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Ma Jiajue executed

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All the front pages of today's newspapers are terrible, but Beijing Youth Daily gets the award because it is slightly less terrible than the others.

Public meeting about increasing domestic-use electricity prices to happen soon

Ma Jiajue executed
Ma Jiajue was a student in Kunming who murdered four of his classmates.

Headlines from other newspapers:

Beijing Morning Post 北京晨报
奥组委62个职位公开招贤
Beijing Olympic Games Organizing Committee opens 62 job vacancies to public

The Beijing News 新京报
北京“禁放令”有望明年修订
Beijing's fireworks ban might be revised next year

People's Daily 人民日报
胡锦涛主席出席上海合作组织塔什干峰会并发表重要讲话
Hu Jintao attends the Shanghai Co-operation Organization (SCO) summit and delivers an important speech

Beijing Daily Messenger 北京娱乐信报
爱丽舍系列今起大幅降价
Elysee series car starts price war

YESTERDAY'S EVENING PAPERS

Beijing Evening News 北京晚报
一年中不利环保天气占40%
Annually, 40% of weather conditions harm the environment

Shanghai Xinmin Evening News 新民晚报
一片爱心来“补心”
Compassion to "make up heart"
(Public help to a girl suffering from heart disease)

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