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Google: Search engine blocked in mainland China

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google says people in mainland China are being blocked from using its Internet search engine.
The company posted a Thursday notice about the new barrier without any other details. A Google spokesman in the U.S. says he is still trying to gather information about the situation in China.
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US to press China, UAE, others on Iran sanctions

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States announced Thursday that top officials will fan out starting next week to China, the United Arab Emirates, and other key countries in support of tighter sanctions against Iran.
“China is of concern to us in this regard,” Robert Einhorn, the US State Department’s special adviser for [...]

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Official: Water safe after chemical spill in China

BEIJING – The water supply was safe in a northeastern China city after more than 3,000 containers of toxic chemicals were washed into a river by the worst floods in a decade in the country, an official said Thursday.
Some of the water supply in Jilin city in Jilin province was shut [...]

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Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped

BEIJING – Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege many areas of the country.
Floods this year have killed at least 928 people with 477 missing and caused tens of [...]

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Huge blast at China factory kills 12, scores hurt

BEIJING – A powerful blast caused by a suspected gas leak rocked a plastics factory in eastern China on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and seriously injuring more than a dozen others.
An initial investigation showed the explosion occurred after workers accidentally breached a propylene pipeline beneath the factory in downtown [...]

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China to send 2 pandas to Japan in diplomatic move

BEIJING – China has announced plans to send two of its prized giant pandas to Japan, the latest installment of panda diplomacy aimed at warming the two countries’ often-strained relations.
The official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday that China will send Bi Li and Xian Nu, both five-year-olds from China’s Wolong Nature [...]

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Clinton comments, Korea drills roil US-China ties

TAIPEI, Taiwan – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s thinly veiled criticism of Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea has angered Beijing’s leadership and quietly pleased Asian countries concerned about China’s expanding military power.
Clinton spoke less than 48 hours before American and South Korean warships started high-profile military exercises [...]

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Report: Explosion at China factory injures 100

BEIJING – State media says an explosion at a factory in eastern China has injured about 100 people.
The official Xinhua News Agency says the Wednesday morning blast occurred at a plastics factory in downtown Nanjing city in eastern Jiangsu province.
Nearly 100 people were injured and rushed to the hospital, Xinhua said, citing witnesses [...]

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China landslide leaves 21 missing amid floods

BEIJING – A landslide caused by rains in southern China left 21 people missing Tuesday, adding to a growing death toll from China’s worst flood season in a decade, which is expected to worsen with heavy rains forecast across the country.
Rescuers searched for 21 people missing after a landslide in Hanyuan [...]

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China braces for more flooding as rains continue

BEIJING – Troops sandbagged swollen rivers Monday and storm-battered regions across China prepared for more floods and potential landslides as forecasters predicted torrential rains this week.
State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of soldiers using sandbags to patch up breached riverbanks ahead of heavy rains that were expected to continue in the southwest, [...]

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