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Hegang City, Heilongjiang province, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Local residents in Hegang, 10 kilometres from the mine site, said they felt the blast. Rescue operations were underway, Xinhua said, and more than 300 miners had been found.

The camps were set up to house Tamils fleeing the final stages of the 25-year civil war which ended in May. The special adviser to President Mahinda Rajapaksa also confirmed the authorities intended to close down camps which still house...

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) says that the average cost of flood damage to homes is between £20,000 and £40,000. But after severe flooding it can take up to 12 months for a property to dry out completely. The...

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith on Saturday announced that former East Timor ambassador Paul Foley would replace the current ambassador to Afghanistan Martin Quinn, who will end his 21-month term next month. Mr Smith reiterated that Australia, which has 1550 troops...

India's plans to launch a major offensive against Maoist rebels in the country's heartlands could jeopardise much-needed humanitarian operations in the impoverished area, the European Commission has warned. Government officials have signalled that an assault against insurgents is imminent...

Dr Liam Fox said maintaining the current presence of more than 20,000 was "no longer necessary". Other Nato member states should take up the UK's responsibilities in Germany, allowing British troops to deploy elsewhere, he told the Daily Telegraph. The...

The security forces repulsed the militants attacks in Gandu checkpost killing eight rebels, in Rah-e-Nijat operation five insurgents were shot dead while five more terrorists were killed in Ladha and six more terrorist were killed at Nawagai and Mamoond tehsil....

Serbian police (MUP) in Bujanovac arrested Armend S., 21 and Bejdzet S., 53, both residents of the village of Kon�ulj. They were brought before an investigative judge in this southern Serbian town, and charged with assault against on-duty police officers....