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2003
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Spy Plane
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| Mar.22 |
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Babies found in suitcases 28 baby girls were packed into nylon suitcases on a bus in southern China | |
| Mar.26 |
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34 killed by virus Map of Guangdong China 31 people from Guangdong province and 3 in Beijing have died from the mysterious pneumonia | |
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| Apr.3 |
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WHO reaches virus epicenter Map of Guangdong China A team of World Health Organization investigators has arrived in the province of Guangdong | |
| Apr.20 |
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Deadly virus spreads to 3 new provinces Map of Zhejiang China The 3 provinces are Zhejiang, Jilin and Liaoning. The revised figure for the number of cases in Beijing has jumped 9-fold
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| May.5 |
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10,000 people quarantined in Nanjing SARS outbreak claimed 206 lives in China and infected 4,280 people
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| Sep.11 |
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Spy plane 'gave secrets to China' Classified material aboard a U.S. plane that collided with a Chinese jet in 2001 was not entirely destroyed by the crew
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| Nov.14 |
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Mine blast kills 48 Map of Fengcheng China The bodies have been retrieved after the gas blast at a coal mine in the city of Fengcheng in province of Jiangxi | |
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| Dec.25 |
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233 died in gas disaster Map of Chongqing China Thousands flee the disaster. A gas well burst in the Chuan Dongbei gas field, releasing natural gas and sulfurated hydrogen | |
| Dec.28 |
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Gas death toll reached 233 Map of Chongqing China Emergency workers searched the remote, mountainous area near the city of Chongqing for survivors and more bodies
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