Woman executed in China for poisoning competitor’s milk

A woman received a lethal injection yesterday for lacing milk with nitrite which killed three children and sickened more than 30 others in northwest China, a local court said Wednesday.

Ma Xiuling and her husband Wu Guangquan, two dairy farmers from Pingliang City, Gansu Province, deliberately added nitrite, an industrial salt, to fresh milk produced by a business rival in April 2011, China's Xinhua news agency quoted a statement from the Pingliang Municipal Intermediate People's Court as saying.


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Woman driver kills her husband AND herself in freak car parking accident

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Woman driver kills her husband AND herself in freak car parking accident as she practiced reversing with six-year-old daughter in car

The mother was being directed by her husband when the tragedy happened
Accident happened in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China
Newly-qualified driver was practicing reverse manoeuvre in her car

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Woman killed by runaway supermarket trolley

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Woman killed by runaway supermarket trolley which sped down an escalator at Chinese store

The accident happened on Friday morning in Shanghai
The 60-year-old died from horrific injuries after being hit by the metal trolley
Two men had loaded a trolley of their own with 15 crates of drinks


A horrific video has emerged of a grandmother being killed by a runaway supermarket trolley.

The accident, which was caught on CCTV, happened on Friday morning at Lianhua supermarket in Shanghai.

The 60-year-old, who was shopping alone, died from horrific injuries after being hit by the metal trolley at the Chinese store.The terrifying footage has been picked up by Chinese media and posted on YouTube.








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Spyware claims emerge in row over Chinese dissident at NYU

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When Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States in May last year he was given a fellowship at New York University, use of a Greenwich Village apartment, and a pile of gifts from supporters, including smartphones and an iPad.

But at least two of the gadgets presented to Chen as gifts may not have been quite what they seemed: They included software intended to spy on the blind dissident, according to Jerome Cohen, an NYU professor who has been Chen's mentor, and another source familiar with the episode.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng speaks to journalists following an appearance in New York May 3, 2013

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David Beckham cause stampede in Shanghai University

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Fans injured in stampede as David Beckham is met with hysteria as he arrives at Shanghai University

David Beckham sparked a stampede in Shanghai that left five people injured
His visit was forced to be cancelled as the situation spun out of control
Fans stormed the gates of a university football stadium to catch a glimpse
A protective wall of security guards and police officers was flattened by the students

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