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Rescuers go down the exploded coal mine in Hegang City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Photo / AP
HARBIN, China - Rescuers working in frigid cold and darkness tried to reach 66 people believed trapped half a kilometre underground after a huge gas explosion yesterday ripped through a coal mine in northern China, killing at least 42 people. The pre-dawn blast at the state-run Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang… More
9:12AM Sunday November 22, 2009
ROME - Italian police have arrested a Pakistani father and son who allegedly spent just over US$200 to set up… More
7:56AM Saturday November 21, 2009
KABUL - For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech struck all the right notes - sober pledges… More
12:07PM Saturday November 21, 2009
MELBOURNE - The birth mother of twins Krishna and Trishna who gave them up due to poverty says she wants them… More
4:00AM Saturday November 21, 2009
The din from the commodity pits on the Chicago exchanges is growing louder. Real estate agents in London's Kensington… More
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