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Rescue underway after coal mine blast in Shanxi
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-22 16:07
 
Rescuers prepare to enter a coal mine shaft, which was hit by a blast in the city of Gujiao, in North China's Shanxi province, February 22, 2009. The coal mine blast has killed at least 74 miners and hospitalized 113 others, 21 of whom still in critical condition. [Xinhua]