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Driver gets 54 months for crash that kills 5

THE driver who caused an accident that claimed the lives of four South Korean women and a taxi driver has been sentenced to four and a half years, a court said yesterday. Minhang District People's Court determined that Zhang Xia, 25, an Anhui ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  23 Nov 2009

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Mom: More for damaged son

IN the name of her blind and mentally retarded son with cerebral palsy, a mother has appealed a local district court's verdict that Shanghai Children's Hospital under Fudan University should pay some 160,000 yuan (US$23,426) for its mistake in causing ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  18 Nov 2009

Woman compensated in failed pregnancy

A local privately owned medical center has been ordered to pay 10,000 yuan (US$1,465) in compensation to a woman who received in-vitro fertilization in the center but failed to have a baby because of an ectopic pregnancy. Huangpu District People's ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  18 Nov 2009

Party ploy fails -- drunk driver held

A MOTORIST who refused to get out of his car when police suspected him of drunk driving and then showed his membership certificate of Communist Party of China in a bid to avoid penalty has been detained for 15 days, officers said yesterday. The ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  6 Nov 2009

Website sued over naked photos

"MARITIME girl" - the victim of a jilted boyfriend who posted naked pictures of her online - took her lawsuit against China's largest search engine to Shanghai's Jing'an District court yesterday. She is seeking a written apology, 40,000 yuan (US$5,85 ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Baidu.com, Inc.

Islands launch orange festival

WITH the opening of the Changjiang Bridge on Saturday, city residents will be able to pick oranges more easily on Chongming, Changxing and Hengsha islands. Orange production on the three islands is estimated to total 170,000 tons this year, ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  25 Oct 2009

'Illegitimate' report sparks writ

LOU Jing, a theatrical student, and her mother are suing a city newspaper, accusing it of fabricating a report about her being an "illegitimate child." Lou, 21, recently wowed viewers in a television star-search show. The Huangpu District People's ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  21 Oct 2009

Jin Xing launches appeal over debt

JIN Xing, China's most famous transsexual dancer and entertainer, lodged an appeal in a city intermediate court yesterday over a debt of more than 500,000 yuan (US$73,256). A district court earlier decided that she was liable for the debt. Jin, 42, ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  14 Oct 2009

Malaysians held over ATM frauds

TWO Malaysian men suspected of belonging to an international bank card fraud ring have been arrested for stealing 420,000 yuan (US$61,526) from the bank accounts of seven local residents. Officials from Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Prosecutors' ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  13 Oct 2009

Court rejects graduate's tale of woe over diploma

A GRADUATE seeking 25,000 yuan (US$3,662) in compensation from a university for not awarding him a diploma yesterday had his case thrown out by Changning District People's Court. Zhuang Tianhao, who graduated from East China University of Political ...

From ANGELA XU, Shanghai Daily,  30 Sep 2009

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