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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 12:54 am ET
Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before he left Beijing said on Friday they were briefly detained by police, and one said Washington's sway over rights in China had eroded.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 11:35 pm ET
An explosion at a mine in northeast China early Saturday killed 15 workers and left 114 trapped, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 10:51 pm ET
A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeast has killed 11 miners and trapped 118 underground, the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry, state media said Saturday.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 21, 10:58 am ET
Beijing - The death toll following a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China that killed 42 workers and left 66 miners trapped underground on Saturday was expected to rise, local media reported. The explosion occurred at 2:30 am in the Xi...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 10:11 pm ET
A gas explosion in a coal mine in China's northeast has trapped 139 miners underground, the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry, the official Xinhua agency said on Saturday.
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New York Times - Sat Nov 21, 6:25 pm ET
President Obama stood at a “town hall” meeting in Shanghai last week, fielding questions from eager Chinese students, an American leader demonstrating the give-and-take of democracy to a nation under one-party rule.
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FOX 11 Tucson - Sun Nov 22, 2:33 am ET
HEGANG, China (AP) — A spokesman for a Chinese mining company says rescue is still the top priority as workers brave frigid cold to reach 21 trapped miners following an explosion that killed 87.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 10:08 pm ET
A gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday trapped 139 miners underground, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 9:45 pm ET
Over a hundred miners were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 3 minutes ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China Longyuan Power Group Corp., the nation’s biggest wind power producer, may raise as much as HK$17.5 billion ($2.3 billion) in a Hong Kong initial public offering, said three people familiar with its plan.
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Bloomberg - 2 hours 26 minutes ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- China Minsheng Banking Corp., the nation’s first privately owned lender, will begin trading this week in Hong Kong after raising HK$30.1 billion ($3.9 billion) in the territory’s biggest public share sale since April 2007.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 5:26 pm ET
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Sands China Ltd. and its parent, the casino company controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson , raised HK$19.4 billion ($2.5 billion) in a Hong Kong initial public offering conducted at the bottom of the marketed range.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 1:26 pm ET
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A coal-mine explosion killed at least 92 miners and left 16 trapped underground in northeastern China, Xinhua News Agency said on its Web site.
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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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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 11:44 pm 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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Bloomberg - Fri Nov 20, 11:41 pm 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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Bloomberg - 2 hours 7 minutes ago
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA plans to spend $1.6 billion boosting its stake in China Citic Bank, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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The Huffington Post - Sun Nov 22, 10:12 am ET
What's Your Reaction? NEW DELHI — The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.
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WKBT La Crosse - Sun Nov 22, 9:07 am ET
The Dalai Lama defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he has been too soft on China, saying Sunday that the U.S. leader just has a different approach to dealing with the Asian giant.
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INO News - Sun Nov 22, 1:55 pm ET
(AP: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.