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Court: Pay widow of killed john

Metro | Courts
2009-11-10

AN insurance company has been ordered to pay compensation of 400,000 yuan (US$58,582) to a widow whose husband was killed in a prostitution dispute, a court said yesterday. The Pudong New Area People's Court ruled...

Man dies after 26 taken ill

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-10-18

A MAN who was among 26 people hospitalized after they ate food at a delicatessen in Shanghai yesterday has died, local authorities said last night. The 38-year-old man, surnamed Zhu, died in hospital while 10 others...

Timely action ends steel scam

Metro | World Expo
2009-8-12

AN executive with a 2010 World Expo construction-material supplier had been arrested for selling fake steel pipes to official builders, prosecutors said yesterday. The suspect, surnamed Tan, general manager of...

Cleaner detained for murder of woman found in manhole

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-8-6

A MAN has been taken into custody for the murder of a woman locals believed was a prostitute whose body was found down a manhole in a Pudong residential complex, police said yesterday. The suspect, surnamed Jin,...

Expats qualify for a longer stay

Metro | Immigration
2009-7-2

FIVE foreigners working in Shanghai's Pudong New Area yesterday became the first beneficiaries to enjoy longer-term residency under a pilot program designed to lure international talent to the city. Under the...

Compensation ruling over toxic meat

Metro | Courts
2009-6-29

A SHANGHAI court has upheld a ruling demanding that a pork wholesaler and the market where he had his stall pay more than 490,000 yuan (US$71,695) for selling tainted pork that made hundreds of people sick. The...

Court hears of vendor's murder

Metro | Courts
2009-6-2

A MAN went on trial yesterday for the murder of a fellow street vendor in Pudong New Area on December 18. Wu Sanbao, a 34-year-old Hubei Province native, is accused of stabbing the man over a business dispute,...

Focus on fun as technology comes to life

Metro | Science
2009-5-16

SHANGHAI citizens, young and old, experienced some eye-catching technologies at the 2009 Shanghai International Science and Art Exhibition when it opened to the public yesterday. The exhibition, open free to the...

State approves plan to merge Nanhui District into Pudong

Metro
2009-5-7

CHINA'S central government has approved a plan to merge Shanghai's Nanhui District into Pudong New Area and create an even larger economic powerhouse to help drive the city's effort to become a major international...

Online fraudsters caught in police net

Metro | Courts
2009-3-31

TWO people who embezzled nearly 50,000 yuan (US$7,313) from an Internet cafe with the help of a software program were sentenced yesterday. Gui Cunhui, 21, an Anhui Province native and a cashier of the cafe, was...