A Chinese court granted a man who spent more than 11 years behind bars after a false murder conviction 1.27 million yuan (200,000 U.S. dollars) in state compensation on Monday. Citing insufficient evidence, the Xiangtan Intermediate ...
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On Thursday, a Thai court found two Myanmar suspects guilty of murdering two British tourists in 2014 and handed them the death penalty. In September 2014, British citizens Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found dead while ...
Student Li Xiangnan has been charged with the killing of his girlfriend Shao Tong, in the United States, Wenzhou City People's Procuratorate said. Li, 24, a native of east China's Zhejiang Province, is accused of strangling his girlfriend ...
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Myanmar authorities will appeal against death sentences on two Myanmar citizens for murder of two British backpackers in Southern Thailand last year, said U Ye Htut, Presidential Spokesperson on Thursday. The appeal will be made to the ...
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Actor He Shan is a big fan of Woody Allen. He has what one can call a small collection of his movies, music and theater works. In 2013, He read a book, which had Chinese translations of three of Allen's one-act plays, Riverside Driver, Old ...
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Posted in Medical Device Business by Brian Buntz on January 30, 2015 Antique medical devices provide a glimpse into how medicine was performed in past centuries. But few people have taken a look at how medical care was administered on ...
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Blundstone announced its Sustaining sponsorship as the official boot of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Held in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah from Jan. 22 Feb. 1, 2015, this year marks the 31st anniversary and over ...
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For the main part of China’s history, women were dominated by a patriarchic system and forced to a background role. Only in recent history have they reached a more equal position in Chinese society and started to visibly shape the ...
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Agatha Christie’s brooch and ring are seen here. Christie wrote the plays The Mousetrap, Towards Zero and The Hollow along a number of best-selling novels, including And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express. ...
SOMEWHERE IN B.C-- What does an ex-con mob hit man do after he makes parole? Certainly he can’t and won’t be hired at any local school. It’s doubtful he would try, say, accounting. He’d have zero chance at the civil ...
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A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of ...
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Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling its progress toward wider acceptance. Bitcoin has battled concerns about volatility, ...
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I keep hearing, even among some in the alternative media, that the overpopulation of humans on our planet is a myth because "all the people in the world could fit in the state of Texas." Sure they can, but then where would they pee? ...
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Bringing glamour from the Gothic, Byzantine and Baroque eras onto the ramp at Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2013, Rajat Tangri’s collection called “Dark Ages” aptly recreated the drama in colours, styles and ...
The following is a joint statement by the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Today, the United States is outlining next steps in a longstanding effort to address in a ...