It was the 24th consecutive year of increase since the ministry started compiling such statistics in fiscal 1990.
China's traffic authorities have punished offenders in more than 60,000 cases of illegally occupying emergency lanes on highways during a week-long holiday campaign.
A total of 1,603 criminal defendants were declared innocent by Chinese courts from the beginning of 2013 to the end of 2014, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said on Monday.
Several national authorities jointly issued a rule on Sunday designed to ensure that lawyers are not impeded in their practices. It also prohibits public statements designed to manipulate public opinion or pressure law enforcement.
A UN body fears that there will be more cases of typhoid in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp after the number of confirmed cases nearly doubled in a single day this week, a UN spokesperson told journalists here Thursday.
Infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea increased to 179 Wednesday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said.
South Korean reported three more cases of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and two deaths on Monday, bringing the total contagion cases to 172 and the death toll to 27.
China increased its alert against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) over the past week, as the country's first patient in, a South Korean national, recovers in the hospital.
Deaths from infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) increased to 16 in South Korea as two more deaths were reported Monday, while the MERS infection rose to 150 with five new cases, the health ministry said.
"I'm fine," a Chinese girl studying in South Korea told her families on Wednesday, trying to cool down their anxiety as rampant MERS closes schools and sees more masked faces across the streets in the Asian country.
The number of dengue fever cases in Brazil is expected to further increase, Health Minister Arthur Chioro said Monday.
Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan on Thursday hailed " dramatic progress" the Ebola-stricken West African countries have made in the fight against the deadly disease and said she is " looking for ways" to help them move into an early recovery phase.
China has formulated measures to name and shame officials who interfere in judicial cases, in a move it hopes will prevent this common problem and advance the rule of law.
Chinese officials who meddle in judicial cases could now find their names in a newly created blacklist by the central authorities.
The number of H7N9 human cases in south China's Guangdong Province has climbed to 53, with one new case reported, local health authorities said on Friday.
The number of human H7N9 cases in south China's Guangdong Province is now 51, with a new case reported Monday, local health authorities said Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia registered Monday five new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) corona virus cases, including two critical ones, the Health Ministry said.
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