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Issue: July 29, 2008 (Archive)

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Perfect storm batters markets
A "perfect storm" battered global stocks yesterday with a huge plunge in the Japanese market sparking a selloff throughout Asia and Europe.

ICAC heat set for cop guilty of meals scam
A magistrate has asked the Independent Commission Against Corruption to open an investigation into a police district commander after finding him guilty of corruption.

Trio charged in HKMEx saga
Three of the four men arrested in connection with the trading platform set up by Executive Councillor Barry Cheung Chun-yuen have been charged with possessing a false instrument.

Fridge find uncovers sickening murder
A truck driver in Henan is being accused of killing and dismembering his wife and then feeding parts of her body to a dog.

Teachers flunk English
More than half of would-be teachers - and even some already in the profession - may not be allowed to teach English in the next school year.

World Cup victory for TVB
TVB will fork out HK$400 million after winning back the right to broadcast the coveted football World Cup.

Transplant patient gets wrong heart
Doctors at the center of a bungled heart transplant in which the donor organ came from a person of an incompatible blood type had noticed the mismatch.

Black marks for weathermen
The observatory came under fire for its handling of the black rainstorm warnings.

Deluge sets off landslides
More than 11,400 lightning flashes lit up the sky before dawn yesterday as torrential rains, prompting the first black rainstorm warning in nearly three years, caused landslides and flooding.

HKMEx swoop forces Cheung to take leave
Embattled Executive Council member Barry Cheung Chun-yuen late last night announced he is taking leave from all public offices after police opened an investigation into the failed trading platform he set up.

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