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Warehouse blast kills 4 in Urumqi

AN explosion in an underground warehouse killed four people and injured two others in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, yesterday evening, Xinhua news agency reported. The blast occurred at 10:13pm when the owner and workers... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Mar 11 2008

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