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Six die in restaurant fire

National
2009-11-19

SIX people were killed and three injured early today after a restaurant went on fire in eastern Shandong Province's Qingyun county, local authorities said. Fire fighters rescued seven people, three of whom suffered...

13 victims in China fireworks blast identified as left-behind kids

National
2009-11-15

THIRTEEN victims, including two dead and 11 injured, in a blast in an illegal fireworks workshop in south China, have been identified as left-behind children, local work safety authorities said yesterday. "Left-behind...

Fire in S.Korea shooting range kills 10

World
2009-11-14

FIRE raced through a South Korean indoor shooting range today, killing at least 10 people, including seven Japanese visitors and their Korean guide, local media reported. Yonhap news agency said the blaze broke...

Fire in S.Korea shooting range kills nine

World
2009-11-14

FIRE raced through a South Korean indoor shooting range today, killing at least nine people, including a Japanese visitor, local media reported. Yonhap news agency said the blaze broke out on the second floor...

5 die in village fire in Guangxi, 196 houses burnt down

National
2009-11-7

FIVE people have been confirmed dead in a village fire yesterday in Sanjiang County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, rescuers said today. A fire-fighting official said 3,276 villagers have fallen...

4 killed in Xinjiang house fire

National
2009-10-27

FOUR people died when their self-built house caught fire at 2:50 am today in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, local police said. The four people included three males and one...

Australia braces for 'highest-risk' bushfire season

World
2009-10-12

AUSTRALIA has begun preparing more than 1,000 fire refuges and will recast its national alert system to warn of "catastrophic" bushfires as a new fire season threatens to eclipse blazes this year which killed 173 people....

NY Times columnist William Safire dead at 79

World
2009-9-28

WILLIAM Safire, the former speechwriter for Richard Nixon who won a Pulitzer Prize writing columns on politics and language for The New York Times, died yesterday, the newspaper said. He was 79. Safire died at...

38 killed in fire at Kazakh drug treatment center

World
2009-9-13

A FIRE at a drug treatment center in southern Kazakhstan killed 38 people early today, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. Rescuers evacuated 40 people from the building in the southern town of Taldykorgan,...

Fire kills 9, injures 6 in Jilin

National
2009-9-6

NINE people were confirmed dead and six others injured after a farm produce market caught fire this morning in northeast China's Jilin province, according to local government sources. The fire occurred at around...