2009年2月22日星期日

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Rescue ending at Chinese mine where 74 killed (AP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:26 AM CST

A woman cries for her husband who was killed in a mine blast in Gujiao in north China's Shanxi province Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. The blast has killed 74 miners with at least 22 still missing. (AP Photo)AP - Rescuers ended efforts Monday to find more survivors at a northern China coal mine where at least 74 people were killed the day before in underground explosions in the country's deadliest mine disaster in a year.


Managers sacked after deadly China mine blast: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:07 AM CST

A coal miner outside the state-owned Ximing mine in the western hills outside of Taiyuan in northern China's Shanxi province. Three top managers have been fired after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed 74 workers, according to state press, as the government ordered a probe into the blast.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - Three top managers have been fired after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China killed 74 workers, according to state press, as the government ordered a probe into the blast.


Water plants reopen after chemical leak in China (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 11:20 PM CST

AP - Two water plants shut for three days after a massive chemical leak in eastern China resumed operation Monday, local officials and state media confirmed.

Blast in China coal mine kills 74 (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:05 PM CST

Relatives mourn a mine blast victim at a rest house in Gujiao, Shanxi province February 23, 2009. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - An explosion in a mine belonging to China's biggest coking coal producer killed 74 miners in Shanxi province on Sunday and scores more were rescued after being trapped underground for hours.


Heavy security as Tibetans prepare for new year (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:48 PM CST

Reuters - Tibetans are preparing to mark their new year this week amid a heavy police presence and with Internet services cut in at least one area a year after unrest which ended in deadly riots in Lhasa and elsewhere.

The Art of the Proverb (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:00 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - Here’s a lesson on when to use Chinese proverbs and who to use them with.

70 sick in China after eating tainted pig organs (AP)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:49 PM CST

AP - At least 70 people in southern China fell ill after eating pig organs contaminated by a banned animal feed additive, state media said Monday.

Clinton says U.S. and China are in the same economic boat (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Feb 2009 02:56 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) looks at Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi during a news conference in Beijing February 21, 2009. (Guang Niu/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - China and the United States are both dependent on a revival of the U.S. economy and will rise or fall together, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a visit to Beijing on Sunday.


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