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Military base fined for negligence in flu case

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Daxing military training base, where 3,100 first-year students of Beihang University underwent military training in October last year, was fined 60,000 yuan for negligence in the death of the first A/H1N1 patient in Beijing, the city's public emergency management office said.

Avatar a dream come true for ticket scalpers

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Tickets for the 3-D and IMAX versions of the blockbuster movie Avatar were selling for up to four times their original price during the first weekend of James Cameron's epic film.

Testing time for postgraduates

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Expert: Majority of students take exam to get good jobs, not continue education

First Mr Gay China pageant unveils contestants

[2010-01-11 08:17]

This is the question everyone will soon be asking, as both foreign and Chinese press caught their first glimpse of five of the eight Mr Gay China Pageant contestants yesterday afternoon at Lantung Bar and Bistro in Solana Mall.

7-year-old recoversafter her mauling

[2010-01-11 08:17]

A seven-year-old girl who was attacked by three dogs in the care of a government ministry will get financial support for the mauling that left her with 17 bite marks.

Kidnapped engineer leaps to freedom from 3rd floor apartment

[2010-01-11 08:17]

A Beijing engineer, who was reportedly kidnapped by the landlord of a flat he wanted to rent, said he escaped by jumping off from the third floor apartment on Friday.

Beijing Bites

[2010-01-11 08:17]

Snow-cleaner recovering

In praise of Chinese noodles

[2010-01-11 08:05]

Like many Americans, I came to Beijing with the mistaken notion that noodles are a simple food.

Orange uniforms a new badge of honor

[2010-01-11 08:05]

The sudden snow last week that blocked roads, snarled traffic and shut schools in Beijing caught residents off-guard. The weather station said both the precipitation and the low temperatures broke records from the past four decades. However, I was stunned to learn one near-tragic aspect in the aftermath - a street sweeper fell into coma after working almost non-stop for four days.