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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Hunan

Hunan stories: 3 news summaries

 3 Dead in China Train Crash 


Jun 29, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three people are dead and 60 injured after two trains collided in the central China province of Hunan early this morning, AP reports. Two of the dead were on the trains while the third was in one of the nearby houses damaged in the collision, according to Chinese state media.... More »

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(Newser) - Seeking to stem the flow of cigarettes over the border and bolster the local tobacco industry, a Chinese county has ordered local officials to puff only local cigarettes, the Times of London reports. In March, Gongan county mandated that civil servants on its payroll smoke 230,000 packs of... More »

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China • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • civil service • Hunan • employee • Gongan

Bridge Collapse Kills 22 in China

Bridge was under construction

Aug 14, 07 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bridge under construction in Hunan Province collapsed yesterday, killing 22 people and leaving 44 missing. Workers were removing scaffolding from the 880-foot-long span when it crumbled into the Tuo River. Located in the ancient city of Fenghuang and designed as a tourist attraction, the bridge had four decorative stone... More »

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China • bridge collapse • bridge • collapse • Hunan • Tuo River • Fenghuang

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