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State media says Shanghai rush hour bus explosion kills at least 3 people

SHANGHAI, China - Local police and state media report that a rush-hour fire and explosion on a Shanghai bus today killed three people and injured at least 12 others. ...full story at CNews

from CNews on Mon, May 05 2008

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