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BEIJING

Man, 55, charged over doctor's stabbing

Sun Wenbin, who is accused of stabbing to death an on-duty doctor, was charged by the No 3 Branch of Beijing People's Procuratorate with intentional homicide on Friday. The prosecutors decided to take the prosecution to the No 3 Intermediate People's Court. Yang Wen was working in the emergency department at the Civil Aviation General Hospital in the capital's Chaoyang district on Dec 24, when she was attacked by Sun, 55, a relative of one of her patients. Yang suffered serious neck injuries and died early the following day.

LIAONING

Highly radioactive manganese ore returned

Customs officers in Dalian, Liaoning province, said on Friday they had intercepted more than 270 metric tons of manganese ore with excessive radioactivity. The cargo was seized on Nov 15 during checks, when the natural radionuclide level was found to be 4.4 times higher than the limit, said customs officials, adding the substandard ore, worth 4.14 million yuan ($594,000), was imported from Mozambique. Customs has sealed and isolated the cargo and will send it back to its port of origin.