Rockfall kills five
A ROCKFALL that happened early yesterday morning in Central China’s Hubei Province killed five construction workers and injured two others.
A rock with a bulk of 7 cubic meters fell from a hill onto a work shed, killing and injuring the workers living inside. The injured have been sent to the hospital.
Fake condoms ring
A RING of nine people have been arrested by Shanghai police for allegedly producing and selling fake brand condoms of more than 12 million yuan (US$1.93 million) in the past 12 months.
More than 3 million pieces of the counterfeits, mostly faking brands such as Durex and Jissbon, were seized. The fake condoms were believed to have been sold in Shanghai and provinces of Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shaanxi.
Traffic congestion fees
BEIJING municipal authorities said that the city will consider implementing a congestion fee this year to try to ease traffic and curb air pollution.
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