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AnhuiMan dies in fall from houseA deputy head of a Changfeng county department in charge of education and sports affairs died in a fall from the home of local woman teacher, the Anhui Business Daily reports.self storage Witnesses said they saw the teacher's husband knock on the door to the house before a middle-aged man was seen hanging outside the window of the home at about 9pm on Tuesday. Minutes later the man was discovered lying on the ground. He later died in hospital.Jobs for 700 graduatesMore than 700 college graduates from 104 universities nationwide have landed jobs in Huainan under the municipal government's 10,000-talent initiative to attract skilled professionals, the Anhui Daily reports. The government offers undergraduate students signing a job contract with a Huainan employer up to 5,000 yuan (HK$6,400) in financial aid a year, while 9,000 yuan a year is given to postgraduate students who commit to a Huainan employer.ChongqingCouple held for leaving sonA young couple from Dazu district have been detained for criminal investigation two years after they refused to take home their son who was born with birth defect at a local hospital, China News Service reports. The hospital has spent thousands of yuan taking care of the boy.Stations told to upgradeMore than 300 petrol stations in Chongqing have been ordered to undergo upgrades before the end of the year to tackle pollution from petrol evaporation. Citing a Chongqing engineer specialising in studies of emission pollution, the Chongqing Economic Times reports that up to 5 per cent of petrol evaporates either during transportation or at service stations.FujianMan held over robberiesCangshan district police detained a 24-year-old man who robbed a young woman driver of 800 yuan and her mobile phone along with other items during an armed robbery on Monday, China News Service reports. The jobless man, who was armed with a knife, forced the woman to pull over on a road in central Fuzhou before forcing his way inside the vehicle where he tied her up in the back seat before robbing her.Apology ordered for punchAn elderly man from Fuzhou was ordered to apologise and cover medical bills for a middle-aged woman he punched on a crowded bus on Thursday morning, China News Service reports. The man said that he grew annoyed when the 54-year-old woman constantly alerted the bus driver at every stop. The pair traded words before he punched her repeatedly in the face.GuangdongBird's nest trialRepresentatives from a local company from Huaiji county went on trial for illicit fundraising via investment schemes involving bird's nest products, the Nanfang Daily reports. The company, which did not have a licence for private fundraising, raised 170 million yuan between 2000 and 2004 from more than 1,000 small investors who were duped into buying bird's nest products with promises that they would be given dividends.Abortion dispute gets uglyA pregnant woman was left to bleed for three hours at a local clinic in Qingxi in Dongguan on Monday after doctors refused to perform an abortion due to a dispute over her bill, the Guangzhou Daily reports. The woman's boyfriend said the clinic initially agreed to perform the operation for 460 yuan, but later asked for 7,700 yuan minutes aftemini storage his girlfriend was sent into the operation theatre. The operation was carried out after he paid 4,400 yuan.GuangxiTwo detained in sex trickAn 18-year-old man from the Xixiangtang district and a friend have been detained for criminal investigation after he invited the friend to sleep with his girlfriend in an effort to break up with her, the People's Daily online reports. The man called the friend, 22, to come to a hotel and have sex with his girlfriend while he hid underneath the bed.Two caught with drugsXiangzhou county police in Guilin said they have caught two addicts in possession of 100 grams of illicit drugs, the Guangxi Daily reports.HenanDeath sentence upheldHenan Provincial People's Court has upheld a lower court's death sentence given to a local farmer from Nanliu village in Zhengzhou's Guancheng district. The villager was found guilty over the deaths of four law enforcement officers and construction workers during a protest against a government-sanctioned demolition three years ago, Xinhua reports. Liu Danao drove his truck into two groups of law enforcement officers and workers.Suicide tied to policeA farmer from Panbei village in Zhoukou committed suicide by swallowing liquid pesticide after he was mistreated by local police for protesting against a land seizure, Hnr.cn reports. Wei Guomin swallowed the pesticide after being beaten up by a group of police officers who stormed into his home on October 11.JiangsuVillagers wary of womanResidents from a rural village in Liyang have signed a petition to the municipal prosecutor's office for an order to ban a local mentally ill woman from their village after she was found to have poisoned three families with pesticide, the Modern Express reports. Cao Li, 41, was briefly detained by police for leaving pesticide in the kitchens of three local families in April before she was diagnosed with mental disorders and released. The prosecutors' office has yet to respond to the petition.Divorce filing droppedA Zhenjiang man has decided to withdraw a filing for a divorce from his wife, who charged him between 100 and 200 yuan each time they had sex at home, the Legal Daily reports. The couple agreed on court mediation to work on their relationship.LiaoningFreight trains collideTwo cargo trains collided near an overpass in central Jinzhou on Thursday afternoon but no injuries were reported. Quoting a witness living nearby, 1m3d.com reports that one cargo train loaded with coal rammed into another train.Dalian to limit vehiclesThe municipal government in Dalian is planning to limit the number of vehicles entering the city depending on air pollution levels, the Dalian Daily reports, citing a draft regulation to control vehicle emissions.ShanghaiTrack death investigationA male passenger who either jumped or fell onto the rail track at the Nanxiang subway station was killed instantly after being hit by an oncoming train on Thursday evening, Xinmin.cn reports. Investigators were still trying to determine how the man ended up on the railway tracks.17 caught in yarn swindleShanghai police said that they have detained 17 people for swindling more than 800 million yuan in a rebate deal for cashmere yarn exports in a joint operation with Guangdong police, Xinhua reports.迷你倉