China says coal mine blast leaves 17 dead (AFP)

Saturday, July 31st, 2010 | Business with Comments Off

This general view shows smog covering the main street of Linfen, in China's Shanxi province. 17 people have been killed in a coal mine blast in near Linfen, according to state media, in the latest accident to hit the notoriously dangerous industry.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP – Seventeen people have been killed in a coal mine blast in northern China, the government said Saturday, in the second major industrial accident to hit the country this week.


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