BEIJING (Reuters) - Ninety-six Chinese miners were feared dead after a coal mine gas blast in the northern province of Shanxi on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said, the latest in a grim series of colliery disasters.
There was confusion over the number of workers at the mine in Linfen, 400 km (240 miles) south of Taiyuan, the provincial capital.
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