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China: Teacher Sentenced to Death for Raping Schoolgirls

A teacher in Changhe Township, in northwestern Dingxi City, has been sentenced to death for raping 18 third- and fourth-grade girls, the state news media reported. In 2005, another teacher in Changhe was sentenced to death for raping 23 fourth- and fifth-grade students, the Xinhua News Agency said. It said local officials would not say if the teachers were at the same school.