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42 miners die in blast, 66 trapped

2009-11-22

A GAS explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China yesterday, killing at least 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground w...


Express railway link on schedule

A KEY express railway project linking Beijing to Shanghai took a major step forward yesterday when workers finished the steel structure of a railway s...


Tide turns on Obama popularity


Expo assets for auction

Car plate prices closer to record

SHANGHAI'S car plate prices rose for a second month in November and set the second-highest record for this year. Dealers said rising fuel prices d...


Express railway link on schedule

A KEY express railway project linking Beijing to Shanghai took a major step forward yesterday when workers finished the steel structure of a railway s...


Unsupported health charges spoil bun sales

THE Shanghai Food and Drug administration has begun examining Yang's Fried Buns, a chain selling a traditional Shanghai-style snack likely to be serve...


6-year-old critical as city posts 1st serious child case of H1N1


Vegetable-aquatic mix takes patent center stage

Lin makes sure old news is good news for environment

CONFRONTED with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwan fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote b...


42 miners die in blast, 66 trapped

A GAS explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China yesterday, killing at least 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground w...


16 scientists set to study river system

SIXTEEN Chinese scientists will start an exploratory mission of the Mekong River next week, team leader Tao Baoxiang said. Huo Mingyuan, chief sci...


Gas giants lift output as supply runs short


Chinese authors call for revised offer by Google

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1850, Lin Zexu, also known as Lin Tse-hsü, one of the most famous patriotic officials...

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Money talks

Visitors consult exhibitors about financial knowledge at the 2009 Money Fair International Exposition, which opened yesterday at Shanghai Exhibition C...


Gold demand sparkles in Q3

CHINA'S retail demand for gold rose to a record high in the third quarter on a stronger economic growth, an industry report said. The outlook for ...


Few loans on low interest rates

LOW interest rates, especially the deposit rate, would discourage financial institutions from providing adequate financing to the real economy, Zhou X...


Auto sector tax income rises on output and sales


VW and Porsche drive nearer to merger


ECB head favors exit of some measures


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Heaving golden weights


Reds hold City but lose duo

DANIEL Agger and Ryan Babel added to Liverpool's injury woes yesterday in a lively 2-2 English Premier League draw with big-spending Manchester City...


Westwood on a roll in Dubai

A FLAWLESS round of 66 by Lee Westwood, and late mistakes by his young Race to Dubai rival Rory McIlroy, gave the Englishman a huge advantage with o...


Mercedes plays down Schumi rumors


Federer eyes year-end top spot

Carter charity continues


Proton beams circulate again in science's Big Bang machine

SCIENTISTS have switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the US$10 billion machine suffered a spectacular failure more th...


Monks set for joint ceremony

SOUTH Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea yesterday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continuing civil exchange des...


MJ doctor says others gave him propofol


Cops hold two linked to Mumbai terrorism


Champion with a warm heart

ONE of world golf's champion players and course designers, Gary Player has a heart of gold when it comes to using his fame to make a better life for t...

Tapping into the lives of migrants

COLM Toibin is a multi-award winning author and journalist from Enniscorthy, Ireland. He has written 20 works of fiction and non-fiction exploring Iri...


Hand-crafted screwball fun

IT may not merit the adjective in its title, yet the animated yarn "Fantastic Mr Fox" offers some of the most goofy fun you'll have at a theater this ...


Mr Willis simple and splendid


Mansions sprinkled between malls and offices on Nanjing Road

Recognizing the right time for 'do-nothing' strategy

WHEN you think about doing business, the first things that come to mind probably aren't non-action, non-competitiveness and harmony. Working with...


'This time is different' deja vu

LOW interest rates, together with a loosening of controls, are largely blamed for the US housing bubble which burst in 2007 and led to the global fina...


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G20 too quick to claim credit for recovery from global recession

Peru: 1.5 pounds of nails pulled from man's stomach

"THEY call me the hardware store," says Requelme Abanto from his hospital bed in northern Peru. Doctors in...


SKorean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try


US woman, daughter hold signs admitting theft

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Teen girl struggles to recover from lightning strike

A 13-YEAR-OLD girl who was struck by lightning in July is struggling to recover and now has the IQ of a one-ye...

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