Life & Culture -- May 2, 2006

• Beijing reports higher Caesarean birth rate
• Downpours to strike during May Day holidays
• 'Green Box' targets electronic waste
• Huge bronzeware unearthed in NW China
• Officials sacked over 'sky-high' hospital bill

• Online call girl exposes Brazil's sex myths
• Paramedics weigh up ways to get patients to hospital
• Rhode Island embarks on wireless network
• Statute to end schistosomiasis takes effect
• Used computers cause headaches

• Vigilantes snap sex pests in action