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Opening ceremony could be rain-free
2024-08-16The chance of rain during the opening ceremony is slimmer than reported earlier, but thunderstorms, high temperatures and muggy skies still pose a thr...
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'Foster mom' gets almost 11 years for fraud
2024-08-16A woman from Trinidad who lied to adopt 11 disabled children, whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than $1 million in subsidies, wa...
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Top cops protected gangsters
2024-08-15Eleven police officers, including deputy chief of the Shenyang public security bureau, have been prosecuted for acting as "protection umbrellas&q...
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Hu lights up quake-hit pupils' day
2024-08-05Children had the time of their life with President Hu Jintao at Zhongnanhai compound yesterday.As the 88 students from the quake-hit provinces of Sich...
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Teacher blamed for student's death
2024-08-05Yang Jinggui, a teacher at Wudian Middle School, Anhui province, was ordered to pay 100,000 yuan in compensation to the family of a student who died i...
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Hero loses uni place over 'typo'
2024-08-17Li Hao, a high school graduate from Wenchuan, risked his life to save others during the quake, and almost won an honorary title that would have secure...
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Beijinger sues over use of his dog fees
2024-08-05A Beijing man on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the city's municipal public security bureau for refusing to tell him how the money he paid ever...
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Dujkovic sacked 3 weeks before Games
2024-08-05In a shock move, the China Football Association (CFA) yesterday sacked Ratomir Dujkovic, the once highly regarded men's Olympic soccer coach, just...
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Luxury car sales lead the market
2024-08-05Tang Lei has been busy during the first half of the year, but he is able to find time to enjoy his achievements as the leading salesman in his company...
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Fewer cars push Games to green lane
2024-08-16Beijing yesterday inched a step closer to realizing a green Olympics by enforcing a series of measures to ease traffic jams and reduce pollution.Vehic...