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Three inland provinces are wooing Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics company which raised pay in its coastal plant after a string of suicides by workers.

TAUNTING and aggressive teasing have long been seen as disagreeable rites of adolescence, until a string of suicides by bullied students raised awareness of the destructive consequences.

Foxconn, which has experienced a string of suicides among workers at its sprawling, citylike campuses in the southern metropolis of Shenzhen, said it was considering turning the management of some of its worker dormitories over to local governments in China.

Foxconn, which produces electronics and computer components for Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other global companies, has been struggling this year to explain a string of suicides among young workers at its huge complexes in the city of Shenzhen, where the company employs about 420,000 workers.

His comments were the first indication that Beijing may be growing increasingly concerned about labor conditions after a string of suicides at a major factory in southern China and recent demands by workers at other factories for higher salaries and better working conditions.

She has seen the effects up close: Lythcott-Haims lives in Palo Alto, Calif., a community that, following a string of suicides in the past year, has undertaken a period of soul-searching about what parents can do to stem the pressure that young people face.

In February alone, more than 200 Iraqis died in a string of suicide bombings.

Kabul has had a string of suicide attacks in recent weeks.

As this intensified in 2002, with a string of suicide bombings, Israel launched a security crackdown in the occupied territories.

For years, a tormented and medicated Ms. Castelli went through a string of suicide attempts and hospitalizations.

While a string of suicide bombings haunted voters, ordinary Pakistanis have shown that they still believe in democracy.