China:Bus chief quits over fatal fire

"THE chairman of a bus company in southwest China resigned after a fire on one of his buses killed 27 people on Friday. Li Shuguang, chairman of the Beixing Bus Company of the Chengdu Public Transport Group Co and general manager of the group, stepped down from his posts on...

Rescue work for missing people in Chongqing

Firefighters pave way to set the water pipes to cool the drill at the site of the massive landslide in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, June 7, 2009. The search for still missing people and rescue work for those trapped miners were continued on Sunday as rescuers race...