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Five killed, 14 injured in NW China road accident

Five people were killed and 14 others injured in a road accident in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday, according to local government. The accident occurred at 1:05 p.m. when a bus crashed off the road after being... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Jan 21 2009

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