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A SERIAL killer, who is alleged to have murdered 23 young people in two years, has been arrested by Pingyu District Police in Central China's Henan Province, the Xinhua News Agency reported this week.
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- week in brief
SHANGHAI
- Financially unfit gymnasium
HUNDREDS of people were surprised to find Gold's Gym, where they paid thousands of yuan every year to exercise, closed by the Jing'an District court on November 12 for failing to pay back large over 3 million yuan (US$361,882) in unpaid rent.
- Mayoral popularity contest
A POLL conducted by the Horizon Group in 13 cities and seven counties found the popularity of Beijing's Mayor surpassing that of the mayors of many other cities, with the highest level of support among local people.
- Speaking up for Sino-Aussie ties
ALTHOUGH controlling the population of kangaroos still remains a big headache for the Australian Government, Gong Xiaojun, a junior from Fudan University, successfully won an Australian award by defending the necessity of tough culling measures in a debate.
- Olympian vision
DORA Bakoyannis, mayor of Athens, Greece, said during her visit to Shanghai early this week that so far all the 13 stadiums for the Olympic Games 2004 have been completed except for one.
- 'Hollywood' car chase ends in tragedy
A SECURITY guard has died in a 90-minute police chase of a taxi which had been hijacked by two robbers with toy guns late in the night of November 17.
- New-born peak forecast for city
THE city can expect to see a marked increase in the number of new-born babies from 2006, according to Shanghai's first birth population forecast.
- Serial killer arrested
A SERIAL killer, who is alleged to have murdered 23 young people in two years, has been arrested by Pingyu District Police in Central China's Henan Province, the Xinhua News Agency reported this week.
- Jinhua Ham scam exposed
AFTER the famous Taicang Rousong (dried meat fibre) company was found using dead pig's meat to make their pork shreds, CCTV's weekly Quality Report has this week focused its attention on another famous food brand - Jinhua Ham.
- China to boost digital cable TV
QINGDAO - China will push the development of digital cable TV this year in a move to realize the digitization of China's radio and TV service.
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