2011年7月23日星期六

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China


32 dead after Chinese bullet trains collide (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:34 PM PDT

Chinese firefighters work on the mangled carriage to rescue survivors in eastern China's Zhejiang province. At least 32 people have died after two high-speed trains collided in China on Saturday, causing two carriages to fall off a viaduct, the state media said.(AFP)AFP - Emergency workers battled on Sunday to rescue survivors from the mangled wreckage of two Chinese bullet trains involved in a high-speed collision which left 32 dead and nearly 200 injured, reports said.


Train collision in China kills 32, injures 191 (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT

Emergency workers and people work to help passengers from the wreckage of train after two carriages from a high-speed train derailed and fell off a bridge in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province Saturday July 23, 2011.  A Chinese news agency says there is no immediate word on casualties. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - A Chinese bullet train crashed into another high-speed train that had stalled after being struck by lightning Saturday in eastern China, causing four carriages to fall off a viaduct and killing at least 32 people and injuring 191 others, state media reported.


At least 32 die in east China high-speed train crash (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Reuters - At least 32 people died when a high-speed train smashed into a stalled train in China's eastern Zhejiang province Saturday, state media said, raising new questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

China bullet train derailed after 'lightening' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Chinese firefighters work to rescue survivors, after a Chinese high-speed train derailed and two of its carriages fell off a bridge after a lightning strike knocked out power on the line, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. At least 16 people were killed in the accident.(AFP)AFP - At least 11 people were killed and 89 others hurt on Saturday when a Chinese train crashed into another that had been idled by a power cut caused by a lightning strike, state media reports said.


China train crash kills 11 people and 89 hospitalized (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Reuters - At least 11 people have died after two high-speed trains crashed into each other in China's eastern province of Zhejiang on Saturday, causing two carriages to fall off a bridge, state news agency Xinhua said.

China's most wanted fugitive arrested after extradition (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:39 AM PDT

Reuters - China arrested its most wanted fugitive in the capital Beijing Saturday after Canada deported him to end a decades-long saga that had plagued Sino-Canadian relations, but concerns remained among activists about whether he would receive a fair trial.

Fugitive businessman Lai deported to China (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 05:22 AM PDT

Fugitive Chinese businessman Lai Changxing, seen here in 2006, has arrived back in Beijing after being deported from Canada, ending a 12-year legal and diplomatic tug-of-war that tested the countries' relations.(AFP/Deborah Jones)AFP - Fugitive Chinese businessman Lai Changxing arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being deported from Canada, ending a 12-year legal and diplomatic tug-of-war that tested the countries' relations.


12 years later, China's most-wanted sent back (AP)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 11, 2011 file photo, Lai Changxing, right, is escorted by a security guard from an Immigration and Refugee Board detention hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia. Lai, a fugitive at the center of a 12-year extradition court battle in Canada was returned Saturday to China, where he is accused of running a $10 billion smuggling ring that dealt in everything from cars to oil in a scandal touching the government's highest levels. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)AP - The fugitive at the center of a 12-year extradition court battle in Canada was returned Saturday to China, where he is accused of running a $10 billion smuggling ring that dealt in everything from cars to oil in a scandal touching the government's highest levels.


China's most wanted fugitive in Beijing after extradition (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:27 AM PDT

Reuters - China's most wanted fugitive was arrested in the capital Beijing Saturday after being deported from Canada where he lived in exile for 12 years.

Clinton calls for 'restraint' in South China Sea (AP)

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 08:55 PM PDT

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, top left, walks by his North Korean counterpart Pak Ui Chun, bottom center, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto, center, prior to the start of ARF Retreat Session in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Clinton is telling North Korea that it must do more to improve ties with the South before the U.S. and other countries will return to nuclear disarmament talks. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging China and its Southeast Asian neighbors to show restraint in disputed waters in the South China Sea.


Canada court rules against China's most wanted man (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Jul 2011 06:20 PM PDT

Reuters - The Federal Court of Canada cleared the way on Thursday for the extradition of China's most wanted man, dismissing concerns that he could be tortured or executed back home.
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