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China mine explosion kills 42, traps 66
* 400 of 528 workers get out safely
* Blast shakes surrounding area
HARBIN: A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine on Saturday and 66 remain trapped hundreds of metres underground after the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry, state media said.
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Egypt will not tolerate insult to its expats: Mubarak
CAIRO: Egypt will not allow its citizens living abroad to be humiliated, President Hosni Mubarak said in an address to parliament on Saturday, in an apparent reference to a spat with Algeria over a World Cup qualifier.
“We do not allow anyone to humiliate them (citizens abroad),” Mubarak said...
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Israel-Palestinian conflict kills 8,900 in 20 years
* NGO says 7,398 Palestinians, 1,483 Israelis killed in two decades
* Israeli offensive in Gaza Strip in 2009 marks ‘bloodiest’ year
JERUSALEM: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed almost 8,900 lives in two decades, the vast majority of them Palestinians, the Israeli human rights...
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Australia issues ‘catastrophic’ alerts as fires rage
SYDNEY: “Catastrophic” alerts have been issued in Australia after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said on Saturday.
The unseasonably hot and dry weather combined with strong winds have led to blazes breaking out...
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Giant atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus
* CERN official says particle beams circulation ‘successfully’ restarted
* Test investigates origin of universe, matter
GENEVA: The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European...
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