Troops help stranded Chinese as snow kills 50
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Troops fanned out across large swathes  of China hit by snow storms that have killed about 50 people as  Premier Wen Jiabao apologized to stranded railway passengers  ahead of the biggest holiday of the year.
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CHENZHOU, China  - The thunder of firecrackers ushered in the Year of the Rat on Thursday, but millions of Chinese were spending a cold holiday as repair teams battled to restore power knocked out by the worst snow storms in a century.
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More than 50 people were rescued by two military helicopters Wednesday after landslides caused by heavy rains trapped their vehicles on a highway in Scotland, police said.
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Troops fanned out across large swathes of China hit by snow storms that have killed about 50 people as Premier Wen Jiabao apologized to stranded railway passengers ahead of the biggest holiday of the year.
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Fifty-three people were confirmed dead after a passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off in northern China, officials and state mmedia said.
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LONDON  - More than 50 people were rescued by a naval helicopter Wednesday after two landslides caused by heavy rain trapped their vehicles on a highway in Scotland, police said.
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Heavy snow leaves at least 16 people dead and causes transport chaos in central and eastern China.
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China is not yet over the worst of a winter weather crisis that has killed 60 and doomed millions to a cold dark Lunar New Year holiday next week.
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China dispatched the army Wednesday to help millions of people stranded by intense snowstorms that have brought transport gridlock, crippled power supplies and hindered relief efforts, state media reported.
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Wild winter weather across China left  hundreds of thousands of people stranded on Monday and crippled  energy and transport, stoking fears of rising deaths and  economic damage blighting the biggest holiday of the year.
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Almost 180,000 people have been  stranded in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan by a  return of snow and freezing weather which has blocked roads and  caused blackouts, state media said on Sunday.
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Chaotic winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the country's worst power crisis, with one mountain-road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.
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GUANGZHOU, China  - Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow and ice ahead of what is for many their only family reunion of the year.
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With the weather showing little sign of improving, thousands of Chinese remain stranded and many are without power
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CHENZHOU, China  - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as President Hu Jintao chaired an emergency meeting to discuss the worst winter weather in half a century.
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Each year, some 200 million workers head home for the Lunar New Year. But massive snow storms have left many stranded and shivering
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Workers rushed to restore power Tuesday to regions of China hard-hit by snow and ice storms, in a struggle that state media said has already cost the lives of 11 electricians