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China reports first suspected mainland swine flu case

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>China Sunday announced the first suspected case of swine flu on the mainland -- a man in southwestern Sichuan province who had recently returned from the United States, state media reported.</p><p>The 30-year-old had just arrived in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu after ...

China confirms first case of swine flu on mainland

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>China on Monday confirmed its first case of swine flu on the mainland in a Chinese man who recently travelled back from the United States, the Xinhua news agency reported.</p><p>The 30-year-old man surnamed Bao was hospitalised with a fever after arriving in ...

Swine flu hits China as global cases rise

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>A first case of swine flu was confirmed in mainland China on Monday, underlining the outbreak's global spread, as the United States soared ahead of Mexico in terms of infections.</p><p>The world toll had passed 50 at the weekend after Costa Rica reported ...

Foreigners among 349 isolated by China over flu

AFP Asian Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>China has isolated 349 people, including foreigners, who travelled with the mainland's first swine flu case, officials and state media said Tuesday, as it ramped up efforts to contain the virus.</p><p>State-run China Central Television said authorities had found and "isolated" 349 of ...

Japan's Naito survives world title challenge

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>Japan's Daisuke Naito survived a sixth-round knockdown to retain his World Boxing Council flyweight title by a unanimous decision over China's Xiong Zhaozhong here Tuesday.</p><p>Xiong, 26, was making the first crack at a world title by a male Chinese professional boxer. China, ...

Bus fire in southwestern China kills 25

AP News 12 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Bus fire in southwestern China kills 25; cause of blaze still unclear</div><div><p>At least 25 people died and dozens were hurt Friday when a packed commuter bus burst into flames and was destroyed within minutes during the morning rush hour in the ...

China: At least 24 die in bus fire in southwest

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>At least 24 people were killed in a bus fire in the southwest Chinese city of Chengdu, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.</p><p>It was not immediately clear from Xinhua's report how the fire started. The report said the inferno had left an unspecified ...

China bus fire kills 25: state media

AFP Global Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>Twenty-five people were killed and 76 injured when a bus caught fire in southwestern China, state media reported.</p><p>Police said they were not sure how the fire broke out aboard the bus in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, state news agency Xinhua ...

China bus fire kills 25, dozens injured: state media

AFP Asian Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>Twenty-five people were killed and 76 injured when a bus caught fire in southwestern China on Friday, state media reported.</p><p>Police said they were not sure how the fire broke out aboard the bus in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, state news ...

Chinese bus blaze may have been sabotage: report

AFP Asian Edition 12 days ago

<div><p>Preliminary investigations suggest a fierce blaze which gutted a bus leaving 25 people dead and 76 injured in southwest China may have been started deliberately, according to state press.</p><p>The packed single-decker bus burst into flames early Friday morning in Chengdu, the capital ...

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