Breaking News

July 12, 2009 Sunday

Updated

Straits Times Headlines

Breaking News

Injury count rises to 1,680

M'sia highway crash kills 1

Miners trapped for 25 days

Thai H1N1 deaths now 18

'Better than Bali'

Use same language: China, Taiwan

Chelsea interested in Zlatan?

China trade pact next year

Big on small

Shiny style, subdued Sun

What's on: Mon's picks

Domestic goddess

Arnesen gets new Chelsea job

Lorry crashes into tree

Social faultlines to bridge

Swatch expects sales to improve

'Eliminate elite schools'

2 killed near Indonesian mine

Indonesians pray for Uighurs

11 more hurt in bull run

Infected PCs analysed

$50k worth of briyani sold

Nedved turns down Inter, Juve

Strong quake shakes Peru

Malaysia's fertility rate falls **

China flash flood kills 14

BEIJING - FOURTEEN hikers were killed and five are missing after being swept away by a flash flood in a scenic gorge near the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

About 400 rescuers worked overnight at the Tanzhangxia Gorge to rescue 16 other members of the group of 35 men and women, who had organised the hike through a travel website.

Aso's party may have lost

TOKYO - JAPANESE Prime Minister Taro Aso's ruling coalition may have suffered defeat on Sunday in Tokyo city elections seen as a key test of his popularity ahead of a nationwide vote, Kyodo News reported.

Injury count rises to 1,680

BEIJING - THE number of people injured in ethnic violence in China's Urumqi has risen to 1,680, state media reported on Sunday, quoting the regional government.

The figure was a marked increase from the 1,080 injuries reported on Tuesday by the official Xinhua news agency.

Miners trapped for 25 days

BEIJING - THREE Chinese miners survived for 25 days trapped underground by licking water off the walls of their coal mine, state media said on Sunday.

The buried miners eventually caught sight of a rescuer's flashlight and shouted, enabling searchers to follow the sound to the pit where they lay, CCTV said.

Use same language: China, Taiwan

China trade pact next year

'Eliminate elite schools'

Infected PCs analysed

5 dead, 15 hurt in collapse

Contest cancelled due to flu

China tools up for space race

Calm amidst tension

Chemical plant blast in Urumqi

PM Aso's job on the line

Trial to start next week

At least 15 killed in flood