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October 17, 2010 11:43 AM

21 dead, 21 trapped in China coal mine

In China , 21 miners have been killed in a gas blast incident and 21 are still trapped in a state run mine in Henan Province. Rescuers said they were fighting tons of coal dust to reach the miners, who have been located but whose condition was unknown.The rescuers also faced dangerous gas levels and...

October 17, 2010 11:43 AM

21 dead, 21 trapped in China coal mine

In China , 21 miners have been killed in a gas blast incident and 21 are still trapped in a state run mine in Henan Province. Rescuers said they were fighting tons of coal dust to reach the miners, who have been located but whose condition was unknown.The rescuers also faced dangerous gas levels and...

October 17, 2010 11:40 AM

Strike against pension reform continues in France

In France, a fifth day of protests on Saturday against proposed pension reforms brought nearly a million people on to the streets. The government wants to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 and the full state pension age from 65 to 67. Most oil refineries have been hit by strike action, causing ...

October 17, 2010 11:40 AM

Strike against pension reform continues in France

In France, a fifth day of protests on Saturday against proposed pension reforms brought nearly a million people on to the streets. The government wants to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 and the full state pension age from 65 to 67. Most oil refineries have been hit by strike action, causing ...

October 17, 2010 11:39 AM

21 dead, 21 trapped in China coal mine

In China , 21 miners have been killed in a gas blast incident and 21 are still trapped in a state run mine in Henan Province. Rescuers said they were fighting tons of coal dust to reach the miners, who have been located but whose condition was unknown.The rescuers also faced dangerous gas levels and...

October 17, 2010 11:39 AM

21 dead, 21 trapped in China coal mine

In China , 21 miners have been killed in a gas blast incident and 21 are still trapped in a state run mine in Henan Province. Rescuers said they were fighting tons of coal dust to reach the miners, who have been located but whose condition was unknown.The rescuers also faced dangerous gas levels and...

October 17, 2010 11:39 AM

Over 30000 people evacuated after Ammonia leak in China

In eastern Chinese city of Leqing, more than 3,000 residents have been evacuated after tonnes of ammonia, a pungent industrial gas, leaked out from a factory. Officials said ten people remain hospitalized nearly seven hours after the gas leak on Saturday. The factory boss said a valve was accidental...

October 17, 2010 11:39 AM

Over 30000 people evacuated after Ammonia leak in China

In eastern Chinese city of Leqing, more than 3,000 residents have been evacuated after tonnes of ammonia, a pungent industrial gas, leaked out from a factory. Officials said ten people remain hospitalized nearly seven hours after the gas leak on Saturday. The factory boss said a valve was accidental...

October 17, 2010 11:39 AM

German multiculturalism has failed, says Merkel

German chancellor Angela Merkel says her country's attempts to build a multicultural society have utterly failed. Mrs Merkel told a conference of young members of her Christian Democrats party in Potsdam that allowing people of different cultural backgrounds to live side by side without integra...

October 17, 2010 11:39 AM

German multiculturalism has failed, says Merkel

German chancellor Angela Merkel says her country's attempts to build a multicultural society have utterly failed. Mrs Merkel told a conference of young members of her Christian Democrats party in Potsdam that allowing people of different cultural backgrounds to live side by side without integra...

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