• Cancer case hospital closes for investigation

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  The military hospital involved in a case in which a dying cancer patient accused search engine giant Baidu of providing misleading medical treatment information suspended all its services on Wednesday for a "thorough investigation".

• Caregiver sentenced to death for murder

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  A caregiver who was found guilty of killing an elderly woman in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, was sentenced to death on Wednesday, bringing the issue of the supervision of the senior care market back into the spotlight.

• Seminar Held in N China to Improve Gender Equality Assessment Mechanism

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  A seminar on the improvement of evaluation work related to regulations and policies on gender equality was held in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia, on April 28.

• Families demand refunds for cancer treatment

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  A woman identified only as Lu tells reporters at the Second Hospital of the Beijing Armed Police Corps in Beijing on Tuesday she is seeking are fund for therapy received by her husband, who had liver cancer and died in March last year.

• Crowds flock to ancient alley despite ban on tour groups

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  After 11 years, a woman's Beijing household registration, or hukou, was nullified because authorities said she had used fake documents to obtain it.

• Joint investigation launched into hospital after cancer patient dies

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  The National Health and Family Planning Commission announced Tuesday that it would launch a joint investigation into the Second Hospital of the Beijing Armed Police Corps after a cancer patient undergoing treatment at the hospital died.

• 61 tried in six-day contract fraud case

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  Sixty-one suspects stood trial in Beijing on Thursday, the sixth day in what the No 1 Intermediate People's Court said was the largest-ever case of contract fraud since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

• Industrial city reinvents itself as green oasis

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  Tangshan, a key industrial city in North China's Hebei province, has been holding the World Horticultural Exposition since Friday, showing its determination to develop its economy in a green way.

• 'Baby biochips' set to tackle nation's infertility problem

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  New-generation technology could boost the chances of conception for infertile couples, and aid the government's plans to expand the population, as Yang Wanli reports.

• Worldwide praise heaped on city's sinkhole hero

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  i Weiqi, a 40-year-old auxiliary traffic police officer in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has become a household name after a surveillance video was broadcast showing how he prevented what might have been a major tragedy last week at a busy intersection in the city.