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21 miners killed in colliery accident in SW China

（Xinhua）  10:44, March 13, 2013  

Photo taken on March 13, 2013 shows the site of the accident in Shuicheng County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Twenty-one miners were killed and four others were missing in a coal and gas outburst Tuesday evening at Machang Coal Mine which belongs to Gemudi Company of Guizhou Water & Mining Group. Eighty-three miners were working underground when the accident took place, and 58 of them managed to get to the ground safely. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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（Editor：ChenLidan、Wang Jinxue）

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