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Four die in foggy 52-car pile-up in China
13 Apr 2007 05:53:56 GMT
Source: Reuters
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BEIJING, April 13 (Reuters) - Four people were killed in a Chinese expressway pile-up involving 52 vehicles in morning fog on Friday, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident happened on the Yongchuan section of the expressway running between Chengdu, capital of the southwestern province of Sichuan, and neighbouring Chongqing.

An "unclear number" of people were injured, Xinhua added, saying an investigation was under way.

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Farmers plant rice seeds on a farmland in Longli County, Guizhou province April 22, 2007. Over 10 percent of China's farm land is contaminated, threatening the ability of the world's most populous nation to feed itself, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. Picture taken April 22, 2007.


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