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Mine disaster highlights cost of China's reliance on coal

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 ...

From CARA ANNA, TheDay.com,  23 Nov 2009

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Official: China mine that exploded was too crowded

HEGANG, China - The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, 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 ...

From CARA ANNA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  23 Nov 2009

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Survivors recount China mine disaster; 104 dead

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. The death toll two days later was ...

From CARA ANNA, Taiwan News,  23 Nov 2009

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Families demand answers in China mine blast

G rieving family members demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China. The massive blast Saturday in Hegang city in frigid Heilongjiang province erupted at night ...

From CARA ANNA, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

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Miners' families want answers in China mine blast

Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China. The massive blast Saturday in Hegang city in frigid Heilongjiang province erupted ...

From CARA ANNA, Taiwan News,  23 Nov 2009

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Accident is China's deadliest in 2 years

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, ...

From CARA ANNA, Kansas.com,  23 Nov 2009

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Survivors recount China mine disaster; 92 dead

Rescue crews sit on a railway trolley Sunday, preparing to enter the site of Saturday's explosion at a coal mine in Hegang, China. Sixteen miners were missing and 92 had been reported dead as teams continued to search shafts in freezing weather. (The ...

From CARA ANNA, Denver Post,  23 Nov 2009

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China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87

HEGANG, China—Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 -- the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two ...

From CARA ANNA, Boston Globe,  22 Nov 2009

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Coal mine blast kills 42 in China, 66 trapped

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 ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people. The ...

From CARA ANNA, eTaiwan News,  21 Nov 2009

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China says 42 dead, 66 trapped in mine explosion

A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. China's mines are the world's deadliest, and the blast shows ...

From CARA ANNA, Taiwan News,  21 Nov 2009

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