50 dead, 42 missing in China floods
June 30th, 2012 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 30 (IANS) At least 50 people have died and 42 others are missing following floods triggered by strong rainfall which has been battering many parts of China for ... Read more...
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More Chinese wives get HIV from husbands
June 2nd, 2012 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 2 (IANS) The number of spouses infected with HIV by their partners is increasing in China, and most of those infected by spouses are females, China Daily reported ... Read more...
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78 trapped in cable cars rescued in China (Lead)
May 27th, 2012 - 5:35 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, May 27 (IANS) All the 78 tourists, who were trapped in cable cars suspended in mid-air at a mountain resort in China's Guangxi Zhang region, were rescued Saturday evening, ... Read more...
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11,000-year-old human sub-species found in China
March 15th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 15 (IANS) Scientists have found a previously unknown human subspecies, distinct from the present day Homosapiens, that may have lived in China 11,500 years ago.Fossil remains of a ... Read more...
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China to monitor radiation in water around n-plants
January 18th, 2012 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 18 (IANS) China's health authorities have been told to check for radiation in drinking water around the country's nuclear power plants.The monitoring will cover areas within 30 ... Read more...
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Drought hits shipping on two Chinese rivers
December 18th, 2011 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 18 (IANS) Shipping was paralyzed along the drought-stricken Xijiang and Xiangjiang rivers running through south China as authorities preserved drinking water for the region's households.As of Sunday, more ... Read more...
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China executes South African woman for drug smuggling
December 12th, 2011 - 11:54 pm ICT by BNO News
JOHANNESBURG (BNO NEWS) -- Chinese authorities on Monday executed a South African woman after she was earlier convicted of drug smuggling, the South African government confirmed. The woman had repeatedly claimed to ... Read more...
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China floods toll rises to 175
June 21st, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 21 (IANS) Torrential rain and floods in ten regions of southern China have left 175 dead and 107 missing, a government office said Monday.
The floods have affected 25.15 million ... Read more...
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Rainfall brings relief to drought-hit Chinese province
March 29th, 2010 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 29 (IANS) Cloud seeding brought rainfall over the weekend in drought hit Yunnan province in southwest China, a media report said Monday.
Meteorologists, however, said the light to moderate rainfall will ... Read more...
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Chinese nuke power to rise 10-fold by 2020
July 2nd, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, July 2 (ANI): China is planning for an installed nuclear power capacity of 86 gigawatts (gW) by 2020, up nearly 10-fold from the 9 gW capacity it had by the end ... Read more...
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Toll in China chemical plant explosion rises to 16
August 27th, 2008 - 11:08 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 27 (DPA) An explosion at a chemical plant has left 16 people dead and six missing in southwest China's Guangxi region, the State Administration of Work Safety said Wednesday.A series ... Read more...
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Torrential rain kills 53 in China
May 28th, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Beijing, May 28 (Xinhua) At least 53 people have been killed in accidents in the wake of torrential rain over the past week in China, officials said. Around 4,000 people were stranded ... Read more...
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Intestinal infection toll mounts to 34 in China
May 9th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Hefei (China), May 9 (Xinhua) The toll in hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in China rose to 34 Friday with two more deaths reported from the eastern province of Anhui as nearly 25,000 people, ... Read more...
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28 die in China’s hand-foot-mouth disease
May 7th, 2008 - 10:37 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Beijing, May 7 (Xinhua) The toll in China's hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) rose to 28 Wednesday with the number of infected going past 16,000, according to a Xinhua tally based on official figures ... Read more...
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