181 Chinese feared dead in flooded mines
XINTAI, China (AP): Angry relatives protested and demanded answers yesterday as rescue efforts sputtered ahead for 181 miners trapped underground for more than two days after a collapsed dike flooded two coal mines in eastern China. Rescuers finally managed to repair...
Dean scours Haiti, death toll hits 11
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC):At least two people were reported killed in Haiti as Hurricane Dean brushed past the country's southern tip yesterday, bringing to 11 the number of Caribbean fatalities left in its wake.Officials said the southern town of Les...
Storms kill 15
BEIJING (AP): At least 15 people were killed as Typhoon Sepat hit the Chinese mainland after more than 900,000 were evacuated as a precaution, state media reported yesterday. Xinhua News Agency said a tornado, spawned from the typhoon, killed at least 13 people...
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