Thursday, February 16, 2012


China Mine Blast Leaves 96 Missing

A Chinese coal miner (file photo) (epa)

7 December 2005 -- China's state-run Xinhua news agency says at least
96 miners are missing after an explosion at a coal mine in the
country's northern Hebei Province.

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It's China's third mine blast in two weeks. China's coal mines are the world's deadliest. More than 6,000 people died in Chinese mine accidents last year.

(Xinhua/Reuters/AP/AFP)
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