Mine too crowded when 104 killed, China official says
Posted: November 24, 2009 at 5:25 a.m.
The coal mine that exploded in northern China, killing 104, had too many workers underground, a government official said Monday, exposing the risks often taken to meet the country’s insatiable energy demands.
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