China executes former drug chief
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Former head of food and drug watchdog executed for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash.
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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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Police shoot dead one of Rio de Janeiro's most notorious suspected drug barons, ending a year-long manhunt.
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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 has executed a 25-year-old  university dropout for killing six men, four of whom had raped  him after getting him drunk, the Beijing Youth Daily said on  Sunday.
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The state of Texas executed a convicted murderer by lethal injection on Wednesday, in its 400th execution since the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
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China will expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by gunshot, state media said on Thursday of a country which kills more convicts than anywhere else.
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A condemned killer was executed Wednesday night for the 1996 fatal shooting of a man during a car theft.
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The harsh penalty for a former food and drug official is an example to others amid China's rash of corruption and tainted food scandals
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An official once in charge of guarding cultural relics has been sentenced to death in China's biggest antiquities theft case since the start of communist rule in 1949.
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Disgraced head of food and drug agency sentenced to death amid wave of consumer safety scandals.
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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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China has executed a former state banker for embezzlement and accepting bribes, state media said on Wednesday, days after a senior Communist Party official was put to death for blowing up his mistress with a car bomb.
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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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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 has secretly executed a man who protested against the controversial Pubugou dam project, his lawyer says.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas executed a Houston man  by lethal injection on Wednesday night for a 1996 murder during  a car theft.