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Bullets end buffalo's rampage

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-16

A RUNAWAY water buffalo broke free of a slaughterhouse in Zhejiang Province on Saturday and took off on a Hollywood-style chase - running nearly 20 kilometers, charging three vehicles and injuring 10 people before...

Rescuers hunt seamen

National
2009-11-16

RESCUERS continued searching yesterday for seven people who were missing after two ships collided in waters off Dachen Island, Taizhou City in east China's Zhejiang Province, on Saturday. By 6:30pm last night...

Blood shed over an unpaid bonus

National
2009-11-13

FOUR men were detained on Wednesday after they allegedly beat and stabbed a couple who asked the wife's employer in east China's Zhejiang Province for her unpaid bonus, said a police officer. The detained men...

Ill son drowned to 'end his suffering'

National
2009-11-13

A MOTHER and father have been charged with manslaughter for allegedly drowning their seriously ill son at sea off east China's Zhejiang Province because they wanted to end his suffering. A resident found the boy's...

Weather leaves 1 dead, 2 lost

National
2009-11-10

FOG and heavy rain left one person dead and two missing yesterday in east China and stranded tens of thousands of passengers in airports in several provinces. The fatality occurred after a two-story shed collapsed...

Lenient sentences over rape reviewed

National
2009-11-10

A COURT in Zhejiang Province's Huzhou City has decided to hold a new trial in a police rape case that caused nationwide concern after a lenient lower-court sentence. Huzhou Intermediate People's Court overturned...

Strangers rescue abused children

National
2009-11-9

A SISTER and brother have bee rescued by two strangers in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, after enduring three years of domestic violence from their father. The two children, aged six and five, were found with countless...

One Italian dead, another critically injured in Zhejiang road accident

National
2009-11-8

A CAR rammed into a roadside heavy-duty truck in east China's Zhejiang Province this morning, killing two people, including an Italian. The car ran into a truck fully loaded with cement at around 5 p.m. in Huajie...

Lenient rape terms to be reviewed

National
2009-11-3

A COURT in Zhejiang Province's Huzhou City has decided to review a lower tribunal's judgment, which sparked online outrage after minimum sentences were imposed on two police assistants for raping a drunken woman. ...

Man jailed over illegal gold trading

National
2009-10-30

A MAN in Zhejiang Province was sentenced to nine years in jail for operating an illegal gold futures that involved more than 58 billion yuan (US$8.49 billion), a local court ruling said yesterday. It was believed...