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Death toll in southwest China coal mine gas blast rises to 16
Publish Date : 1/31/2007 12:09:00 PM Source : Asia Pacific News ExpressNewsline.com
The death toll from a coal mine gas explosion in southwest China's Guizhou Province has risen to 16 with the body of the last missing miner found, local officials said today.
Rescuers found the body while clearing debris from the shaft late yesterday. The bodies of all the miners killed in the blast have been recovered, said a spokesman for the Guizhou Provincial Bureau of Work Safety.
The blast happened early Sunday in the Yile Coal Mine located at Shuitang Town. Twenty-five miners were working underground when the explosion occurred, and only nine managed to escape, Xinhua news agency quoted local officials as saying.
The owner of the coal mine has been ordered to report regularly to local police and an investigation into the cause of the explosion is under way.
China's huge coal mine sector is faced with frequent mine accidents. There were 2,945 coal mine accidents in China last year in which 4,746 people died, equivalent to 13 miners dead per day.
China jacks up charges on reclaiming land from sea
Publish Date : 3/5/2007 7:17:00 AM
China has hiked charges on reclaiming land from sea to curb an upsurge of the practice that has damaged the oceanic environment.
China-Sri Lanka ties enter new stage: Chinese Premier
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:31:00 AM
Sino-Sri Lankan relations have entered a new stage of comprehensive cooperation, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here today, a day after the two sides inked eight agreements to cement their friendship.
China expels three lawmakers, 2 advisors linked to corruption
Publish Date : 3/1/2007 8:22:00 AM
China today expelled three lawmakers from parliament and two senior advisors for their alleged involvement in corruption.
China's oldest handwritten copy of Koran restored
Publish Date : 2/26/2007 8:33:00 AM
Chinese experts have restored a deteriorating 700-year-old handwritten copy of the Koran, the nation's oldest, in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
Chinese police capture 'corridor robber'
Publish Date : 2/26/2007 8:32:00 AM
One of China's most wanted criminal, suspected of murdering three women and assaulting many others during a robbery spree in northeast Liaoning Province has been arrested, police said today.
Wife lured ex-lover to his death, court told
Publish Date : 2/26/2007 8:31:00 AM
A couple has been charged with the murder of an Indian-origin man who allegedly had an affair with the wife.
Gender imbalance, work pressure to leave many men single
Publish Date : 2/24/2007 8:42:00 AM
Chinese men born after the 1970s could find it difficult to find a spouse as baby boys have been outnumbering girls since the 1980s, according to a report by the China Juvenile Research Centre (CJRC).
China steps up diplomacy on Iranian nuclear issue
Publish Date : 2/24/2007 8:36:00 AM
Amid an adverse IAEA report on Iranian nuclear issue, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing today spoke to his Iranian counterpart on the need to find a "peaceful" solution through diplomacy on Tehran's atomic ambitions.
Japan PM's approval ratings decline
Publish Date : 2/5/2007 8:35:00 AM
Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dipped to a low of 40 per cent, almost 25 percentage points down from when he first took office, a new poll showed.
China's closes national museum for major overhaul
Publish Date : 2/1/2007 9:45:00 AM
The National Museum of China here has been closed for a three-year overhaul that will make it the world's largest arts and history museum.
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