• Innocent man who spent 11 years on death row gets compensation

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  A man condemned to death three times for murder and who spent 11 years on death row before being cleared has been awarded 1.27 million yuan ($196,000) in compensation.

• Gay men ask court for right to marry

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  A court in Central China's Hunan province has accepted a case of two homosexuals who sued the government agency for not allowing them to register their marriage.