One-child policy eased for quake victims
June 12, 2008
May 27, 2008 04:30 AM
Cara Anna
Associated Press
BEIJING–Parents whose only child was killed or maimed in China’s earthquake would be allowed to have another, officials who administer the country’s one-child policy in part of the disaster zone said yesterday.
Couples whose only child was killed, severely injured or disabled in the quake can get a certificate allowing them to have another child, said the Chengdu Population and Family Planning Committee, which oversees the policy in the capital of Sichuan province.
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Body parts sent to wrong address
March 4, 2007
Liver, part of a head mistakenly delivered to house instead of research lab; 28 other packages, intended for medical research, could have gone astray
Mar 03, 2007 04:32 PM
Associated Press
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Two packages containing human body parts – including a liver and part of a head – meant for a medical research lab instead were delivered to a home.
The body parts, sent from China, were mistakenly dropped off Thursday at Franck and Ludivine Larmande’s home by a DHL express driver who believed the bubble-wrapped items were pieces to a table.
“My husband started to unwrap one and said, ‘This is strange, it looks like a liver,’” Ludivine Larmande said. “He started the second one, but stopped as soon as we saw the ear.
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