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Twenty die in flooded Chinese mine, 9 missing
11 Mar 2007 01:52:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, March 11 (Reuters) - A flood in a colliery in northeastern China has killed 20 miners and 9 are missing, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

The accident happened on Saturday evening at a mine in Liaoning province run by state-owned Fushun Mining Group, Xinhua quoted the local government as saying.

China has the world's deadliest coal industry.

Last year, 4,746 workers were killed in mine blasts, floods and collapses as collieries pushed production beyond safety limits to meet buoyant demand.


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