Energy News  
Eight killed in China bus blast

by Staff Writers
Beijing, Aug 7, 2006
An explosion on a bus in central China's Hunan province on Sunday evening has left eight people dead and another 19 injured, state media said.

Eight people died at the scene of the blast in Guiyang County and at least seven of the 19 injured were in a critical condition, emergency workers said, according to China's official Xinhua news agency.

More than 200 police had been deployed to help rescue the injured and to divert traffic around the blast site, Xinhua said.

An investigation was under way, the report said.

Community
Email This Article
Comment On This Article

Related Links
China News from SinoDaily.com



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


'God of rain' leaves over 70 dead or missing in China
Beijing, Aug 6, 2006
Tropical storm Prapiroon swept across south China, leaving a trail of destruction with more than 70 people reported dead or missing as of Sunday.







  • Unaxis drives back into profit on solar panels and microchips
  • Challenging Conventional Wisdom About High-Temperature Superconductivity
  • UltraCell To Deliver XX25 Micro Methanol Fuel Cell Systems To USAF Research Lab
  • Crude Prices Slip As Hurricane Fears Fade

  • Swedish nuclear sector out of danger, but political fallout lingers
  • US Says New Pakistani Nuclear Reactor Not Very Powerful
  • Nuclear Plant Faced Possible Meltdown In Sweden
  • Leading Scientists Urge Britain To Bury Radioactive Waste

  • NASA Experiment Finds Possible Trigger For Radio-Busting Bubbles
  • California's Model Skies
  • ESA Picks SSTL To Develop Atmospheric CO2 Detector
  • Faster Atmospheric Warming In Subtropics Pushes Jet Streams Toward Poles

  • Debate Continues On Post-Wildfire Logging, Forest Regeneration
  • Malaysia And Indonesia Join Forces To Dampen Haze Problem
  • Fires Rage In Indonesian Borneo And Sumatra
  • WWF Warns Over Pulp Giant In Indonesia

  • Acid rain in China threatening food chain
  • Farmland shrinkage in China threatens grain production
  • Brownfields May Turn Green With Help From Michigan State Research
  • GM Cornfields Under Attack

  • Toyota To Expand Hybrid Car Range In US
  • Ford First To Offer Clean-Burning Hydrogen Vehicles
  • Smart Cars To Rule The Roads
  • Nano Replacement For Petroleum

  • Boeing Puts Aircraft Market At 2.6 Trillion Dollars
  • Innovative Solutions Make Transportation Systems Safer Secure and Efficient
  • Joint Strike Fighter Is Not Flawed Finds Australian Government
  • Globemaster Airdrops Falcon Small Launch Vehicle

  • Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear
  • NASA plans to send new robot to Jupiter
  • Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission
  • Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement