China to expand use of lethal injection
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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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China is touting the pre-emptive measures it has taken to cooperate with the world&#39;s public health establishment in fighting bird flu.
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BEIJING -- Every few days, Houston businessman Richard Weissenborn receives injections of a radical new cancer drug at a hospital here.
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China&#39;s Legislature approved a revised version of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, Saturday. The law, which requires the government guarantee funds
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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China has executed fewer people since the country's highest court was given authority to review death sentences at the start of this year, state media reported on Friday.
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China will launch a long-term offensive against dangerous medicines and bad foods that have alarmed consumers, the government announced in a plan that vows stronger export controls.
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China is stepping up controls on dental care products, state media reported yesterday amid international alarm over Chinese toothpaste producers' use of a potentially toxic chemical found in antifreeze.
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China introduces new laws allowing foreigners to apply for longer residency rights.
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Lethal gas is used for the first time to execute a condemned man, in the belief that it is more humane than other methods. Compiled by Tony Long.
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China on Wednesday hailed the swift execution of the nation's former drug safety chief as a warning to other corrupt officials while detailing a web of graft that thrived for years without punishment.
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A giant global producer, China is expanding its role as a consumer and, in the process, creating threats and opportunity.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on whether lethal injection causes excruciating pain for death row inmates and violates the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." The three dozen states that perform lethal injections use the three-drug mixture at issue in this case.
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China will prosecute people who deliberately infect others with HIV, state media said on Wednesday.
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China has approved human testing of a domestically developed Aids vaccine and pledged to speed up approvals of new drugs to fight the disease.
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The three drugs most commonly used in lethal injections in the United States:
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Texas Governor Rick Perry commuted the death sentence of a man hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, a rare occurrence in America's most active capital punishment state.