The other defendants - Ye Weihua, Zhen Dingliang and Si Chenqiao, - each sold one kidney for 50,000 yuan.

Chen's brother Chen Lin attended the court hearing together with a group of Hebei University students.

VAMPIRES, a man in drag and a deadbeat dad scored the most Razzie nominations for the worst films and cinematic performances of 2012, the annual Hollywood lowlight awards said yesterday, the day before the Oscar nominations are announced.

The narrow Malacca Strait, shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, is a major shipping route for oil as it is the shortest sea route between the Middle East and Asia. One-third of the world's shipping trade goes through it.

Bicycles Solving Some Problems in Taipei, Creating Others The city of Taipei, Taiwan is offering its 2.6 million people a fast, low-cost way to travel around the city. City officials have launched a bicycle rental program called YouBike. Many Taiwanese are now using bicycles to go to work and other places. But the growing popularity of the program has led to new traffic problems.