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22 people dead, 10 injured in NW China firecracker blast

Twenty-two people were killed and 10 others injured in a firecracker explosion in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday. The accident happened at about 7:00 p.m. when the city authorities of Turpan were des ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Mar 27 2008

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