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Danwei (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
From The Wall Street Journal : Environmental advocates are warning that a planned dam on China's Yangtze River could lead to the extinction of a number of rare fish species, casting a fresh spotlight on the potential environmental costs of the country's huge hydroelectric building program. Link picked by Danwei.org
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Danwei (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Chengdu Evening News June 16, 2009 At the Tokyo District Court yesterday, a judge heard the case of 22 Chinese victims of the bombing of Chongqing. The plaintiffs are demanding an apology from the Japanese government and compensation of 10 million yen each. According to an earlier report, the victims, all of whom are from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, sued the Japanese government for the indiscriminate...
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
CHONGQING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Authorities confirmed ...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Up to 80 people are feared to be buried alive in southwest China, after a landslide crashed down the vast Chongqing municipality, burying houses and a mine. Hundreds of rescue workers have been mobilized to search for survivors.
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CNN (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Chinese rescue workers searched for dozens of people believed to be trapped by a massive landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing on Saturday, a state-run news agency reported.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Rescuers pulled seven injured people from the disaster site in Wulong County in Chongqing municipality, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao have ordered the local authorities to spare no efforts to save those people buried in a fatal landslide in the southwest city of Chongqing. Number of missing rises to 80 in SW China landslide
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
A landslide in south-western China has buried nearly 60 people, according to state media. 50 mine workers and nine residents were buried in the accident, in an iron-ore mining area of the Chongqing region, Xinhua news agency reported. The landslide happened in a mountainous area of Wulong county at around 0700 GMT. ...
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
CHONGQING, June 5 (Xinhua) -- At least 80 people are feared ...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
At least 59 people were buried by a landslide Friday in the southwestern Chinese iron mining region of Chongqing, safety officials said.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Beijing - A landslide in an iron-ore-mining area in south-west China has buried an estimated 59 people, state-run media reported Friday. The landslide occurred in the Jiwei Mountain mining area in the Chongqing municipality, the state-run Xinhua news...
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
Three of an estimated 59 people buried in a landslide in an iron ore mining area in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality have been rescued.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/31/2009
Beijing - Illegal work practices were responsible for the death of 30 miners after an explosion rocked a coal mine in China's Chongqing region, local media reported Sunday. The incident, which took place Saturday morning in Anwen, south-west China, w...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/31/2009
A gas leak killed 25 miners and 20 others remained trapped underground Saturday at a coal mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua News Agency said.