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Chinese sentenced to death over tainted milk

By Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai and Kathrin Hille in Beijing

Published: January 22 2009 07:09 | Last updated: January 22 2009 17:03

A Chinese court today sentenced two men to death and jailed a dairy company boss for life, in an apparent attempt to assuage public outrage at the tainted milk scandal that killed six babies and made 300,000 ill last year.

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