Ex-Head of China FDA Sentenced To Death
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BEIJING, May 29 -- The disgraced head of China's drug administration was sentenced to death Tuesday for accepting what a court described as "huge bribes" to approve faulty medicines, including a batch of antibiotics that killed six patients and sickened 80.
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A Chinese business executive was sentenced to death for swindling $385 million from investors in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, a court official said Thursday.
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China on Wednesday hailed the swift execution of the nation's former drug safety chief as a warning to corrupt officials while detailing a web of graft that thrived for years without punishment.
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A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said on Thursday.
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A former military prosecutor in the Democratic of Congo is sentenced to death by a military court for murder.
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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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The husband of the late state Controller Kathy Augustine was convicted Friday of killing her by injecting her with a paralyzing drug that FBI experts detected in her system months after her death.
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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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Disgraced former US Olympic champion sentenced to prison for lying to investigators about steroid use
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BEIJING -- China's former top drug regulator was sentenced to death today for taking bribes to approve untested medicines, as the country's main quality control agency announced its first recall system targeting unsafe food products.
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Eric I. Tsao, a former scientist at the Gaithersburg biotech firm, was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison on charges stemming from a series of improper stock trades.  -The Washington Post
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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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Indonesia's Supreme Court convicted a former state airline pilot on Friday in the poisoning death of a prominent human rights activist and sentenced him to 20 years in prison, a court official said.
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Disgraced ex-Formula One boss Yu Zhifei is jailed for four years for his part in a corruption scandal.
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A California jury sentenced Scott Peterson today to death by injection for murdering his pregnant wife two years ago.
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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 Chinese research assistant for The Times served three years in prison on a conviction that sparked outrage.