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Police kill family's kidnapper

National
2009-11-18

POLICE shot and killed a kidnapper and rescued four hostages in a 24-hour gunpoint standoff yesterday in a Zhejiang Province city known for its wealthy business people. The kidnapper, a native of Jiangxi Province...

4 dead, 3 missing after heavy weather hits Jiangxi

National
2009-11-10

FOUR people are dead and three are missing after torrential and hail hit villages in rural eastern and central China, authorities said today. In Guangfeng County, in the eastern Jiangxi Province, strong wind and...

909,000 hit by drought

National
2009-11-7

A DROUGHT since September had affected 909,000 people in east China's Jiangxi Province, a spokesman for the provincial flood control and drought relief office said yesterday. The drought had cut off normal water...

Huangpu crabs may claw to a comeback

Metro | Food
2009-11-6

ALTHOUGH both the king and queen of the hairy crab world came from Jiangxi Province, made-in-Shanghai crustaceans showcasing the "flavor of the Huangpu River" also made a strong showing in their debut yesterday at...

Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp

World
2009-10-31

A NEW study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and chronic kidney problems who are not yet sick...

Water shortage hits as Jiangxi drought lingers

National
2009-10-27

NEARLY 420,000 people in east China's Jiangxi Province were facing drinking water shortages as a drought continued, local drought relief authorities said yesterday. The province's flood control and drought relief...

Food ticks

Metro | Health
2009-9-30

SHANGHAI Food and Drug Administration has checked 65 city food chains and found most of them doing a generally good job on food hygiene. Charme Restaurant and Zhangshengji had all their outlets awarded smiling faces,...

Highway crash kills at least 16

National
2009-9-20

AT least 16 people died and 14 others were injured when a truck crashed off a viaduct after a collision in east China's Jiangxi Province yesterday. A road maintenance vehicle carrying 25 people was hit by a truck...

City drug addicts: community unites

Metro | Health
2009-9-18

ABOUT 11,000 to 12,000 drug addicts, or a third of the city's registered addicts, are receiving treatment and rehabilitation at community centers. Drug-control authorities started to promote the community-based...

City-made H1N1 vaccine receives FDA go-ahead

Metro | Health
2009-9-16

THE Shanghai-made swine flu vaccine yesterday received the license for mass production from the State Food and Drug Administration, a must for government purchase and public use. Officials of the Shanghai Institute...