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Beijing Media Top Stories: audit, football and British pride ...

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1. The National Audit Office (NAO) found misuse of funds totaling 9.06 billion yuan in 38 government departments in 2004

2. Chinese Football Super League decides to continue using upgrade and demoting system in 2006

3. Britain holds event to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in Portsmouth, southern England

4. A girl gets robbed and attacked in a toilet in Yong He Gong subway station of Beijing

5. A drunk driver kills his pregnant wife in accident

The pictured front page is from Beijing Youth Daily. It features a photo of a plainclothes policewoman going to work undercover.

 
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