A man suspected of killing 10 people, including his wife, father and son, has been captured by police in north-east China.

NEXT THURSDAY is the first day of the 4,709th year of the Chinese calendar.

At least one airline had questioned the safety of night-time landings at the relatively new airport in north-east China where a passenger jet crashed and burned while trying to land at night on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 42 people and injuring 54, it was revealed today.

Aviation officials at a relatively new airport in north-east China searched through debris today for clues to why a passenger jet crashed and burned while trying to land on a fog-shrouded runway, killing 42 people and injuring 54 others.

AT least 42 people died when a passenger jet overshot a runway in north-east China yesterday and burst into flames.

At least 42 people died when a passenger jet overshot a runway in north-east China today and burst into flames.

An airliner with 91 people on board crashed in north-east China today.

At least 25 workers have been killed in a fire at a coal mine in central China, state media reported today.

A tiger at a Chinese wild animal park was killed by four others in a fight over their meagre food supplies.

At least 22 people died and seven others are missing after a mine in north-east China flooded, state media said today.

THE long arms of the world’s tallest man saved two dolphins in north-east China by reaching inside of them to remove plastic they had swallowed, state media reported yesterday.

The long arms of the world’s tallest man saved two dolphins in north-east China when he reached inside them to remove plastic they had swallowed, state media reported today.

A HALF-mile section of China’s Yellow River turned “red and smelly” after an unknown discharge was poured into it from a sewage pipe.

Yesterday was a record- breaking day with the ISEQ index jumping a further 79.22 to 8,427.75.

Rescuers in north-east China worked in sub-freezing temperatures today to search for three coal miners who were trapped after an explosion killed 146 others in a disaster that has highlighted the industry’s shortcomings despite repeated safety crackdowns.

The death toll from a flash flood that hit a primary school in north-east China rose to 64 today, as information began trickling out from the remote area a day after the tragedy.

Rescue crews were searching for Chinese coal miners missing today after a gas explosion killed 203 people in the deadliest mining disaster reported since communist rule began in 1949.

PREHISTORIC birds living at the time of the dinosaurs hatched fully fledged from the egg, unlike their modern descendants, scientists revealed yesterday.

An explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed at least eight miners and trapped 29 others today, and dangerous gases kept rescuers from reaching them.

A fire at a department store in north-east China killed at least 30 people today, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

President Mary McAleese had to cut short an engagement on an official visit to China today when a ceiling collapsed in a building where she had just completed a speech.

PRACTITIONERS of the Falun Gong spiritual movement protested outside the Chinese Embassy yesterday over the alleged torture of fellow practitioners.

A strong earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale has hit north-east China.