Nine miners have been rescued from a flooded coal mine in northern China where 153 people have been trapped for a week, Chinese state TV has said.
TV pictures showed the miners being taken in ambulances to hospitals.
Some 3,000 people have been working round the clock to try to pump out the water to reach those trapped.
The mine in Shanxi province flooded after miners broke a wall into an abandoned shaft. The last sign of life was the sound of tapping on Friday.
sourcehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8601788.stm
Catholic Cardinal rejects sex abuse 'gossip'
Pope speaks of 'profound crisis'
A senior cardinal has said the Roman Catholic faithful will not be swayed by "petty gossip" about child sex-abuse allegations.
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, made the remark in an unusual message of support to Pope Benedict XVI during Easter Mass.
The Pope did not did not mention the scandal directly in his Easter address.
He said humanity was suffering from a "profound crisis" and needed "spiritual and moral conversion".
Meanwhile, the Pope's personal preacher has apologised for comparing criticism of the Catholic Church over child abuse to "collective violence suffered by the Jews" in a Good Friday sermon.
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