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China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87

HARBIN (AP) -- Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese coal mine jumped to 87.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Sun, Nov 22 2009

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