At least 21 die in coal mine collapse

Twenty-one coal miners were killed when a mine collapsed in northern China, state media has reported.

The disaster occurred on Saturday in Shenmu in Shaanxi province in the heart of the country’s coal-mining belt, according to state TV and the Xinhua News Agency.

Sixty-six other miners were rescued, the city government said in a statement.

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