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Chen ousted for graft

Updated: 2006-09-30 15:11

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, right, checks his watch as he stands with dismissed Communist Party secretary of Shanghai Chen Liangyu, left, during a group photo session after a party meeting in this Sept 13, 2004 file photo. Chen was dismissed Monday Sept. 25, 2006, for alleged corruption, the highest level official to be axed in more than a decade. Han Zheng was appointed acting party chief. [AP]