11.   The man, from central Hunan province, left a suicide note, the paper said.

12.   When Liu Wenxiu was growing up in central Hunan province, she never thought of herself as disabled.

13.   With the drought heading into its fourth year, the relief agency also concentrated on providing food, water and shelter in six central Afghan provinces.

14.   A court in central Zhejiang province last month sentenced a leading member of Zhong Gong, Chen Jinlong, to two years in jail for illegally practicing medicine.

15.   A middle-order batsmen, Raza played his first international cricket match also against Zimbabwe last year in Sahiwal, in central Punjab province.

16.   A nightclub in central Shaanxi province greeted them with closed fists.

17.   A police helicopter and boats rescued people from rooftops Monday after Christmas floods inundated communities in central KwaZulu-Natal province.

18.   A dissident in central Anhui province has announced the formation of a branch of the outlawed China Democracy Party, the Hong Kong-based Information Center said.

19.   A military spokesman said warplanes had targeted only a Taliban compound in the nearby city of Tarin Kot, capital of central Uruzgan province.

20.   A further four helicopters will be sent to the central Bamyan province, Berthiaume said.