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Bus overturn kills two, injures 28 in SW China

Two people were killed and 28 were injured Tuesday as a bus overturned in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local government sources said. The accident occurred at 2:30 p.m. when a bus with 30 aboard bumped into road safety barriers and... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Jul 01 2009

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