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Mon 11 Nov 2009Death toll from Chinese coal mine disaster rises to 92

THE DEATH toll from China’s latest coal mining disaster rose to 92 yesterday as hopes of finding survivors from Saturday’s gas explosion dimmed.

The official Xinhua news agency reported that 528 people had been working in the Xinxing mine in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang when the explosion took place at 2.30am on Saturday. It said 420 people escaped.