Five Tanzanian miners freed after 41 days trapped underground
Dar Es Salaam: Five Tanzanian gold miners have been rescued after spending 41 days trapped deep underground eating cockroaches and frogs to survive, the mining ministry and survivors said. The miners were among a group of around 20 that were in pit when a shaft they were working on collapsed on October 5.
16 killed, 150 hurt in train accident in Pak
Karachi: At least 16 people were killed and over 150 others injured today when a passenger train derailed in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, weeks after it was targeted by Baloch militants in a blast near Quetta. Four coaches of Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express derailed from track this morning at Ab-i-gum area in Bolan district of the province, officials said.
China’s two-child policy evokes poor response
Beijing: China’s new two-child policy has evoked a poor response from young couples as they are reluctant to have a second child due to the high cost of living, an official survey has found.
Myanmar for framework on political dialogue
Nay Pyi Taw: Myanmar is planning to form a Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee to start drafting a framework for holding political dialogue as part of the country’s peace process, authorities said on Tuesday.
Gold coins, hoofs found in 2k-yr-old Chinese tomb
Beijing: Archaeologists in China today discovered 75 gold coins and hoof-shaped ingots in a 2,000-year-old tomb dating back to the Western Han Dynasty. The gold objects - 25 gold hoofs and 50 very large gold coins - bare the largest single batch of gold items ever found in a tomb belonging to Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD).