at a glance

Officials suspended

FIVE railway officials had been suspended after the train crash that killed 72 people and injured 416 in East China's Shandong Province, authorities said Sunday.

Olympic tickets

THE third round of domestic ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics started yesterday but the online purchasing system seemed to hit a snag again, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.

Rainstorms

RAINSTORMS that have lashed central China's Hubei Province since Friday have left three people dead, the provincial civil affairs authority said Sunday.