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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 7:18 am ET
The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China climbed to 87 on Sunday as rescuers hunted for 21 workers still trapped deep underground in the nation's deadliest mine disaster in two years.
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NPR - Sun Nov 22, 1:07 am ET
The massive reservoir behind China's Three Gorges Dam was supposed to be filled to capacity this month. But landslides on the reservoir and water shortages downstream have delayed the process. Questions have been raised about the dam, which is the world's largest hydropower project, and what it might mean for the Yangtze River.
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Bloomberg - Sat Nov 21, 1:11 am ET
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Sands China Ltd. and its parent Las Vegas Sands Corp. , the casino company controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson , raised HK$19.4 billion ($2.5 billion) in a Hong Kong share sale conducted at the low end of the offered range.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 9:37 am ET
The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 92 on Sunday, state television said, and hopes dimmed that more survivors would emerge after a gas blast at a colliery in the nation's far northeast.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 8:57 am ET
The leader of Indian Kashmir's moderate separatists said on Saturday that China has a stake in peace in restive Kashmir as part of the disputed Himalayan region is under Beijing's control.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 7:08 am ET
The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country's icy far northeast.
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The Pakistan Link - 44 minutes ago
SRINAGAR: China has a stake in the restoration of peace in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), as part of the disputed region is under Beijing’s control, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Saturday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 12:32 am ET
The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China rose to 87 on Sunday, with 21 miners still trapped underground, in the nation's deadliest mining disaster in two years, state media reported.
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Bloomberg - Sat Nov 21, 10:56 pm ET
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A coal-mine explosion killed 87 miners and left 21 missing in northeastern China, Xinhua News Agency said on its Web site. A total of 528 mine workers were underground when the blast occurred at 2:30 a.m. yesterday at Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang Province, the State Administration of Work Safety said on its Web site.
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CNN - Sat Nov 21, 9:26 pm ET
The death toll from an explosion at a northeastern China coal mine rose to 87 early Sunday, state-run media reported.
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New York Times - Sat Nov 21, 10:23 pm ET
An article last Sunday about China’s economic growth described the trade relationship between China and the United States incorrectly. China is America’s biggest source of imports, not its biggest trading partner. (America’s biggest trading partner, a category that takes account of American exports as well as imports, is Canada.).
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The Washington Times - 1 hour 5 minutes ago
HEGANG, China — When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered. Nearly two days later, at least 92 people are reported dead and 16 missing, the official Xinhua news agency said. The deadliest accident in China's mining industry in two ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 8:02 pm ET
The death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China has risen to 87, with 21 other miners still trapped, state media reported Sunday.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 12:08 am ET
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Aluminum prices may rise in China, the world’s largest producer, after the government increased power rates, which will spur Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. and rivals to pass on the costs to users, said Essence Securities Co.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 7:58 am ET
An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services.
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Market Watch - Sun Nov 22, 5:25 am ET
At least 87 miners are dead after gas exploded Saturday at a coal mine in northern China, and rescue workers are continuing their efforts in frigid weather on Sunday, media reports say.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 11:38 am ET
Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped a third of a mile (half a kilometer) underground after a huge gas explosion Saturday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people.
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WJXT Jacksonville - Sat Nov 21, 9:52 pm ET
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers go down the exploded coal mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Saturday evening, Nov. 21, 2009.
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Journal of Commerce Online - Sun Nov 22, 9:19 am ET
I mentioned in JoC columes over the past few weeks an overwhelming impression from nearly a month traveling in China: The stage is being set for a quantum leap in internal consumption that will drive rapid growth in domestic logistics and a transformation of that industry.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 4:14 pm ET
Washington's ambassador to Beijing hit out Friday at negative U.S. media coverage of President Barack Obama's visit to China, saying it failed to take into account important progress on many issues.