Last victim found in central China coal mine flood

2008-11-18 19:21:05

Rescuers found the body of the last missing miner from a flooded coal mine accident in central China's Henan Province on Tuesday afternoon.

Death rises to 7 in Hangzhou subway tunnel collapse

2008-11-17 19:12:08

Rescuers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed subway tunnel in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province November 17, 2008.

Thirty-three people trapped in mine flood saved

2008-11-18 09:08:31

Rescuers saved 33 of the 34 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in central China's Henan Province early Tuesday morning almost 23 hours after the accident. One died.

Off-duty policeman dies fighting robbers

2008-11-18 09:01:11

A traffic policeman in southwestern Yunnan Province died Monday after fighting with two robbers on street and being stabbed by one of them.

Tiger-pic farmer's jail term commuted

2008-11-18 08:21:03

Zhou Zhenglong, the farmer who was found guilty of faking photographs of an endangered species of tiger in the wild had his jail term commuted to two -and-a-half years with a three-year reprieve during an appeal Monday in Shaanxi province. He was also fined 2,000 yuan ($300).

Man pleads guilty to model's murder

2008-11-18 08:19:44

A man pleaded guilty here Monday to the murder of Canadian model Diana O'Brien.

Bus accident in NE China kills 11, injures 39

2008-11-17 15:27:01

A bus turned over at about 4:40 p.m. on the expressway in Yilan County when the vehicle was driving up a slope on Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring 49 others.

Farmer stands second trial for faking tiger photos

2008-11-17 12:50:31

The farmer who was accused and found guilty of faking photographs of a critically-endangered tiger species in the wild is standing second trial Monday in northwest China's Shaanxi Province after his appeal against conviction.

Four killed, two injured in firework plant blast

2008-11-17 09:43:53

Four people were killed and two others injured after a village firework plant blast in Sunday evening in south China's Guangdong Province, according to the local government.

Subway tunnel collapse leaves one dead, 18 missing

2008-11-16 11:17:12

Rescuers work at the collapsed road where a subway tunnel was under construction in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Nov. 15, 2008. At least 3 person is dead and 17 are missing and 13 vehicles were also trapped.

4 killed, 17 missing after subway tunnel collapses

2008-11-17 07:14:38

Rescuers were last night searching for 17 workers missing in the cave-in of a subway tunnel on Saturday which killed four people.

Moderate earthquake hits northeast China

2008-11-14 09:50:45

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Haicheng Prefecture in northeast China's Liaoning Province at 6:53 a.m. (Beijing time) Friday, according to a monitoring provided by the Chinese seismological observatory.