Harmful uranium missing in China

EIGHT kilograms of radioactive uranium has gone missing in China, delaying the verdict in a trial of four men charged with attempting to sell it on the black market, state media said yesterday.

A court in Guangzhou, capital of China’s southern province of Guangdong, heard the four tried to sell the material between 2005 and January 2007, the China Daily said.

The men were arrested in January after a potential buyer reported them to the authorities. However, police were unable to locate the uranium.