Fourteen die in China bridge collapse, 65 missing

Source: Reuters

16 minutes ago

BEIJING (Reuters) - A bridge under construction in southern China has collapsed killing at least 14 people and injuring 22, state media reported on Tuesday.

Sixty-five people were missing, the Beijing News said.

The bridge, being built in Fenghuang county, a popular tourist destination in southeastern Hunan province, collapsed on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070814/ts_nm/china_bridge_dc_2;_ylt=Aj3GFhMe57ZN_.pafbUl41UE1vAI

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Not much on this story yet. I hope they find the missing people. :(

Yes, i too hope they find the missing ones. when are governments gonna give two hoots about people?

Until the bridge is completed, there often isn't enough
stough "there" to carry the load.

Tesha

....I wonder if it was an American design?....maybe not, our bridges are usually completed before they fall down....

We have gone from attacking an extreme administration, to attacking America whenever we can. I think this is turning people off to progressive boards personally....i.e., blaming troops for the war, blaming "America" for faulting engineering on a bridge....its just too much for me....

They're not capable of designing their own bridges, so they steal our plans and build bootleg ones.

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How would you know about turning people off progressive boards got some stats to back that assertion up? Your entire rant stinks. Welcome to ignore Skippy. Enjoy DU while you can.

hate the f*cked up leadership. You are implying that makes somehow...a closet repub or Jesus freak? hhmmm...Im happy to be on your ignore list along with everyone else you have found that says something positive about the US.

took it down after I complained......Binka it is getting rough in here for those of us who are troops, and for those who love and support the troops.......

Go over to GD, on average one thread a day is erased for bashing the troops........I helped pull one down yesterday and one down today.......

Other countries can have problems without our help.

I just got flamed and ignored a couple posts up because of such right-wing propoganda as your post! (/end extreme sarcasm)

Man (just looked at some of the replies), it's very obvious that after 6 years of Bushco some people are simply raw nerves. I think that perhaps, the (justifiable) anger and frustration has gotten so great for some, that they attribute any and all bad to the USA. And if they somehow can't attribute it to us directly, they tell those of us who are discussing the issue that we have no room to talk because of Bush (as if Bush's presence nullifies our cognitive processes and ability to have a valid opinion about any other part of the world).

There was a thread not too long ago about the right-wing turn in Poland and somebody made a statement to the effect of "the Amerikanistan Reich-wing" is being exported as if we have anything to do with that! I don't know the exact reasons for the shift in Poland, but given the very religious nature of the right-wing in Poland now, I bet it has a lot to do with going to the opposite extreme post-Communist repression.

My comment reflected, tongue in check, that with our nations failing infrastructure, declining investment, and plummeting ranking in science/engineering, a failing bridge may bear the Made in the USA label (of course we would have imported the parts from China).

With two bullets to the back of his skull.

Hope the Three Gorges Dam is better built.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20254655/


It's still very tragic, don't get me wrong, but given everything else that's Chinese made that seems to be of poor quality, something's really amiss over there. What's so bad about regulations?

what a huge mess! I wonder how many people died in this? Haven't heard anything much about it still other than what has been posted here. Thank you!!