Gunpowder-loaded truck explosion kills 4

Four people were killed and at least six others were injured after a truck loaded with gunpowder exploded Saturday in central China's Hubei Province.

Taiwan detains 150 over 'vote buying'

Taiwan authorities said Friday that prosecutors in the island have sued 76 people and detained 150 over "vote buying" charges and other irregularities in the "three-in-one" elections scheduled for Saturday.

• More scholarships for foreign students
• Journalists jailed for taking hush money
• CPC tightens supervision over Party officials
• Manhunt in after fatal robbing
• China implements human rights action plan well
• 5 Urumuqi rioters sentenced to death
• 7 missing after ship collision off E.China coast
• 6 convicted for fatal train crash that killed 72
• Shanghai reports first A/H1N1 flu death
• 87 mln Chinese shopping online

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  Special cabbies struggle for business

  Beijing's 70 wheelchair accessible taxis say they make hardly any money, despite heavy demand from elderly and disabled citizens.

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