China&#39;s corrupt former food and drug chief executed
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China executed the former chief of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday, following a sensational downfall that saw him become a symbol of the ruling Communist Party&#39;s struggle against corruption.
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China executed Zheng Xiaoyu for taking bribes to approve untested medicine as Beijing scrambled to show that it is serious about improving the safety of Chinese products.
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A Chinese health official once hailed  as a hero for his work in fighting the spread of SARS has been  jailed for life for taking "huge" bribes from vaccine  distributors, state media said on Saturday.
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The former director of Chinaâs top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death on Tuesday after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes.
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BEIJING, Feb. 9 -- A senior editor at a Chinese newspaper has been released from prison after serving four years on corruption charges that journalists said were trumped up by local officials to retaliate for aggressive reporting.
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China executes a prominent Christian sect leader after he was convicted of murdering rivals, reports say.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas executed a former   addict on Tuesday for the 1991 murder of a 52-year-old Houston   paint contractor who refused to hand over money for the man's   drug habit.
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One man is sentenced to death and 28 jailed for involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.
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A millionaire businessman is given the death penalty in China for raping more than 20 young girls.
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BEIJING, July 10 -- Moving to address mounting concerns about the safety of its exports, China announced Tuesday that it had executed the former head of its food and drug safety agency for accepting bribes in exchange for approving substandard medicines.
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A man convicted of murdering the manager of a topless bar 27 years ago was executed by injection Wednesday, appearing to grimace before dying 34 minutes after receiving the first dose of chemicals.
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The execution was meant to show that Beijing is serious about improving the safety of Chinese products.
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To many Americans, the execution last week of Chinaâs former top food and drug official may seem extreme, but severe sanctions for bribe-taking have a long and bloody history.
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China sentenced a former top drug safety official to death and disclosed an investigation into cellphone batteries after one reportedly exploded, killing a man.
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BEIJING -- Heightened anger and fear over the safety of food ingredients, medicine, and other consumer products was vividly on display here Tuesday following the execution of the former head of China's food and drug safety agency.
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The former head of Hollinger International was found guilty of taking illegal payments from the company.
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A former Mexican police commander was convicted Wednesday of helping run a notorious Gulf cartel's drug smuggling operation.