for Terry rejected

MICHAEL Owen is at Manchester United's training ground as he moves closer to joining the Premier League champions. The 29-year-old striker, who ...

Donovan slams Beckham as bad teammate at L.A. Galaxy

DAVID Beckham has become a bad teammate on the Los Angeles Galaxy, according to Landon Donovan. "All that we care about at a minimum is that he ...

Yao faces a week's wait over surgery decision

Clijsters and Chang sign up for WTT

Cleveland Cavaliers center Shaquille O'Neal arrives at a news conference at the Cavaliers ...

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Feature

A weekend trip to the land of fish and rice

ALMOST everyone knows Suzhou and its legendary gardens, but it's always a pleasure to visit again, make new discoveries and hear other legends. S...

Military buffs do good deeds

THEY appear in uniforms bearing the letters "MP" but, don't worry, they're just members of a fan club promoting civic order and doing good deeds. Pan ...

From India with harmony and culture

Desperate parents, sick kids and neighbors who want them out

Yan Hong (right), founder of the SonicBBS M65 Military Club, Chen Jinnan (center) and Bao ...

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