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Bets taken on unannounced 'richest' bout

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-18

THE fight hasn't been made yet, and may not ever happen. But this city's casinos are already taking bets on who will win if the Philippines' Manny Pacquiao and American Floyd Mayweather Jr ever get into the ring. ...

Bad weather cuts local transport links to north

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-14

THE blizzards that have buried north China also crippled Shanghai's inter-provincial transportation system yesterday, inconveniencing thousands of passengers as dozens of trains, buses and flights were delayed or...

Fog persists in Beijing one day ahead of National Day parade

National
2009-9-30

BEIJING and its neighboring Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality were shrouded in dense fog today, a day head of the country's much anticipated National Day parade. Most of the southern part of Beijing and...

Holiday to be cloudy

Metro | Weather
2009-9-29

IT will be mainly cloudy for the first three days of the National Day holidays, weather forecasters said today. On Thursday the cloud cover will get heavier and the following two days will be cloudy with temperatures...

Mayweather mauls Marquez

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-21

FLOYD Mayweather Jr celebrated his return to the ring after a 21-month retirement with a unanimous points victory over Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in a non-title welterweight bout in Las Vegas on Saturday. Widely...

Mayweather credits mother for comeback to the ring

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-17

FLOYD Mayweather Jr, who returns to the ring this week after nearly two years in retirement, credits a trip to the Bahamas with his mother for sparking his hotly anticipated comeback. The undefeated American,...

Cold nights herald approach of autumn

Metro | Weather
2009-9-9

TODAY'S high temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and lows of 22 to 23 degrees was a temperature difference greater than the previous days as the lows dropped under the influence of a weak cold front, Xinmin.cn reported. The...

Heat respite but thunder to continue

Metro | Weather
2009-8-22

THE stifling heat is expected to leave the city from today, but thunderstorms will continue, according to weathermen. At noon yesterday the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau issued three violent weather alerts covering...

Heat wave continues

Metro | Weather
2009-8-20

TODAY'S maximum temperature is expected to be 36 degrees Celsius while tomorrow is forecast to reach 35 degrees, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau said today. The heat wave is expected to continue until at least Saturday,...

Brighter days ahead as clouds start to clear

Metro
2009-8-12

THE sky will start to brighten as the sun chases away the rain clouds by this Sunday, according to the city's weatherman. Last week's average temperature was only 27.8 degrees Celsius, the lowest for the period...