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Updated: 2007-09-24 07:03

Students commemorate drowning incident sacrifice

Up to 1,200 college students attended a seminar on Monday to recall the
sacrifice of two young students who gave their lives to save a drowning
13-year-old boy, in Dalian, Liaoning Province.

The cattle farmer's son fell into a rain-swollen river while fishing
close to where the two vocational high school students were sitting.

Zhang Hao and Zhang Xuefeng, from Jinzhou, jumped into the water and
managed to get the boy to the riverbank, but were washed downstream and
drowned.

(New Business)

Man sues after highway accident involving dog

A man surnamed Yan sued a highway management company on Tuesday for 1.65
million yuan ($220,000) after he was injured in a traffic accident.

Yan was driving on the Beijing-Shijiazhuang Freeway when he swerved to
avoid a dog that jumped into the road, causing his car to tip over and
his legs to be broken.

"It was the company's poor management that caused the accident," he
claimed in court. The freeway company has denied liability. The fate of
the dog was unknown.

(Beijing Times)

Mongolian rockers mark anniversary on high note

Musicians from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, will hold a
series of concerts to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of
rock bands established by people from the Mongolian ethnic group.

Over the past decade up to 20 rock bands, with all-Mongolian performers,
have been founded in the region. Instead of simply copying Western
rock-and-roll, most of the bands have come up with original songs that
are widely appreciated across China.

(North News)

(China Daily 09/24/2007 page5)

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