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Pilgrimage to Mecca begins for Muslims

National
2009-10-31

THE flight with 332 passengers took off at 3:30pm yesterday from Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, marking the start of Chinese Muslims' pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca in Saudi Arabia this year. ...

Commander sacked after wife slaps tour guide

National
2009-10-13

A vice regimental commander and his wife have been fired after his wife was revealed to have slapped a tour guide who stopped her from touching a 1,000-year-old fresco during her visit to Mogao Grottoes in northwest...

Thallium poisoning suspect captured

National
2009-9-22

A MAN in northwest China's Gansu Province has been detained for allegedly poisoning his ex-girlfriend and her eight family members with thallium. The victims, aged from nine to 70, have recovered from taking the...

At least 105 sickened by gas leak

National
2009-9-9

AT least 105 people were sickened in a chemical plant gas leak in northwest China's Gansu Province on Monday, doctors said yesterday. Doctors from two hospitals in Gansu's capital of Lanzhou said 105 people had...

Miracle recovery or mistake?

National
2009-8-21

A FARMER from Gansu Province diagnosed with HIV six years ago was found to be clear of the disease, raising questions on whether it was a miracle or a misdiagnosis. Li Jianping, from a small village in Qingshui...

Wind powers industry to new stage

Business | Energy
2009-8-10

CONSTRUCTION has started last Saturday on China's first 10-million-kilowatt wind power station in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province. China's wind power industry was entering a new stage, said Zhang Guobao, vice director...

Kids catch officials cheating in exam

National
2009-7-31

TWENTY-FIVE people taking an examination for police and officials were caught cheating by primary school students monitoring the test in northwest China, Lanzhou Morning Post reported yesterday. The examination...

Cancer hospital offers new help

National
2009-7-21

CONSTRUCTION has begun of China's first hospital focusing on heavy ion therapy for cancer sufferers in Lanzhou, capital of northwestern China's Gansu Province. The Lanzhou Heavy Ion Cancer Treatment Center will...

Brick thrower remains defiant

National
2009-7-14

A retired teacher, who sparked nationwide controversy - and a lot of support - by throwing bricks at vehicles that ran red lights on a pedestrian crossing, yesterday defended his action, saying he was protecting pedestrians. ...

Spices caused mass food poisoning

National
2009-5-8

FOOD poisoning that left 186 ill in Gansu Province has been traced to tainted spices in a snack food, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Lanzhou, the provincial capital, said yesterday. The food poisoning,...