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NEWS ABOUT: Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia stories: 2 news summaries

 Six Busted 
 in China 
 Milk Scandal 

Men nabbed in main dairy region

Oct 6, 08 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six people have been arrested in connection with the tainted milk scandal in China, Reuters reports. The arrests were made in Hohhot, capital of China's main dairy producing region. Thousands of Chinese children have developed kidney problems from drinking milk formula contaminated by melamine. Four have died.  More »

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China • Inner Mongolia • melamine • arrest • milk formula • Hohhot • Yili Industrial Group

World's Tallest Man Weds, But Wife Doesn't Measure Up

Mongolian marries
5'6" hometown honey

Jul 12, 07 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 7-foot, 9-inch livestock herder from Inner Mongolia has tied the knot with a saleswoman two-thirds his height and almost half his age. Bao Xishun, 56, and Xia Shujuan, 29, had a traditional Mongolian ceremony and extravagant reception, and some 15 businesses looking to get in on the publicity sponsored... More »

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China • Inner Mongolia • marriage • wedding • tallest man in the world • tall • height • Bao Xishun • lamb • yurt • herdsman

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