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Deadly bus blaze in SW China deliberate: local police

A blaze that engulfed a bus in southwest China's Sichuan Province, which killed 27 people and injured 74 in early June, is believed to be the work of an arsonist, local police said Thursday. The man, identified as 62-year-old unemployed Zhang... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Jul 02 2009

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