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 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-stroke-centers17-2009nov17,0,4848685.story
L.A. County paramedics start using stroke centers
Patients will be routed to one of 10 hospitals that have a specialized stroke neurologist available at all times....
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/world/asia/22china.html
At Least 42 Die in Chinese Mine Explosion Â
By KEITH BRADSHER
Published: November 21, 2009
HONG KONG — A gas explosion at a coal mine in northeastern China early Saturday morning killed at...
CNN, 11/21/09:Â “Anger over Algeria’s defeat of Egypt in a World Cup qualifier
has erupted into riots. Hundreds of protesters clashed with
police near the Algerian Embassy in Cairo….39 security forces were wounded in the clashes, and cars and stores...
CNN, 11/21/09:Â “An explosion at a coal mine in northeastern China killed at
least 11 workers and trapped nearly 128 underground early
Saturday, state-run media reported.”
Link:Â
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http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK305119
China mine explosion kills 42, traps 66
Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:45am EST
By Maxim Duncan
HARBIN, Nov 21 (Reuters) – A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine on Saturday and 66 remain...