China: Trapped miners confirmed dead after gas explosion

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of 12 workers who were trapped after a gas explosion tore through a coal mine in central China, state media said today.

The miners went missing after the blast earlier this week at the No. 10 mine of the Pingdingshan Coal (Group) Co. Ltd. in Pingdingshan, a city in Henan province, the Xinhua News Agency said.