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Killing after mahjong fight - July 31, 2008

SINGAPORE, July 30th - After a fight about mahjong noise, Mrs. Li was found dead in het apartment.
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/story/0,4136,172025,00.html

Playing mahjong in the 'Mother of all Queues' - July 30, 2008

BEIJING, July 30th - Chinese people face the 'Mother of all Queues' while trying to get tickets for the Olympics. They kill time by playing mahjong.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4393531.ece

Gucci presents 'Olympic design mahjong set' - July 27, 2008

BEIJING, August 7th (update) - Italian designing company Gucci has produced a special 'design mahjong set' on the occasion of the Olympic Games 2008. It costs USD 3,150.
http://www.mahjongnews.com/gucciset.htm

Mahjong for big money in Macau - July 27, 2008

MACAU, July 27th, 2008 - Big money can be won on the World Series tournament that will take place later this year in Macau, China. The World Series of Mahjong will be held from September 19-21, 2008 at Wynn Macau resort in Macau. The total prize money will be 1 million US dollar at the least.
http://www.mahjongnews.com/worldseries2008.htm

Mahjong Museum in Chengdu opens - July 27, 2008

In Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, a new museum is opened. The museum is the first one in China that combines the country's mah-jong and tea culture together. Chengdu was the place where last year the second World Championship in Mahjong took place. In Chiba, Japan, there is also a mahjong museum.
http://www.mahjongnews.com/chengdumuseum.htm

Theatre play about mahjong - July 17, 2008

NEW YORK, July 17th The Men of Mahjong is the title of a new play by the Electric Theatre Company, which will be staged in New York this autumn. It is about four elderly men, who secretly take up the game of mahjong, which in the United States is mainly a female affair.
http://www.mahjongnews.com/menofmahjong.htm

MahjongTime adapts to EMA Riichi Rules - July 15, 2008

SAN DIEGO, July 15th, 2008 - Mahjong Time, the popular internet mahjong server, is changing the 'Japanese Modern Rules'. Not only are these rules renamed to 'Riichi Competition Rules', but they are also synchronized with the EMA Riichi Rules. The EMA rules were successfully used during the recent European Riichi Mahjong Championship 2008 in Hanover, Germany.
http://www.mahjongnews.com/emariichi.htm