However, Mr. Wei said he remains confident that the ministry could get enough financing in the future with the support of the central government.

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According to court documents in Miami, Wei admitted to agents after Li's arrest that he knew about Li's smuggling and had purchased rhinoceros carvings from Li that apparently had been smuggled from the United States.

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Exhausted as Wei was by the 13-hour trip and the medical exams, he needed only a few days' rest before stepping out into the spotlight.

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But Wei's lack of medical insurance didn't seem very important after he arrived last week, making Henry Ford the focal point of a major international news story.

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Showalter has been keeping his starters away from AL East competition, and he'll import a minor league pitcher to start instead of LHP Wei-Yin Chen.

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The plan marks Lord Wei's re-emergence into public life after more than a year in which he has given no interviews.

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Conservative peer Lord Wei, who at 35 is the youngest member of the House of Lords, says he wants members of the baby-boomer generation involved.

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"When Putin came here to open a Pacific Rim exhibition, he was surprised to see Chinese people selling things in the markets, " says Wei Dai Tong, the Vladivostok merchant.

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He's just the third to play the tournament, after Liang Wen Chong in 2008 and Lian Wei Zhang in 2004.

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