China punishes 60 people including vice mayor for disco fire in Shenzhen

October 5th, 2009 3 Chinese, 2 firms face export charges in BostonBOSTON — Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have filed charges against three Chinese citizens and two corporations for conspiring to illegally export military products. Prosecutors said Monday that the employees of Chitron Electronics Inc.

July 9th, 2009 Heroic Ohio cop blames budget cuts for his burnsWARREN, Ohio — An Ohio police officer who was wounded when he saved people from a fire blames his injuries on budget cuts that shut down a nearby fire station. Warren police Officer Doug Hipple spoke at a city council meeting Wednesday and offered his condolences over the death of one fire victim.

July 3rd, 2009 China says deadly bus fire was deliberately setBEIJING — A Chinese bus fire that killed 27 people and injured dozens last month was deliberately set by a man who committed suicide, state media said Friday. The air-conditioned bus caught fire during the morning rush hour in the southwestern city of Chengdu and was destroyed within minutes.

June 29th, 2009 BEIJING - At least three people died and 60 were injured when two passenger trains collided in central China's Hunan province early Monday. The collision, which derailed several carriages and a locomotive, took place at the railway station in Hunan's Chenzhou city, state media reported.

June 29th, 2009 3 dead, 63 hurt in central China train collisionBEIJING — Two passenger trains collided Monday, derailing cars, crushing nearby homes and killing three people, Chinese state media and an official said. The pre-dawn crash, which injured 63, occurred in Hunan province when a train going from the provincial capital Changsha to the southern city of Shenzhen collided with another Shenzhen-bound train, state television said.

June 29th, 2009 3 dead, 60 hurt in central China train collisionBEIJING — Two passenger trains collided Monday in an accident that killed three people and injured 60 as train cars were derailed and nearby houses knocked over, Chinese state media and an official said. The pre-dawn crash occurred in Hunan province when a train going from the provincial capital Changsha to the southern city of Shenzhen collided with another Shenzhen-bound train, state television said.

June 29th, 2009 CHANGSHA - At least three people were killed and 60 injured as two passenger trains collided in central China's Hunan province Monday morning. The accident took place at 2.34 a.m.

June 17th, 2009 China fires top official for key industrial zoneBEIJING — The Communist Party official responsible for a key industrial zone in northern China has been fired and expelled from the party over graft allegations, state media reported Wednesday. Pi Qiansheng had been the subject of an investigation prior to his firing for "serious discipline violations," the official Xinhua News Agency said, using the party's standard term for corruption.

June 9th, 2009 Length of China quarantine uncertain for La. mayorNEW ORLEANS — A spokeswoman for New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says Chinese officials haven't said when they'll end a quarantine for the mayor, his wife and a security guard.

June 7th, 2009 Paris mayor gives Dalai Lama honorary citizenshipPARIS — Paris' mayor has conferred a certificate of honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama, in a move that could further strain France's relations with China. Bertrand Delanoe has honored the exiled Tibetan leader with a ceremony in Paris' gilded City Hall.

June 7th, 2009 New Orleans mayor, wife quarantined in ChinaNEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife have been quarantined in China after a passenger on their flight exhibited flu-like symptoms. Nagin's office said Sunday the couple and a security guard were quarantined at a hotel in Shanghai as a precaution and were exhibiting no swine flu symptoms.

June 7th, 2009 CHENGDU - The toll in a bus fire accident in China Sunday rose to 27 after two more passengers succumbed to their injuries, an official said. The two victims had received severe burn injuries after the bus in which they were travelling caught fire in southwest China Friday.

June 5th, 2009 CHENGDU - At least 24 people were killed when a bus caught fire Friday morning in the city of Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province, officials said. The accident took place at 8 a.m.

June 3rd, 2009 Navy punishes commander of ship that ran agroundHONOLULU — The Navy says it has disciplined the former commanding officer of a warship than ran aground on a coral reef off Hawaii. The U.S. Pacific Fleet said Tuesday that Capt.

April 28th, 2009 Vice mayor of China resort city dismissedBEIJING — A vice mayor of eastern China's resort city of Hangzhou was fired Tuesday for an unspecified violation of discipline, the official Xinhua news Agency reported. Xu Maiyong was dismissed from his posts and remains under investigation by the Communist Party's discipline and inspection committee, Xinhua said, a likely sign his case will eventually be referred to top law enforcement bodies.