2009年2月21日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

44 miners dead, 65 trapped in China mine blast (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:14 AM CST

AP - A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 44 miners and trapping another 65 in the still burning shaft, state media said.

Clinton ends China visit with church, Web chat (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:42 AM CST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) listens to a clergy as she walks out after a Sunday service at the Beijing Haidian Christian Church in Beijing February 22, 2009. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her visit to China on Sunday by attending services at a state-sanctioned church, having a conversation with women's rights activists and doing a brief Web chat.


Clinton urges China's continued investment in US (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:08 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, meets with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Clinton and Chinese officials on Saturday agreed to focus their governments' efforts on stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change, putting aside long-standing concerns about human rights. (AP Photo/Oliver Weiken, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China to continue investing in United States Treasury bonds and said Sunday that country's continued investment in the U.S. is a recognition that the two countries depend on each other.


Blast in China coal mine kills 44, dozens trapped (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 10:36 PM CST

Rescue workers carry a body of a victim of a blast in a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province, February 22, 2009. (Yan Yan/Xinhua/Reuters)Reuters - A blast in a coal mine killed 44 miners in China's Shanxi province Sunday but hope grew for 96 others still trapped underground after some used mobile phones to contact their relatives, Xinhua news agency reported.


44 dead, dozens trapped in Chinese mine (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 10:35 PM CST

A miner pushes a cart containing coal at a mine in China. Forty-four people died in a gas explosion in a northern China mine on Sunday, state media reported, the latest disaster to strike the country's notoriously deadly mining industry.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Forty-four workers were confirmed dead and dozens trapped underground after a Chinese coal mine gas blast, the worst accident to hit the nation's mining industry in more than a year, state media said.


Chinese utility tries to join electricity pioneers (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:14 AM CST

AP - As companies abroad slash spending to ride out a global slump, China's biggest utility is pouring money into the multibillion-dollar field of electric power transmission.

Dissidents held during Clinton Beijing visit (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 04:15 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is escorted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, during their meeting in Beijing Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Clinton and Chinese officials on Saturday agreed to focus their governments' efforts on stabilizing the battered global economy and combating climate change, putting aside long-standing concerns about human rights. (AP Photo/Oliver Weiken, Pool)AP - More than a dozen Chinese dissidents have been questioned, followed or detained during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's weekend visit to Beijing, fellow activists said Saturday.


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