11-28-2005

中国煤矿爆炸88人丧生 (China Coal Mine Blast Kills 88)

中国国营媒体报导，中国东北黑龙江省一座煤矿发生爆炸，已知有88名矿工丧生，36人仍被困在井下。

官方电台说，星期天晚上，七台河市东风煤矿发生爆炸的时候，井下有221名矿工，只找到97名生还者。在通风系统恢复之后，救援人员已经进入竖井搜救被困的矿工。爆炸导致通风系统关闭。

中国媒体说，这座煤矿属于国营的“黑龙江龙煤集团”，执照齐全。中国的采矿业是世界上最危险的。许多矿井对安全标准不重视，塌方、爆炸、透水和火灾频繁发生。

China's state-run media say 88 workers are known dead and 36 remain trapped after an explosion in a coal mine in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.

State radio says 221 miners were working at the time of the blast late Sunday at the Dongfeng mine in Qitaihe. Only 97 miners have been found alive. Rescue workers entered the mine shaft to search for survivors after the ventilation systems were restored. The systems had been shut down by the explosion.

Chinese news reports say the mine was properly licensed, as part of Heilongjiang Longmei Group， a state-owned mining conglomerate. China's mining industry is the world's most dangerous. Many mines devote little attention to safety standards, resulting in frequent cave-ins, explosions, floods and fires.

伊朗南部发生大地震十人死亡 (Earthquake Hits Southern Iran, 10 Dead)

伊朗一处人口稀少的地区星期天发生大地震，造成至少十人死亡，若干人受伤。

官员说，这次5点9级地震的震中靠近波斯湾的格什姆岛与大陆城市阿巴斯。他们说，岛上有几栋土砖房被震毁。当地医院挤满了受伤的人，有些人被空运到大陆接受治疗。

最初的地震发生几个小时后，当地又发生了5点4级的余震。卡什姆是伊朗在波斯湾最大的岛屿，岛上有10万人居住。今年2月，伊朗发生的6点4级地震造成600多人丧生。两年前，东南城市巴姆被一场6点7级的地震夷为平地，3万1千多人丧生。

A powerful earthquake shook a sparsely-populated area of Iran Sunday, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others.

Officials say the 5.9 magnitude quake was centered near the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm and mainland city of Bandar Abbas. They say several mud-brick buildings on the island were destroyed. Local hospitals were full of injured people and some people were airlifted to the mainland for treatment.

Hours after the initial earthquake, a 5.4 magnitude aftershock rocked the area. Qeshm is the largest Iranian island in the Persian Gulf, and home to 100-thousand people. In February, a 6.4 magnitude quake in Iran killed more than 600 people. Two years ago, the southeastern city of Bam was leveled by a 6.7 magnitude quake that left more than 31-thousand dead.