At least 152 people were trapped after a coal mine under construction in north China"s Shanxi province was flooded on Sunday, the Xinhua official news agency reported, citing local officials.
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - All the crewmembers of the cargo ship at the center of a mysterious hijacking case have been formally recognized as victims of pirate attack, Russia"s special investigations committee said on Friday.
Senior members of the ruling United Russia party, which has a parliamentary majority, said they were planning to demand the resignation of Sergei Mironov, speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament over his criticism of polices conducted by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.