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Rescue launched for 7 trapped miners in Heilongjiang

National
2009-11-13

RESCUERS are attempting to find seven workers trapped underground after a coal mine was flooded yesterday in northeast China. The flooding occurred at around 3:30 pm at the privately-owned Guoming mine, in Baoqing...

3 children die in north China school canteen collapse

National
2009-11-12

THREE children died and 28 were injured when a primary school canteen in north China's Hebei Province collapsed in heavy snow late yesterday, the local authority said today. The accident happened at Longfeng Private...

2 girls found dead after Malaysia bridge collapse

World
2009-10-29

AN official says police have found the bodies of two schoolgirls who fell into a river when the bridge they were walking on collapsed in northern Malaysia earlier this week. A police official in Kampar town in...

One dead, two missing in Malaysia bridge collapse

World
2009-10-27

ONE child drowned and two others were missing today after a group of Malaysian schoolchildren plunged into a river when a suspension bridge they were crossing collapsed last night, according to police. They were...

Malaysia bridge collapses, 22 children feared dead

World
2009-10-27

TWENTY-TWO Malaysian schoolchildren were feared drowned after plunging into a river when a suspension bridge they were crossing collapsed last night, according to police. The 22 were part of a group of nearly...

3 miners rescued after being trapped for 8 days

National
2009-10-25

THREE coal mine workers were rescued early this morning after being trapped underground for more than eight days in the northwest Shaanxi Province. Rescuers pulled up the three men to the ground from the pit of...

Police detain suspects in coal mine clash

National
2009-10-21

POLICE in Linxian County of Shanxi Province have detained 24 suspects who were allegedly involved in a violent clash last week over the ownership of a coal mine. Four people died and 14 were injured during the fighting,...

Gas leak kills 10 miner

National
2009-10-9

A COAL mine gas leak has killed 10 miners in China's southwestern Guizhou Province, local authorities said today. A group of 14 miners were working underground in an unlicensed coal mine when the accident took...

21 for trial over July riot in Urumqi

National
2009-9-26

THE procuratorate of Urumqi yesterday brought charges against 21 suspects in July's riot. The riot in the capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region left 197 people dead and more than 1,600...

Xinjiang police capture terrorist group

National
2009-9-16

POLICE in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have captured a terrorist group together with materials and tools to make explosives, China's anti-terrorist authorities announced today. Six suspects, including ringleaders...