Senin, 05 April 2010

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Massey Energy: 25 dead in W.Va. mine explosion (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 11:00 PM PDT

West Virginia State Police direct traffic at the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Monday, April 5, 2010 in Montcoal, W.Va.  (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)AP - Massey Energy says 25 workers have been killed in a West Virginia coal mine explosion in the worst U.S. mine disaster since 1984.


Priest accused of US abuse still working in India (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 06:32 PM PDT

Attorney Jeff Anderson points to a poster-size photo of Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul during a news conference Monday, April 5, 2010 in St. Paul, Minn. to draw attention to the case of the Catholic priest charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota and demand he be suspended and returned to face justice in the United States. Jeyapaul is working in his home diocese in India and has no plans to return to the U.S. to face the courts, he and his bishop told The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)AP - A Roman Catholic priest was in his native India in 2007 when he was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl at his former post in Minnesota. Three years later, he is still serving as a priest in India with the blessing of his local bishop.


4 shot, 33 arrested and dozens cited in NYC mayhem (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:01 PM PDT

In this image taken from video, New York city police detain a group of people near Times Square early Monday, April 5, 2010 in New York. Hundreds of young people spilled into midtown Manhattan near Times Square early Monday, brawling and shooting guns after the New York International Auto Show in an annual night of mayhem the mayor called 'wilding.' Four people were shot and 33 were arrested, mostly on charges of disorderly conduct on the streets not far from the Jacob A. Javits Center, where the auto show is held.  (AP Photo/APTN)AP - Hundreds of young people spilled into midtown Manhattan near Times Square early Monday, brawling and shooting guns after the New York International Auto Show in an annual night of mayhem the mayor called "wilding."


Tiger says he's coming back to win at Augusta (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:57 PM PDT

Tiger Woods reflects on a question during a news conference at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Ga., Monday, April 5, 2010. The tournament begins Thursday, April, 8. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - He looked like the same Tiger Woods, head down as he walked along the first fairway at the Masters, no one suspecting the jangled nerves he felt from taking his golf public for the first time since his private life unraveled.


Texas man threatened deadly force to stop abortion (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 06:34 PM PDT

AP - A Texas man faces charges after he filed documents in federal court threatening to use deadly force to stop an abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court didn't immediately act to outlaw the practice, federal officials said Monday.

Study: Northeast seeing more, fiercer rainstorms (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:34 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2010 file photo, West Warwick, R.I., firefighters evacuate residents from their flooded houses near the Pawtuxet River. The Northeast is seeing more frequent 'extreme precipitation events' in line with global warming predictions, a study released Monday, April 5, 2010 shows, including storms like the recent fierce rains whose floodwaters swallowed neighborhoods and businesses across New England. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)AP - The Northeast is seeing more frequent "extreme precipitation events" in line with global warming predictions, a study shows, including storms like the recent fierce rains whose floodwaters swallowed neighborhoods and businesses across New England.


Census Bureau urges same-sex couples to be counted (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:30 PM PDT

Actor George Takei, right and his husband Brad Altman speak at a news conference, Monday, April 5, 2010 in New York. For the first time, the census bureau has deployed a team of professional field workers, about two-dozen strong, with the specific task of reaching out to gays and lesbians. At the news conference the bureau unveiled its first public service videos encouraging members of the gay community to mail in their census forms.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - With strong backing from the Census Bureau, gay-rights activists are urging maximum participation by their community in the first U.S. census that will tally same-sex couples who say they're married — even those without a marriage license.


Leibovitz accused anew of not paying her bills (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2009 file photo, U.S. photographer Annie Leibovitz poses for the media, prior to a media tour through her exhibition 'Annie Leibovitz - A Photographer's Life 1990 - 2005', at Kunsthaus Gallery in Vienna.  (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss, File)AP - Photographer Annie Leibovitz is facing new accusations of balking at bills, less than a month after she struck a deal intended to resolve financial problems that had risked her rights to some of pop culture's most famous images.


Jackson doctor's case assigned to LA trial judge (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT

Michael Jackson fans gather outside the Los Angeles Criminal Court on Monday, April 5, 2010, where Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death, appears for a procedural hearing in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - With Michael Jackson's mother, father and three siblings looking on, Dr. Conrad Murray began a slow process toward trial Monday with the appointment of a judge and the setting of another hearing to handle pending matters in his involuntary manslaughter case.


Sanitation workers find body parts in NJ trash (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:18 PM PDT

AP - Police are trying to learn the identities of a man and woman whose dismembered body parts were found Monday stuffed in bags and dumped on a quiet residential street in northern New Jersey.

Lawyer: US terror suspect to plead not guilty (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:12 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by Christine Mott, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, is shown. Two law enforcement officials say federal prosecutors are bringing an American woman back from Ireland to face terror charges. Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, originally from Colorado, had recently been detained in Ireland in connection to an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist whose drawing offended many Muslims.   (AP Photo/Courtesy of Christine Mott)  NO SALESAP - A pregnant American charged in a global terrorism plot will plead not guilty this week in Philadelphia, her lawyer said Monday.


Hawaii man's China military secrets trial to begin (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:28 PM PDT

AP - A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer from Maui who is accused of selling military secrets to China is due to face trial in federal court this week.

Phones in remote Washington come at high cost (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:32 PM PDT

AP - This remote outpost in the rugged Cascades is so cut off from the outside world that it has no roads leading to town and little telephone service. The 80-or-so locals relish the isolation and pristine beauty and sell it as an escape to tourists.

Powerful Baja quake less devastating than Haiti (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:38 PM PDT

A man walks on mud caused by underground water that leaked to the surface during Sunday's earthquake on the outskirts of Mexicali, Mexico, Monday, April 5, 2010. The area was struck by a powerful earthquake on Sunday that was centered 26 km (16 miles) south west from Guadalupe Victoria, in Baja California, Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - LOS ANGELES — The Easter earthquake that rattled 20 million people in three U.S. states and Mexico was bigger than the one in Haiti — yet the outcome couldn't be more different.


Conn. murder suspect's lawyer opposes guilty plea (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:06 PM PDT

AP - An attorney for a man who wants to plead guilty to charges in the home invasion killings of a Connecticut mother and her two daughters opposed the move Monday, saying his client is driven by a desire to die.

Mexican drug cartel honcho gets 40-year sentence (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:45 PM PDT

AP - A man who helped make the Arellano Felix family one of the most powerful Mexican drug cartels was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Monday after nearly a decade of legal wrangling.

More alcohol agents in Fla. town where player died (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:44 PM PDT

In this July 30, 2009 photo, St. Xavier High School's Matt James poses for a photograph in Cincinnati. A spokesman for St. Xavier said Saturday that students gathered Friday night to remember the senior following reports that he died after falling from a hotel balcony while on spring break in Florida. Panama City, Fla., police have not confirmed James' identity pending notification of his family. But St. Xavier spokesman Mark Motz says the school is 'devastated' by the news. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Michael E. Keating) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES.AP - Even before a Notre Dame football recruit died in a drunken fall from a hotel balcony, extra alcohol enforcement agents were on duty in this Panhandle town, just as they are every year for spring break, officials said Monday.


NYC doormen may strike April 21 (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:49 AM PDT

Willie Hawkins, a concierge at 270 Broadway in New York, works at the building Sunday April 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)AP - They collect the laundry and the mail, baby-sit, call 911 and, of course, open doors.


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Woods makes Augusta comeback alongside Couples - Washington Post

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:46 AM PDT


Reuters

Woods makes Augusta comeback alongside Couples
Washington Post
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Tiger Woods made his Augusta comeback on Monday with some golf fans seemingly willing to forgive but not forget as the world number one began his preparations for the US Masters under a media microscope. ...
Tiger Woods applauded by golf fans during Masters practice roundNew York Daily News
Tiger Woods, during practice round at the Masters, looks a little rustyLos Angeles Times (blog)
Woods Begins Busy Day at Augusta With a Quiet Practice RoundNew York Times (blog)
FOXNews -The Canadian Press -Salt Lake Tribune
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Strong earthquake shakes Mexico, U.S. - Washington Post

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:16 AM PDT


Times Online

Strong earthquake shakes Mexico, U.S.
Washington Post
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake centered just south of the US border near Mexicali, was felt by more than 20 million people throughout northern Mexico, California, Nevada and Arizona. A store assistant hands back change through a broken window at a store in ...
Aftershocks Rattle Mexico-California Region Hit by QuakeNew York Times
2 Dead, Aftershocks Continue After 7.2 Magnitude EarthquakeLos Angeles Times
Two killed, scores injured in Mexican earthquakeCNN International
Reuters -The Associated Press -USA Today
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Suicide Attacks Kill 45 in Pakistan - Voice of America

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 10:10 AM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

Suicide Attacks Kill 45 in Pakistan
Voice of America
The United States has condemned the attack. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the White House is greatly concerned by the attack. Authorities in northwestern Pakistan say a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack targeting a US Consulate and a ...
White House condemns Peshawar attackReuters
Taliban claims Peshawar attackAljazeera.net
US consulate attacked in northwest PakistanThe Associated Press
Los Angeles Times -The Hindu -AFP
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Critics of 'Extreme' Tea Partiers Showed Little Interest in Bush-Bashers - FOXNews

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:42 AM PDT


ABC Online

Critics of 'Extreme' Tea Partiers Showed Little Interest in Bush-Bashers
FOXNews
As Tea Party "fury" has become all the rage in popular accounts of the movement's protests, some close watchers say the rallies are nothing compared to the anti-Bush frenzy at Iraq War protests in years past — frenzied displays the press was happy to ...
Baker praises Tea Party contributionBoston Globe
Tea Party Offers Risks and Rewards for RepublicansVoice of America
Tea Party: 4 in 10 are Dems, Independents, Survey SaysCBS News
The Associated Press -MiamiHerald.com -Washington Post (blog)
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Kids, giant rabbit share eggs-tra special White House day - CNN

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 10:05 AM PDT


USA Today

Kids, giant rabbit share eggs-tra special White House day
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Kids from across the country participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday. Obama read Dr. Seuss book "Green Eggs and Ham" to kids Washington (CNN) -- President Obama and the rest of the first family teamed up with an ...
With Obamas you get Egg RollUSA Today
First family kicks off annual Easter Egg RollThe Associated Press
Obamas push fitness at Easter Egg RollChicago Tribune
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Michael Steele: Black Politicians Have Less Room for Error - CBS News

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 06:59 AM PDT


New York Daily News

Michael Steele: Black Politicians Have Less Room for Error
CBS News
Republican leader Michael Steele, whose leadership has been questioned by some in the GOP, said this morning his job is a little bit tougher because of his race. A viewer of ABC's "Good Morning America" asked Steele whether he thinks he has a smaller ...
Michael Steele's 'error'Washington Post (blog)
GOP boss Michael Steele says he and Barack Obama have one thing in common ...New York Daily News
Obama error margin smaller because of race: top RepublicanAFP
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Apple to Preview iPhone OS 4 This Week - Wired News

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:46 AM PDT


USA Today

Apple to Preview iPhone OS 4 This Week
Wired News
Before all the iPad buzz has even had a chance to fizzle, Apple this morning sent e-mails inviting press to a sneak preview of the next-generation iPhone operating system. The event is scheduled for Thursday, 10 am PT. at Apple ...
Apple to Preview New IPhone OS This WeekPC World
If you're tired of iPad news, here's some iPhone news for youDailyTech
Apple Announces iPhone OS 4 E ...PC Magazine
USA Today -Reuters -CNET
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Rove urges Americans to fill out census forms - USA Today

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 09:46 AM PDT


Rove urges Americans to fill out census forms
USA Today
Never mind the anti-Washington fever fueled by conservatives after passage of the $940 billion health care bill last month. Former White House senior adviser Karl Rove, a conservative if ever there was one, is urging all Americans to cooperate with the ...
Karl Rove tapped for new Census adSalon
Karl Rove Assures a Skittish Nation Not to Be Afraid of the CensusNew York Magazine
Karl Rove Cuts Census AdDaily Beast
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Strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US states (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:01 AM PDT

** CORRWCTS STRENGTH OF QUAKE ** A car passes over a crack on the road at the 30th kilometer of the Mexicali-Tijuana highway made by a 7.2 earthquake in Mexicali, Mexico, Sunday, April 4, 2010. According to the USGS a 6.9 magnitude eartquake  was register 26 km (16 miles) south west from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A powerful earthquake swayed buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities, forcing the evacuation of hospitals and nursing homes, and prompting an Arizona border town to shut down its downtown area.


Vatican's Easter Mass infused with defense of pope (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:11 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI, right, is greeted by Cardinal Angelo Sodano during an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - It was the Catholic calendar's holiest moment -- the Mass celebrating the resurrection of Christ. But with Pope Benedict XVI accused of failing to protect children from abusive priests, Easter Sunday also was a high-profile opportunity to play defense.


100-plus trapped miners freed in China 'miracle' (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:20 PM PDT

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, a rescued miner is taken to a hospital in Xiangning County, north China's Shanxi Province, Monday, April 5, 2010. Nine miners were pulled to safety early Monday after spending more than a week trapped in a flooded coal mine in northern China, a rescue that had seemed beyond hope for days before crews heard someone tapping from deep underground. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lu Xiaoyu) ** NO SALES **AP - More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for more than a week in a flooded coal mine, sparking cheers among the hundreds of rescue workers who had raced to save them and almost given up hope.


Suicide bombers target embassies in Iraq, kill 42 (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:53 AM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands guard near the site of a suicide attack targeted the Iranian embassy Baghdad April 4, 2010. Three suicide bombers detonated car bombs near foreign missions in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 168. The blasts near the Iranian, Egyptian and German embassies followed mortar attacks on the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, home to government buildings, official residences and foreign embassies. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CONFLICT MILITARY CIVIL UNREST)AP - Suicide attackers detonated three car bombs in quick succession near foreign embassies in Baghdad on Sunday, killing more than 40 people in coordinated strikes that Iraqi officials said were intended to disrupt efforts to form a new government.


Space shuttle crew arrives for pre-dawn launch (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:29 AM PDT

Space shuttle Discovery stands ready at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sunday, April 4, 2010. Discovery is scheduled to launch Monday morning on a mission to the International Space Station.(AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - Discovery's astronauts waved and gave thumbs-up as they headed to the launch pad early Monday for a pre-dawn launch to the International Space Station, one of the last few shuttle flights.


Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:32 AM PDT

Mothers breast feed their newly born babies inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Fabella hospital in Manila March 16, 2010. Breast feeding advocates have tied up with a high-IQ (Intelligence Quotient) organization to debunk the claims of infant formula makers whose advertisements claimed that their products will increase a child's intelligence, local newspaper reported on Tuesday.   REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.


Easter service at DC church draws Obama family (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:18 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama and his family marked the Easter holiday by attending a music-filled service at a historically black Methodist church in southeast Washington, an area that was rocked by violence last week.

'Titans' battles to No. 1 spot with $61.4 million (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 03:25 PM PDT

Cast member Sam Worthington and girlfriend Natalie Mark pose at the premiere of AP - The gods of Mount Olympus are the new rulers of the weekend box office.


Eagles trade 6-time Pro Bowl QB McNabb to Redskins (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:51 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2008, file photo, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb waits to answer questions at a news conference in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Eagles traded McNabb to the Washington Redskins for a pair of draft picks on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)AP - Of all the possible landing spots for Donovan McNabb, the Washington Redskins seemed like a longshot.


Strong quake shakes cities around U.S.-Mexico border (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:46 AM PDT

** CORRWCTS STRENGTH OF QUAKE ** A car passes over a crack on the road at the 30th kilometer of the Mexicali-Tijuana highway made by a 7.2 earthquake in Mexicali, Mexico, Sunday, April 4, 2010. According to the USGS a 6.9 magnitude eartquake  was register 26 km (16 miles) south west from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)Reuters - Roads were torn up, buildings cracked and electricity posts toppled on Monday after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook cities in northern Mexico and Southern California, but few casualties were reported.


At least 114 rescued from flooded China mine (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:50 PM PDT

A survivor is taken to a hospital after being rescued out from the flooded Wangjialing Coal Mine, located across both Xiangning county and Hejin city, Shanxi province April 5, 2010. Nine miners trapped in the flooded coal mine in northern China were rescued early on Monday after more than seven days underground, with signs that over 140 others may also still be alive in the shaft.  REUTERS/Xinhua/Lu Xiaoyu (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. YESReuters - Chinese rescuers have pulled 114 miners from a flooded coal mine in northern Shanxi province more than a week since the accident occurred, dozens of them rescued on Monday.


China quiet on U.S. currency report delay (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:41 PM PDT

Employees deal with U.S. dollar and Renminbi yuan banknotes at a branch of Huaxia Bank in Shenyang, Liaoning province April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Sheng LiReuters - A Chinese central bank adviser said Beijing could ease pressure over the yuan by buying more from recession-hit U.S. states, but China had no official reaction on Monday to the Obama administration's delay of a contentious currency report.


Cardinal defends pope, denounces "petty gossip" (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 07:16 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI holds the Book of the Gospels during Easter vigil mass in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 3, 2010. REUTERS/Max RossiReuters - A leading cardinal defended Pope Benedict at an unusual address at the pontiff's Easter Sunday Mass, saying the Church would not be intimidated by "petty gossip" about sexual abuse of children by priests.


Protesters storm Thailand's Election Commission (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:34 AM PDT

A supporter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra attends a rally in Bangkok April 3, 2010. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Hundreds of anti-government protesters forced their way into Thailand's Election Commission building on Monday, raising the stakes in a rolling four-week street rally aimed at toppling the government.


Mexican cartels cannot be defeated, drug lord says (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 04:17 PM PDT

Undated police handout picture shows Ismael Zambada, Joaquin Reuters - Mexico's war on the drug trade is futile even if cartel bosses are caught or killed as millions of people are involved in the illicit business, a senior drug chief said in an interview published on Sunday.


Suicide car bombers kill 41 in central Baghdad (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:20 AM PDT

Women sit in one of the houses attacked by unknown gunmen and mourn the deaths of their relatives in Baghdad April 3, 2010. REUTERS/Saad ShalashReuters - Three suicide bombers detonated car bombs within moments of each other in a coordinated attack on foreign embassies in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing as many as 41 people and wounding more than 200.


Karzai rallies tribes, distances self from West (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:01 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a shura, or meeting, in Kandahar city April 4, 2010. REUTERS/Golnar MotevalliReuters - President Hamid Karzai, under fire for anti-Western remarks, distanced himself from his foreign backers in a speech on Sunday, telling tribal elders Afghans need to see their leaders are not "puppets."


Blast kills 10 at political gathering in Pakistan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:40 AM PDT

<p/>(AFP)AFP - A blast killed 10 people at a political gathering on Monday in a northwest district of Pakistan, where the military waged a major offensive against the Taliban last year, police said.


110 rescued from flooded China mine (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 12:44 AM PDT

Mine workers and rescuers wait to go down the entrance to the Wangjialing coal mine that flooded eight days ago in northern China's Shanxi province. At least 110 workers have been found alive in the mine eight days after it flooded, state television said Monday, citing rescue officials.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - More than 110 workers were pulled out of a Chinese coal mine Monday over a week after being trapped by flooding, in what has been hailed as a miracle rescue in the notoriously dangerous industry.