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November 21, 2009 11:30:14 PM EST
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Death Toll In China Mine Explosion Rises To 87
(RTTNews) - The death toll in Saturday's explosion at a coal mine in a northeastern Chinese city bordering Russia has risen to 87, reported state-run news agencies on Sunday.
State-run Xinhua news agency reported quoting officials on Sunday that another 21 people are still missing after the gas explosion, which ripped through the Xinxing Coal Mine in Hegang city of China's Heilongjiang province a day earlier.
The latest estimated death toll is more than double the earlier reported figure of 31. Earlier reports indicated that at least 528 miners were working in the pit wh (continued...)
Saturday November 21, 2009
- Gaza Militants To Halt Rocket Attacks On Israel
21:18:00 EST - Car Bursts Into Flames Near HQ Of Northern Ireland Policing Board
20:24:00 EST - Sri Lanka To Release Tamil Refugees In December
13:09:00 EST - Retired US Official, Wife Admit Spying For Cuba
07:55:00 EST - Italian Police Arrest Two Pakistanis Linked To Mumbai Attacks
04:58:00 EST
- China Mine Explosion Leaves 31 Dead, 118 Trapped
03:59:00 EST - Indian Appointed To Key IMF Post
01:21:00 EST - Pakistan Denies Mullah Omar Is In Karachi
00:39:00 EST
Friday November 20, 2009
- United States Issues Travel Advisory On Nepal
22:43:00 EST - Ringleader In Sears Tower Terror Plot Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison
18:36:00 EST - Riots Erupt In Cairo After Egypt's World Cup Football Defeat
18:19:00 EST - British Couple Kidnapped By Somali Pirates In Video Plea
16:56:00 EST - Iran To Launch Satellite Without Outside Help By Late 2011
16:54:00 EST - Palestine Postpones Presidential And Parliamentary Elections
15:24:00 EST - Germany Arrests Seventeen In Soccer Match-Fixing Probe
14:27:00 EST - World Powers Disappointed Over Iran's Failure To Accept UN-Proposed Nuclear Deal
12:46:00 EST - EU Signs $1 Billion Deal With Nigeria To Support Peace, Good Governance, Energy
12:22:00 EST - South Korea Not To Renegotiate FTA With America
11:50:00 EST - Afghan Lawmaker Escapes Assassination Attempt
11:43:00 EST - Croatian Parliament Ratifies Border Deal With Slovenia
10:38:00 EST - Significant Fall In Foreign Investment In Russia
09:52:00 EST - Two North Korean Diplomats Arrested In Sweden
08:07:00 EST - *8 Militants Killed In US Drone Attack In Pakistan
05:52:00 EST - Pakistan-based Terror Groups Plotting More Attacks: India
05:30:00 EST
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