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Fifteen sailors remained missing Saturday after a North-Korean-registered cargo ship sank in the Yellow Sea, killing two, China's state media reported. It sank in China's Jiangsu Province early Friday after water entered the ship amid strong gales, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the...

A three-wheeled vehicle carrying 20 children on their way to school in central China's Hunan province plunged into a creek Monday morning, killing 14 of the children and injuring several others, according to state media. The death toll rose from nine after four children who were hospitalized...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2010/12/03/vo.china.high.speed.train.cctv A Chinese high-speed train broke a world record Friday for fastest unmodified commercial train, reaching speeds of up to 481.1 kph (298.9 mph), state media reported. According to China's official Xinhua news agency...

Typhoon Megi hit China on Saturday, sending hundreds of thousands fleeing as it made landfall in the southeastern province of Fujian, state media reported. About 270,000 people have been evacuated, Xinhua news agency said. The fourth typhoon to hit China this year made landfall in Zhangzhou...

The final death toll from a coal mine gas leak in central China's Henan Province has risen to 37 after bodies of the last five miners trapped underground were found, rescuers said Tuesday, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency. More than 2,500 metric tons of coal dust smothered the...

More than 100,000 people were evacuated Sunday as China's southernmost island province, Hainan, experienced a new round of torrential rains after being hard-hit by flooding, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency. More than 200 villages in the cities of Haikou, Wenchang and Qionghai...

Rescue officials say five more bodies have been found after a coal mine gas leak in central China's Henan province, raising bringing the death toll to 26 as of Sunday morning, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners still trapped underground...

23 dead, 59 missing in Philippine typhoon MANILA, Philippines, Typhoon Basyang killed at least 23 people in the Philippines before heading toward China, authorities said Thursday Another 59 people were still unaccounted for, Xinhua reported. The National Disaster Coordinating Council said 17...

Bombs kill six in Baghdad BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- Bomb blasts killed at least six people late Saturday in Baghdad, police said. Four of the deaths occurred in the Hurria neighborhood in northwestern Baghdad where three roadside bombs exploded, Xinhua, the official Chinese government news agency...