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Friday, Oct 26, 2012 07:38 AM PDT

Exam students in China for whom the bell tolled too early 
Friday, Oct 26, 2012 07:38 AM PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - A man in central China has been sentenced to a year in jail for ringing a bell to end a national college entrance exam too early, forcing the students to hand in their papers nearly five minutes before the exam should have ended, state media said on Friday. Xiao Yulong, 54, admitted having rung the bell at the school in the province of Hunan four minutes and 48 seconds early "by mistake" on June 8, meaning 1,050 students had to hand in their exams before they were required to do so, the official Xinhua news agency reported. ...
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Gloved-up Hong Kong city slickers fight "mid-life crisis" 
Friday, Oct 26, 2012 06:24 AM PDT
Andrew Wylde from Hatstand Consulting fights with Richard Rouse from HSBC during the Hedge Fund Fight Nite white collar charity boxing event in Hong KongHONG KONG (Reuters) - Adam Gazal trained for six months to stand in the ring for six minutes of live boxing. He remembers the noise, and not much else, and said he'd like to try it again, though he realizes that the time in the gym took time away from home. "I think my wife will divorce me if I go through another six months of training," Gazal, 35, said after the fight. The managing partner of National Australia Bank was one of 14 contenders who took part in Hong Kong's sixth annual IronMonger Hedge Fund Fight Night, a fundraising event that is now a staple of the city's financial community. ...
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