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  • Environmental officials held in toxic waste spill

    2010-07-21 07:15

    Two more local environmental officials have been detained for their inadequate supervision in the recent toxic wastewater leakage at a copper mine in Shanghang county of East China's Fujian province, local prosecutors said on Tuesday.

  • Gorges dam holding up against torrents

    2010-07-21 07:03

    The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is holding up against its stiffest test yet from floodwaters.

  • 13 missing after landslide blankets village

    2010-07-21 06:42

    Thirteen people are missing after a landslide struck a village in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Tuesday, local officials said. Dam withstands torrents

  • Floods leave 41 dead, 107 missing in NW China

    2010-07-21 09:43

    Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern parts of northwest China's Shaanxi Province have left at least 41 people dead and 107 others missing by Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson with the provincial government said Wednesday morning.

  • Seven missing after boat sinks in E China

    2010-07-16 15:38

    Seven people are missing after a boat transporting sand crashed into a construction platform on an east China river and sank Friday, authorities in coastal Zhejiang province said.

  • Zoo keeper arrested for tourist's death in NW China

    2010-07-16 14:52

    A zoo keeper in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has been arrested for negligence that led to tigers mauling a zoo visitor to death last month, local authorities said Friday.

  • Typhoon Conson to make landfall in Hainan today

    2010-07-16 11:27

    Typhoon Conson is likely to make landfall between Ledong and Wanning in south China's Hainan Province before Friday night, said the National Meteorological Center (NMC) Friday.

  • 60% of white collars plan to leave cities

    2010-07-16 10:46

    Nearly 60 percent of white-collar workers have plans to leave first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, according to an online survey, chinanews.com.cn reported Friday.

  • China Southern flight forced to land after bomb call

    2010-07-16 08:08

    A commercial flight that left Xinjiang for Guangdong on Wednesday evening made an emergency landing in a neighboring province following a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax.

  • Arsonist behind Jiangsu bus blaze - police

    2010-07-16 08:01

    The shuttle bus fire that killed 24 people and injured 19 in East China's Jiangsu province on July 4 was apparently ignited by an arsonist who perished in the blaze, police said on Thursday.

  • 'Wrongly jailed' farmer wants justice

    2010-07-16 07:56

    A farmer in Jingyang county of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, who claims he was wrongly detained for 472 days, has been struggling to get compensation.

  • Hunan watchdog apologizes for travel spending

    2010-07-16 07:50

    A local discipline watchdog in Central China's Hunan province has made a public apology online for spending public money on travel.

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