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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
November 22, 2009
HEGANG, China — Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 — the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years.
The pre-dawn blast Saturday at....