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 Broadcast Time: 17:00-19:00, 2008-11-18
 
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- The recent fire accident at the Shanghai Business school has forced electric water heaters off the shelves.
- A YOUNG man charged with the murder of a 22-year-old Canadian model confessed in court yesterday that he stabbed her to death during a late-night robbery in her Shanghai apartment building.
- The Beijing-Based diary producer, Sanyuan Group, is to purchase 7 core plants of the scandal-turned-bankrupt Sanlu, located in the provinces of Hebei, Shandong and Henan.
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Tracy McGrady feels like he's back to square one with a troublesome left knee that gave out on him again. At least his Houston Rockets seem able to pick up the slack if he's going to be sidelined.
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Utah coach Jerry Sloan was perplexed.After losing three straight at the end of a dismal road trip, the Jazz looked like NBA title contenders back at home.
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From golf to motorbike racing, and Conor Cummins endured a day of disappointment after failing to finish the Macau Grand Prix street race, having started from pole.
Emergency Tips
A recent survey says 80% of Shanghai citizens don't know where to take refuge when a fire breaks out. This is followed by an earlier tragedy of 4 female students jumping off from their flame-engulfed dorm died. It's a pressing issue for citizens nationwide to promote crisis-prevention awareness. Do you know what to do when an emergency or natural disaster occurs? Share with us your emergency tips.
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- China's Ministry of Finance has announced a list of 3,770 items involved in the third export tax rebate increase this year.
- Yahoo will replace founder Jerry Yang as CEO as soon as a replacement is found.
- There are fears for banking jobs in Asia after Citigroup said it will cut 52,000 more posts worldwide.
- British scientists have come up with the first robot that can mimic a person's expressions simply by watching their face.
 
Subway tunnel collapses in Hangzhou
The death toll of November 15th subway tunnel collapse in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has now risen to seven with 14 people still missing. Experts say that the accident is one of the worst in the history of subway construction in the country.
- Facing a fierce forthcoming box office competition, Chen Kaige's biopic of Peking opera legend Mei Lanfang will open one week earlier than originally scheduled.
- Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung will star in Quentin Tarantino's World War II film "Inglourious Basterds".
- Even a make-believe psychic couldn't spot the scam when an actor disrupted a scene for "Medium" involving Patricia Arquette, who stars as psychic Allison DuBois in the NBC drama.
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