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One dead, 38 trapped in two mine accidents [China]
One person has been killed and at least 38 others are trapped after two coalmine accidents on in China...The first accident occurred in Tonghua city in northeastern Jilin province...Fifteen miners were trapped after the Xiren coalmine flooded...The second accident was seven hours later at the privately-owned Danangou mine in Datong city in northern Shanxi province...An official told Xinhua 34 miners were trapped originally and that rescuers extracted 11, one of whom died in hospital...Floods, explosions and collapses make China's mines the world's most deadly with official figures showing around 6000 workers dying in the industry last year.