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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 23: China Jiangsu team competes during the A group of collective Free Routine Final in China Synchronised Swimming open 2011 at Beijing National Aquatics Center on April 23, 2011 in Beijing, China.

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BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 23: American film director Rob Minkoff and his wife Crystal Kung Minkoff arrive at the red carpet of the first Beijing International Film Festival at China's National Grand Theater on April 23, 2011 in Beijing, China.

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Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan, left, accompanied by Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi waves to his fans upon arrival at the opening of the Beijing International Film Festival in Beijing, China, Saturday, April 23, 2011.

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Artists wear masks & carry signs in front of a portrait of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei during a protest calling for his release in Hong Kong April 23, 2011. Ai, 53, was detained on April 3 as he was about to board a flight to Hong Kong from Beijing. Chinese police said Ai, a critic of China's ruling Communist Party, was under investigation for "suspected economic crimes.

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Truck drivers fix a container truck at an unfinished road being used by truck drivers to park their container trucks near a port in Shanghai, April 23, 2011. The government of the Chinese city of Shanghai is cutting some fees to defuse striking truck drivers' anger over high fuel prices, an official spokesman said after days of sometimes violent confrontation disrupted the world's busiest port. But it was not immediately clear whether the steps would end the protests that galvanized hundreds of striking truck drivers and brought flashes of unrest over inflation to China's biggest commercial hub.

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Yu Xiaoyang (L) and Wang Chen of China perform in the ice dance short dance during the International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Taipei on February 17, 2011. They scored 50.58 in the short dance.

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XI AN, CHINA - APRIL 20: 0: Members of the public visit the exposition park during the first test run of the International Horticultural Exposition 2011 on April 20, 2011 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province of China. The World Horticultural Exposition 2011 will be held in Xi'an April 28 through October 22.

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In this photo taken Thursday, April 21, 2011, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming speaks to journalists during a visit to his Shanghai basketball club in Shanghai. Yao Ming says Thursday he hopes to continue playing for Houston after his contract expires this summer. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT.

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Pope Benedict XVI baptises Zhonghua Wanga (L) of China during a Papal mass on Holy Saturday on April 23, 2011 at St Peter's basilica at The Vatican.

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Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses a convention marking the centennial anniversary of the founding of Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2011. Chinese top state and Communist Party leaders Hu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang attend the celebration on Sunday. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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Activists demonstrate during a protest to demand the release of detained prominent Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in Hong Kong on April 24, 2011. Ai, a prominent artist and harsh critic of China's Communist Party leaders, who's been held since April 3, for unspecified 'economic crimes', sparked worldwide condemnation.

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A man enters a shop containing pirated DVDs and music CDs on a street in central Beijing April 24, 2011. The local police department destroyed nearly 300,000 pirated DVDs, illegal publications and video game machines last Friday as part of a nationwide campaign to crack down on piracy, local media reported.

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Photo taken on April 23, 2011 shows the exterior of Henan Radio and Television Tower in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province. The 388-meter-high tower, the highest in Henan Province, was open on Monday with the functions of broadcasting and sightseeing. [Xinhua/Zhu Xiang]

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Visistors examine ivory carvings in an ivory carving show in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 20, 2011. The show, to be closed on May 4, showcases more than 100 ivory carvings made in China from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to the 1970s. Ivory carving is the carving of animal tooth or tusk. The ancient craft has now virtually ceased, as it is illegal under most circumstances throughout the world since the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1975. [Xinhua/Wang Jiankang]

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A beggar, right, plays an erhu, a Chinese traditional two-stringed instrument, on Saturday, April 23, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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Charles Chao, president and CEO of SINA Corporation, is listed among TIME 100.

Time Magazine unveiled Thursday the 2011 TIME 100 list of most influential people.

Charles Chao, president and CEO of SINA Corporation which hosts the hugely popular Twitter-like Chinese service, Weibo.com, was among the inclusions.

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BEIJING - All the 17 killed were identified as migrant workers and their families, after a fire swept through a garment workshop building in the southern Beijing suburb Monday morning, local authorities said.

The fire broke out at around 1 a.m. Monday in a four-story building in Jiugong Town in Daxing District, killing 17 people and injuring 24 others, said Chang Hongyan, deputy head of the government of Daxing District.

Initial investigation shows the fire started at the first floor, which was an unlicensed garment workshop named Yuyun. The above stories were used to accommodate workers.

The building belongs to a local resident surnamed Zhang. Its construction was not approved by local authorities, said Chang.

Most of the 17 killed died on the first floor after inhaling excessive smoke, said Chang.

Photos taken at the site showed that the windows of the building were all barred with iron fences, which were initially installed to guard off burglars but may have prevented the trapped people from escaping.

Liu Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and mayor Guo Jinlong have arrived at the site to direct the investigation.

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GUIYANG, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers on Monday morning were racing to rescue eight trapped miners after a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province flooded early Sunday evening.

A team of 32 rescuers are pumping water out of the mine in Panxian County with two pumps, each capable of drawing 65 cubic meters of water per hour, Tan Bo, deputy director of the county's publicity department, told Xinhua from the accident site via telephone.

The water level has dropped a little, but rescuers were still unable to pass through the submerged tunnel to search for the miners, Tan said.

There is "a large quantity of water" inside the mine, but it is not clear exactly how much, Tan said.

The accident occurred at about 7 p.m. Sunday, when 45 miners were working in the mine. Thirty-seven of them scrambled to safety, while eight other miners failed to escape.

Investigations into the cause of the accident are underway.

The flooded mine is around 330 kilometers away from the provincial capital of Guiyang.

The mine is capable of producing 150,000 tonnes of coal per year, and was operating legally.

This accident is the third coal mine accident in Panxian County this year. On March 12, a gas explosion at an illegal coal mine killed 19 workers.

On March 28, a gas leak at another coal mine in the county killed eight workers and injured three.

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Chen Show Mao, a Workers' Party of Singapore candidate for the upcoming May 7 general election, answers questions from the media during a news conference at the party headquarters in Singapore April 25, 2011. Chen, a lawyer who has advised on China's largest IPOs, is one of the highest profile candidates to be put up by Singapore's tiny opposition in a general election.

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NANJING, CHINA - APRIL 24: People swarm into the Nanjing Female Technical Secondary School for the Civil Service Exam on April 24, 2011 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China. About 204,000 people have taken part in the exam on Sunday.

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NANCHANG, CHINA - APRIL 24: People leave after taking the civil service examination on April 24, 2011 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province of China. About 38,000 people have taken part in the exam on Sunday.

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A man tries his ride on a rodeo bull-riding machine in a hotel where a press conference is held to announce upcoming rodeo performances in Beijing, China, Monday, April 25, 2011. American cowboys will perform rodeo games at China's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, in Beijing in October 2011.

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Investigators go through the remains of a fire in Daxing district of Beijing, China, Monday, April 25, 2011. At least 17 people were killed in the early morning fire Monday in a four-story building in southern Beijing, state media reported.

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Rescuers stand by the bodies of victims lined up along a street after a fire broke out in a four-story building in Daxing district in Beijing on April 25, 2011.

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A Chinese trucker walks past containers at a cargo terminal in Shanghai on April 25, 2011. Shanghai truckers said on April 25 they have halted a strike over high fuel costs after authorities met their demands amid fears of wider inflation-related unrest.

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Children with vintage/legacy People's Liberation Army uniforms stroll at a street on Monday, April 25, 2011 in Shanghai, China.

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Activists demonstrate in front of Government offices against the use of nuclear energy in Hong Kong on April 24, 2011. Environmental organization Greenpeace called on the Environmental Bureau to openly put a stop to the nuclear expansion plan at a Legislative Council meeting on April 29, as well as setting up an independent monitoring panel to keep an eye on the safety and management of the Daya Bay nuclear plant.

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A bus which is covered all over by gold foil in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, April 25, 2011. The glittering face-lift turns out to be a promotion stunt by a local jewelry store, which costs 20,000 yuan ($30,500), ten times the average, local newspaper Xinhua Daily reported. [Photo/CFP]

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Passengers are seen at the railway station in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, April 25, 2011. The railway station of the city witnessed nearly 19,000 passengers on Monday, as the three-day Labor Day holiday draws near. [Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi]

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Actress Huo Siyan looks cool in her latest photos released by fashion magazine Hotspot. [Sina.com.cn]

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Visiting Austalian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao raise their glasses following a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26, 2011. The trip is Gillard's first to China, Australia's top trading partner, and comes at a time when the communist country is waging its toughest crackdown on dissent in years.

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HEFEI, CHINA - APRIL 25: A farmer holds a flowering cabbage in a field on April 25, 2011 in Hefei, Anhui Province of China. Vegetable prices have plunged throughout China following a bumper harvest in many regions, resulting in devastating losses for farmers. The Chinese government has introduced measures to help relieve pressure on farmers by encouraging supermarkets, schools and canteens to purchase direct from the farmers, and allowing extra market stalls to allow direct sale of produce. Despite these initiatives by the government farmers are still left with crops that are rotting due to the oversupply.

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Bridal couple Yan Zheng, left, and Qiang Lin, right, of China, pose for their wedding pictures in front of the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in London as final preparations are made in London, Tuesday, April 26, 2011, for the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton on Friday.

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Tibetan exiles participate in a protest against the visit of Jiang Jufeng, governor of Sichuan Province in China, and demanding the withdrawal of Chinese troops from the Kirti monastery in Tibet, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 26, 2011. The Kirti monastery, housing nearly 2,500 monks, has been completely surrounded since March 16 by Chinese armed forces, who at one point prevented food and other vital supplies from entering the monastic compound, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said in a statement earlier this month.

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Xintong Huang and Xun Xheng of China perform during the preliminary ice dance event at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on April 26, 2011.

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A group of anti-nuclear protesters hold a demonstration outside China Light and Power in Hong Kong on April 26, 2011. The world on April 26 marked a quarter century since the world's worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in Ukraine, haunted by fears over the safety of atomic energy after the Japan earthquake.

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Melinda Wang of Chinese Taipei performs during the preliminary women's free skating event at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, on April 26, 2011.

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Amateur Yan Donglong, afire in a petrol blaze, sprints through the SenBhola Forest Theme Park, Fogang county, South China's Guangdong province on April 25, 2011. Yan, 32, also known as "Fire King," is challenging the Guinness World Record for "Running the longest distance while on fire" and "Man plays the most items with fire." The previous record holder is a British amateur Keith Malcolm, who ran 295 feet (about 80 meters) while on fire. Yan can perform a 30-minute stunt showing more than 20 fire playing items, including "swallowing fire" "puffing fire" and "stamping on fire." The park is contacting the Guinness China office to help Yan declare two records.[Photo/Asianewsphoto]

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Female soldiers in China's reserve military force display their new uniforms in Beijing on Tuesday. The new uniforms will be distributed to each reserve soldier in China's army, navy, air force and the Second Artillery Force starting on May 1. [PHOTO BY LI GANG / XINHUA]

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An infant receives an immunity vaccination in Suining county, Jiangsu province, on Monday, National Child Vaccination Awareness Day. A total of 11 vaccines are available to the county’s children for free. PHOTO BY HONG XING / FOR CHINA DAILY

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BEIJING - An arrest warrant was approved on Tuesday for nine members of a gang who killed a mentally-disabled man and then used his death as a pretext to extort money from a mine boss.

Prosecutors said that seven members of the gang were charged with intentional homicide, and two others, including the lone female suspect, surnamed Ri, were accused of fraud.

Prosecutors in East China's Jiangxi province said that five suspects, including the leader of the gang, surnamed Lu, bought a young man with mental-health problems for 5,200 yuan ($800) from a human trafficker in March.

The woman suspect Ri helped fabricate fake identification for the man, according to Dongxiang county police.

With the documents, the five suspects took him to apply for a job at the Dongxiang County Lead and Zinc Mining Co Ltd, media reports said.

On March 11, only a few days after getting injury insurance, two suspects, surnamed Zhang and Yang, took the young man to a 37-meter-deep vent and pushed him down.

He died on the way to hospital.

On March 14, the woman suspect Ri, and another suspect surnamed Ji, pretended to be the victim's nephew and a distant family member and asked the mine boss for 1.2 million yuan in compensation, the police said.

After many discussions, the boss finally decided to pay them 520,000 yuan in compensation.

But Dongxiang police remained suspicious and sent officers to the victim's birthplace to check his identity, which they determined was fake.

On April 18, police detained the nine suspects.

"We are still working with police to further investigate the case," a prosecutor surnamed Liu from Dongxiang prosecutors' office told China Daily on Tuesday.

An earlier report by Xinhua News Agency quoted Wang Xinguo, deputy head of the Dongxiang county police bureau, as saying that there were a number of similar cases across the country.

"We will conduct an intensive inspection in the surrounding mining industries to see if there are similar cases, and if the suspects may be related," Wang said.

Wu Yongming, vice-president of the provincial association of social sciences, said that enterprises should also be blamed for hiring mentally-disabled workers, which is banned.

"If enterprises follow the standard employment procedure, the gang won't have a chance to get a mentally-disabled man employed in the first place," he said.

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