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January 21, 2009 Wednesday
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THE man at the centre of the China Aviation Oil (CAO) scandal which rocked the corporate world back in 2004, Mr Chen Jiulin, returned to China on Tuesday after spending two years and 10 months in prison.

 
Japan contractor nabbed

TOKYO - THE former head of a Japanese construction firm was arrested on Tuesday for an illegal transfer of cash reportedly used to pay bribes in other Asian countries, prosecutors said.

Top cop jailed over deadly fire

BEIJING - A SENIOR police officer was sentenced to 11 years in prison in south China for graft and dereliction of duty that resulted in a nightclub fire that killed 44 people, state media reported on Tuesday.

Japan PM faces reading test

TOKYO - JAPANESE Prime Minister Taro Aso faced a rare challenge from an opposition lawmaker in parliament on Tuesday - a reading test.

   
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