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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Friday, December 28, 2001

16 Killed in Coal Mine Blast

An explosion at a coal mine in east China's Shandong Province killed 16 miners Thursday morning, local authorities said.


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An explosion at a coal mine in east China's Shandong Province killed 16 miners Thursday morning, local authorities said.

The cause for the accident was unkown so far. And investigation is now underway.

Officials of the provincial and Tai'an municipal governments have rushed to the site to begin rescue work.

The mine has resumed normal operation.




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