Millions in China to greet new year without power
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Trains and planes are starting to  return to normal across China, but millions are likely to spend  the biggest holiday of the year without power and water in what  for some is the coldest winter in a century.
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Authorities around the Asian region battered by the quake-tsunami tragedy that killed some 120,000 people scaled back or canceled celebrations Friday to mark the New Year.
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Cold, exhausted residents stood in long lines for water and gasoline Tuesday as the central Chinese city of Chenzhou entered the 12th day of a blackout sparked by the worst winter storms in more than half a century.
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China says it faces serious power shortages as severe winter weather causes unusually high demand.
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Chinese authorities work to restore power to millions, as the snow-hit country begins to celebrate Lunar New Year.
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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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Sirens were due to wail across more  than 100 Chinese cities on Saturday to commemorate the 73rd  anniversary of the start of Japan's invasion of China, state  media said.
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China's railway system is expected to carry some 155 million people over the upcoming Chinese New Year period, the most ever, as people flood home for the traditional festival, a senior official said on Thursday.
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The heaviest snow in decades causes chaos across China, with half a million people stranded in one city.
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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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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
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China has taken the step of asking millions of migrant workers to forego their annual Lunar New Year trip home, saying the worst winter weather in 50 years is expected to pummel the country for at least another three days.
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Millions of Chinese workers, many headed home for the New Year's holiday, face delays amid some of the country's worst weather in the last 50 years.
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Sirens will wail across more than 100  Chinese cities and cars will stop and honk their horns Saturday  to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the start of Japan's  invasion of China, state media said.
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China says its eastern provinces and Shanghai face more power shortages this winter and spring.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Eastern Canada could be without electricity until the end of the week, officials said on Monday, after an early winter blizzard downed power lines and crumpled transmission towers.
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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.