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Stone mine collapse kills 7 in Vietnam
13 Jan 2008 03:16:17 GMT
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HANOI, Jan 13 (Reuters) - At least seven workers were killed in a stone mine collapse in Vietnam's Nghe An province, a month after a similar accident killed 18 workers in the same province, state media reported on Sunday.

The collapse at a construction stone mine in Quynh Luu district on Saturday injured three other workers, the Vietnam News Agency reported. (Reporting by Nguyen Nhat Lam; editing by Roger Crabb)


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