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Kunming

Nine killed after farm workers' truck rolls in SW China

xinhuanet.com
Mar 13, 2008 7 related
        

KUNMING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Nine farm workers were killed ... ... KUNMING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Nine farm workers were killed and seven others were injured when their truck overturned in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday, government sources said on...

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Woman drowns baby, herself after receiving fake notes in SW China

xinhuanet.com
Mar 11, 2008 1 related
        

KUNMING, March 11 (Xinhua)-- A woman and her 10-month-old ... ... KUNMING, March 11 (Xinhua)-- A woman and her 10-month-old baby drowned in a river after receiving 300 yuan (42 U.S. dollars) in alleged fake notes at a market in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The...

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Landslide kills five, injures two in SW China

xinhuanet.com
Mar 9, 2008 2 related
        

KUNMING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and ... ... KUNMING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and two injured after a landslide in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday afternoon, a local official said. The collapse occurred around 3:30 p.m....

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Ouch (not really...) for China!

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Mar 6, 2008
        

So, in preparation for this lovely trip to China, we’ve all gone and gotten shots in our arm. Ouch :D.

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Seven killed in southwest China mine collapse

xinhuanet.com
Mar 3, 2008 3 related
        

KUNMING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Seven villagers were killed ... ... KUNMING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Seven villagers were killed when the roof of a closed tin mine collapsed in China's southwestern Yunnan Province, a local source said on Monday. Seven farmers from Renshan and...

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China starts inaugural nationwide pollution census

xinhuanet.com
Feb 27, 2008 12 related
        

KUNMING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China launched its first ... ... KUNMING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- China launched its first national census of pollution sources on Tuesday, amid a green drive to curb the country's environmental deterioration. Zhou Jian, State Environmental...

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Congress deputies' details published in SW China

xinhuanet.com
Feb 27, 2008 1 related
        

KUNMING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Contact details of southwest ... ... KUNMING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Contact details of southwest China congress members were published on Wednesday in an ongoing campaign to make officials more open to the public and to strengthen supervision. A...

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Water pollution incident affects 9,000 in southwest China

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Feb 26, 2008 88 related
        

KUNMING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Water pollution from homemade ... ... KUNMING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Water pollution from homemade fertilizer affected the drinking water of 9,000 people in two towns in southwest China's Yunnan province last week and killed 20 tons of fish in a...

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Bringing the mass line to gov't leaders

xinhuanet.com
Feb 26, 2008
        

A special edition of Kunming Daily that featured the office telephone numbers of the leaders of the Kunming municipal government - from its mayor and Party secretary to the heads of all departments - sold out immediately upon hitting the newsstand two weeks ago and then had to be reprinted to...

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China may hit energy use target for 1st time in 08

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Feb 25, 2008 4 related
        

KUNMING (Reuters) - China could meet its own annual targets for energy efficiency for the first time this year, but will still have problems meeting its goals of reducing emissions, according to a state-backed think tank. ... By Rujun Shen KUNMING (Reuters) - "It is...

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