Millions begin China holiday without power
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TONGREN, China  - Millions of Chinese began the biggest holiday of the year without power on Wednesday after more than a week of fierce winter weather, but tens of thousands of stranded passengers had finally found trains, buses and planes to get home for family reunions.
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Chinese premier Wen Jiabao took a bullhorn in hand to encourage stranded passengers in the snow-bound city of Changsha, as unusually severe winter weather snarled transport throughout the south amidst the country's worst power crisis.
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SHAOGUAN, China  - Work crews battled on Saturday to restore power to parts of southern China blacked out for over a week by the fiercest snow storms in 50 years as the government warned that worse was to come.
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DA ANTOU, China -- Chen Xiao'e was home alone and fast asleep, she recalled, when the windows started to shatter for no apparent reason, like a scene out of a horror movie. "I was frightened out of my wits," Chen said.
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Large parts of Zimbabwe, including the capital, are reportedly without electricity after a major power failure.
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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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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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Transport, power generation and food supply were back to normal in most of China on Sunday after the worst winter weather in decades killed scores of people and caused billions of dollars of damage, authorities said.
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Transport, power generation and food  supply were back to normal in most of China on Sunday after the  worst winter weather in decades killed scores of people and  caused billions of dollars of damage, authorities said.
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They swamp the rails every year &#151; millions of travelers who brave crowds, germs, pickpockets and hours of standing on lurching trains to make it home for China's biggest family holiday.
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Millions were left without power and hundreds of thousands without ready access to gasoline, groceries or other daily staples.
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GUANGZHOU, China  - Tens of thousands of Chinese crammed into a railway station in Guangzhou on Thursday, desperate to get home for a major holiday after days of delay caused by snow and showing signs of losing their patience.
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Beijing, in solidarity with millions of people facing the Lunar New Year without power, will turn off thousands of "holiday lights" lining the capital's main streets each night an hour earlier than usual.
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SHANGHAI, China Typhoon Aere (EYE&#39;-ray) is tearing through mainland China where nearly a (m) million people have been ordered to leave their homes.
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Officials step up attempts to ease situation for millions of travellers stranded prior to new year celebrations
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Millions of Chinese workers battled for a precious train ticket home Sunday as authorities flew in emergency supplies to areas stranded by the worst weather in 50 years.
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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.