2009年11月28日星期六

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Yahoo! News: World - China


US man wanted for ecoterror sentenced in China (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 02:57 PM PST

AP - An American man wanted for ecoterrorism attacks in the western United States has been sentenced to three years in a Chinese prison for making illegal drugs.

Three Americans die in Shanghai plane crash: officials (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 12:50 PM PST

A Chinese policeman guards the wreckage of a cargo plane carrying seven crew that crashed during take off in Shanghai. Three American crew members were killed and four other crew were injured when a cargo plane crashed during take-off in Shanghai on Saturday, officials said.(AFP)AFP - Three American crew members were killed and four other crew were injured when a cargo plane crashed during take-off in Shanghai on Saturday, officials said.


16 missing in China mine accident: government (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 12:49 PM PST

A map of northeast China showing the location of Meihekou city in Jilin province. A flood at a coal mine in northeast China has trapped 16 workers, the government said Saturday, in the latest accident to strike China's notoriously dangerous mining sector.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - A flood at a coal mine in northeast China has trapped 16 workers, the government said Saturday, in the latest accident to strike China's notoriously dangerous mining sector.


First lawsuit starts in China milk scandal: state media (AFP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:41 AM PST

A child walks past a group of journalists gathered around tearful parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk during a media briefing held on a Beijing sidewalk in January 2009. A Chinese court has started to hear the first civil lawsuit seeking compensation for last year's tainted milk scandal, state-run media reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A Chinese court has started to hear the first civil lawsuit seeking compensation for last year's tainted milk scandal, state-run media reported Saturday.


3 Americans die in cargo plane crash in China (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:21 AM PST

Security officials stand guard at the crash site of a cargo plane at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China, Saturday Nov. 28, 2009. A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane crashed in flames during takeoff from Shanghai's main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four others on board.


Flooding traps 16 in northern China coal mine (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 05:40 AM PST

A coal miner rests while participating in the search and rescue operation at the Xinxing coal mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang province, China, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing over a hundred, had too many workers underground in an effort to increase output, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country's insatiable energy demands. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Flooding trapped 16 coal miners in northeastern China on Saturday, while the death toll from a gas blast at another mine rose to 10.


Cargo plane crashes in Shanghai killing 3 U.S. crew (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 05:16 AM PST

Reuters - A Zimbabwean-registered cargo plane en route to Kyrgyzstan crashed on take-off in Shanghai on Saturday, killing three U.S. crew on board and triggering a fire, state media and a U.S. spokesman said.

First civil lawsuit starts in China milk scandal (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2009 01:39 AM PST

A child walks past a group of journalists gathered around tearful parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk during a media briefing held on a Beijing sidewalk in January 2009. A Chinese court has started to hear the first civil lawsuit seeking compensation for last year's tainted milk scandal, state-run media reported Saturday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - A court is hearing the country's first civil lawsuit by a man whose child was sickened in China's vast tainted milk scandal, state media reported Saturday.


Flooding traps 17 in northern China coal mine (AP)

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 08:14 PM PST

AP - A work safety official says flooding has trapped 17 coal miners in northeastern China.
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