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  • China's "Stubborn Nail" loses house, gets pay-out(photo of "Stubborn Nail" included)

    04/03/2007 6:33:18 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 15 replies · 1,212+ views
    AFP ^ | 04/03/07 | Robert J. Saiget
    China's "Stubborn Nail" loses house, gets pay-out by Robert J. Saiget 1 hour, 28 minutes ago Workmen in China demolished a house that attained almost iconic status because of its owners' refusal to move for a huge property project, but their three-year battle may have paid off. Wu Ping, whose struggle against the developers earned her the nickname "Stubborn Nail," and her husband had their two-storey brick house in the southwest city of Chongqing demolished late Monday night. Their plight -- thrown into the spotlight partly thanks to dramatic photos of the house sitting in the middle of a massive...