[pray4] 2/16/12 15 MINERS DIE IN CHINA COAL MINE ACCIDENT: "...FIFTEEN miners died and another three were injured after a tramcar derailed in a coal mine in centra China, authorities have said, in the latest accident to hit the nation's mining sector. The incident happened at a pit near Leiyang city in Hunan province in the early hours of Thursday morning, China's work safety administration said in a statement. Local officials told AFP rescue efforts were still under way. Accidents are common in China's vast coal mining sector where work safety is often neglected by bosses seeking a quick profit. Latest figures show that 2,433 people died in coal mining accidents in the country in 2010, according to official statistics - a rate of more than six workers per day. Labour rights groups, however, say the actual death toll is likely to be much higher, partly due to under-reporting of accidents as as mine bosses seek to limit their economic losses and avoid punishment ..."
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/fifteen-miners-killed-after-tramcar-derails-in-china-3021793.html
2/16/12 live ! OBAMA PROTESTORS, SAN FRANCISCO, NOB HILL
2/16/12 live ! OBAMA PROTESTORS, SAN FRANCISCO, NOB HILL ..Various ggroups here by grace cathedral near the masonic center that obama is visiting at the moment here in san fran ..some saying "na na na na goodbye" apparently hoping this is his last year as president..& I would have though thered be more obama supporters ina city such as san fran ..hmmm