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Chinese national dies at Nepali capital's int'l airport

National
2009-11-14

AN elderly Chinese woman has died at Tribhuwan International Airport in Nepali capital Kathmandu after she collapsed yesterday afternoon. The 81 year-old Chinese woman collapsed in a hall of the terminal building...

Family urges probe into suspect's death

National
2009-10-12

A FAMILY in Beijing is demanding an investigation into the death of a suspect who died from complications after a 49-day fast at a detention house. Qi Changjiang, 30, of Anhui Province, died of "heart arrest due...

Hopes fade for Indonesia quake survivors, death toll may reach 3,000

World
2009-10-4

RESCUE teams combing the rubble in the shattered Indonesian city of Padang said today there was little hope of finding more survivors of a massive earthquake that authorities say may have killed 3,000 people. As...

Former Japanese finance minister found dead

World
2009-10-4

A former Japanese finance minister who stepped down after appearing to be drunk at an overseas news conference was found dead in his home today, police said. The cause of Shoichi Nakagawa's death was under investigation...

Former corrupt mayor sentenced to death with reprieve

National
2009-8-21

A northern China court sentenced a former city mayor to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes worth more than 12.41 million yuan (US$1.82 million) in his six-year tenure. The Baotou Intermediate People's...

Mom behind child death that shocked UK unmasked

World
2009-8-11

BRITONS got their first look today at the mother behind a horrific child death that shocked the country. The face of 28-year-old Tracey Connelly, who stood by as her infant son Peter was tortured for months on...

Detainee dies in SW China hospital

National
2009-8-9

A MALE suspect serving detention in Yunnan Province died in hospital yesterday , the local public security authority said today. Wang Shukun, 43, had been held in the Guandu District Detention Center since July...

Spanish player dies of heart failure at age 26

Sports | Soccer
2009-8-9

ESPANYOL captain Daniel Jarque died of heart failure yesterday in his team's hotel on the eve of a friendly against Bologna in Italy. He was 26. Bologna said the central defender was found unconscious in his hotel...

Australia will appeal sentence in honeymoon death

World
2009-6-18

AUSTRALIAN prosecutors said today they will appeal for stronger punishment for an American man who was sentenced to serve one year in prison for manslaughter in the death of his wife during a honeymoon scuba diving...

Newly-wedded young couple struck dead by thunder on "Wild Great Wall"

National
2009-6-14

A NEWLY-WEDDED couple, both 27 years old, lost their lives in a thunder stroke yesterday afternoon when climbing a part of the "Wild Great Wall" in suburban Beijing, the Beijing Youth Daily reported today. The...