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Beijing Media Top Stories: Stock exchange market, examination and sentence ...Posted by Tsingsong, June 7, 2005 7:42 PM
 1. Shanghai stock exchange index drops 1000 points 2. 115 thousand Beijing students get into college entrance examination rooms 3. The criminals of Jingmin building fire disaster are sentenced to 6 years imprisonment 4. Four women football team members in "Eight One (People's Liberation Army)" club force their coach to resign 5. Switzerland joins Schengen zone by public votes The pictured front page is from The Beijing News 新京报. It features a photo of one of the college entrance examination rooms in Beijing. |
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