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JINAN Cheap Ultra Boost Grey , June 5 (Xinhua) -- Cult members who allegedly beat a woman to death on May 28 at a McDonalds outlet in Zhaoyuan City, east China's Shandong Province, have shown no remorse for their brutal act.


Suspect Zhang Lidong, 54, was a successful businessman before becoming obsessed with the Quannengshen (almighty god) cult seven years ago, he said in an interview with Xinhua on Sunday. Zhang was influenced by his daughter Zhang Fan, 30 Cheap Ultra Boost Triple Black , who was the first in the family to join the cult after reading a book about it.


Trying to recruit new members, Zhang and five others allegedly beat Wu, mother of a seven-year-old boy, to death when she refused to give them her telephone number. Zhang's son called the victim a "devil" and "evil spirit" and then they all attacked her.


The suspects included Zhang, his two daughters, his son under the age of 14, his partner and a friend of his elder daughter.


Zhang Fan said she donated more than 100 Cheap Ultra Boost Black ,000 yuan (16,000 U.S. dollars) when she joined the cult. On the night prior to the beating, she beat her pet dog to death, which they also believed was an "evil spirit".


Both father and elder daughter said they neither felt afraid of the law nor repented for what they had done.


First coming to light in the 1990s in central China's Henan Province, Quannengshen claims that Jesus has been resurrected as Yang Xiangbin, wife of the sect's founder Zhao Weishan, also known as Xu Wenshan. The couple fled to the U.S. in September 2000.


China currently lists 14 such illegal cults Cheap Ultra Boost Triple White , including Quannengshen and Falungong.


Nine key members of Quannengshen were arrested in Changde City, Hunan Province, said the Changde Public Security Bureau on Thursday.


Previously, five Quannengshen members were sentenced to prison for three years or three years and a half in Henan Province and four others in Liaoning Province were given to three to four years in jail for their illegal activities.


SEOUL, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean economy saw its manufacturing activities falter, boosting expectations for new economy-boosting policies under the top economic policymaker who will take office soon, a government report showed Tuesday.


"Our economy maintained stable consumer prices and employment Cheap Ultra Boost White , but industrial activity reduced for the second straight month in May amid a sharp fall in activity in the manufacturing and mining sectors," the finance ministry said in its monthly economic assessment called Green Book.


The dim assessment was in line with comments made by Choi Kyung- hwan, nominated as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister.


Choi said at the parliamentary confirmation hearing that he planned to boost the faltering domestic market by easing the housing market regulations such as the loan-to-value (LTV) and debt-to-income (DTI) ratios.


Choi said the economy is now in a bad shape enough to require the supplementary budget plan, heralding new economy-boosting policies, but he noted the extra-budget scheme will not be necessary for the time being.


Choi will take office after the hearing. The parliamentary confirmation is a ceremonial event in the country as the cabinet members cannot be vetoed by lawmakers except for the prime minister.


The ministry said the economic recovery remained sluggish amid weak investment and private consumption that had yet to see full recovery, noting the economy was facing several external risks such as the tapering of the U.S. quantitative easing, uncertainties in emerging economies and the weak trend of the Japanese yen.


Production in the manufacturing and mining industries shrank 2. 7 percent in May after falling 0.1 percent in April. The consecutive falls were attributed to less business days and lackluster exports.


Retail sales Cheap Ultra Boost , which were hit hard by the deadly ferry disaster, increased 1.4 percent in May, rebounding from a 1.6 percent reduction in the prior month.The ferry Sewol capsized and sank off the southwestern coast on April 16, leaving more than 300 people, mostly high school students, dead or missing.


Production in the service industry rebounded from a 1.2 percent fall in April to a 0.6 percent growth in May.


Facility investment declined 1.4 percent in May after rising 2. 4 percent in the prior month, and investment in the construction sector plunged 6 percent in May Adidas Ultra Boost Grey Sale , down from a 6.9 percent gain in April.


Consumer prices rose 1.7 percent in June from a year earlier, unchanged from the prior month and staying in the stable level.


The number of people employed increased 413,000 in May from a year earlier, down from a 581,000 expansion in April.


Exports, which account for about half of the economy, gained 2. 5 percent in June from a year earlier after falling 1 percent in May.


Fifty countries so far have signed on to the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons. If they follow through by ratifying it Adidas Ultra Boost Triple Black Sale , the treaty will take effect.


States began signing the pact Wednesday. The world's existing nuclear powers oppose it, saying a ban could be dangerous.


Guyana, the Vatican and Thailand have already ratified the treaty. The threshold for it to take effect is 50 countries, who by ratifying it, would bar themselves from developing, testing, producing Adidas Ultra Boost Black Sale , manufacturing, or otherwise acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons "under any circumstances."


Supporters of the pact say it's time to push harder toward eliminating atomic weapons than nations have done through the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.


Nuclear powers say the nonproliferation treaty is making a difference.


LONDON, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Seven-time champion Roger Federer and three-time winner Novak Djokovic advanced into the third round at Wimbledon both with straight set victories here on Thurdsday.


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