Harsh City Law Enforcers Draw Public Ire

TWELVE of 39 drug users who escaped from a drug rehab center nine days ago have surrendered or been caught, authorities in Zhenxiong County in Yunnan Province announced yesterday. Police are still searching for the remaining 27. The group's escape ...

For seven hours a day, Fu Xiufang picks raw coffee beans from the bushes on the Manzhongtian plantation high in the mountains of southwest China's Yunnan Province, close to the border with Laos. "The ones with a reddish outer shell are the good ...

Peru Rains, landslides and overflowing rivers continue this month. CSF Rieti http://digilander.libero.it/csfrieti/index.html The National Service of Meteorology and H... published: 14 Feb 2012 author: Peru Rains, landslides and overflowing rivers ...

A blind beggar who claimed to be attacked and thrown into a pool by three government staff in fact jumped into the pool himself, the local government of a district in Southwest China's Yunnan province announced. However, the three staff members were ...

The government in a district of Southwest China's Yunnan province apologized after three civil servants beat and abused a blind beggar on the street. The three chengguan (urban management staff) and their leaders were suspended from their posts by ...

KUNMING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Seven people, including one child, were killed and seven others injured when a minibus ran off a road and overturned in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday, local authorities said. The accident occurred ...

Bishop Joseph Ma Yinglin of Kunming, who is not recognized by the Holy See, ordained two priests in Yunnan province today, raising new questions about the troubled relationship between the China Church and the Vatican. A priest of Kunming who ...

California's earthquake early-warning system passed a major test last week, when a sensor alerted scientists and citizens that a magnitude 4.7-magnitude quake was about to hit Southern California in 30 seconds. At the quake's epicenter in the ...