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BEIJING (AP) News reports say at least 20 schoolchildren have been killed in an explosion in a coal-mining town in northern China.


4,174 posted on 03/02/2005 6:46:48 PM PST by wakingup
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To: wakingup

Oh how awful!

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK298360.htm

"China village explosion kills 20 schoolchildren"

03 Mar 2005 02:07:08 GMT
Source: Reuters

NEWS BRIEF SNIPPET: "BEIJING, March 3 (Reuters) - A dynamite explosion killed 20 primary schoolchildren in north China when the school building collapsed on top of them, state media said on Thursday.

The dynamite exploded on Wednesday at the house of a coal mine owner in Puxian county, burying the children and some of their teachers at the nearby school, the Beijing News said."


4,175 posted on 03/02/2005 6:54:53 PM PST by Cindy
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