BEIJING – China's (search) government says there's been another explosion in a Chinese coal mine (search). It says 14 people were killed and three injured in the latest blast.
Accidents are often blamed on a lack of safety equipment or indifference to safety rules, although the cause of this blast hasn't been reported.
China's mines are the world's most dangerous. More than five-thousand deaths have been reported this year.
A Chinese news report says the country's main coal-producing province has tripled the amount of money mines must pay families of miners killed on the job.
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