Beijing - Rescue workers pulled 32 miners from a flooded coal shaft in central China on Tuesday after they were trapped underground for 23 hours, state media said.
The miners rescued from the Gaomendong mine in Henan's Jiaxian county, near the city of Pingdingshan, were all in poor health and were rushed to a local hospital for treatment, the official Xinhua news agency said.
One other miner pulled out of the shaft had already died and another remained missing, the agency quoted Pingdingshan city government spokesman Dong Yuxi as saying.
In the midst of the launch of the new Windows Live services, which included the update to Games for Windows Live yesterday, the Microsoft Store officially opened for US businesses.
Previously, the company opened at UK, Germany, and Korea, and both hardware and software would be sold by Microsoft. Furthermore, it also offers the option to purchase software, either as physical media or as a download.
The store would instantly provide many versions of Vista (both full versions and upgrades) and Office and its related components.
Los Angeles - California always evoked bikini-clad beach beauties, high-tech hothouses and carefree surfers in the endless sunshine of America's most populous state.
But those visions have gone up in smoke, replaced by new images seen around the world in the last week: massive flames roaring through the mansions of the rich and famous, and razing to the ground an entire neighbourhood of 500 mobile homes.
A countersuit has been filed by Apple's iPhone man-in-waiting, Mark Papermaster, against his former employer, in a dispute over a non-compete agreement.
On late Thursday, the court documents were filed in federal court in New York, which claimed that since the two companies are not competitors in the arena where Papermaster will be employed, IBM's non-compete agreement with Papermaster shouldn't apply to his potential employment at Apple.
Hong Kong - A Hong Kong golfer is suing a fellow player for 65 million Hong Kong dollars (8.3 million US) after being hit on the head by a wayward shot, a news report said Tuesday.
Computer expert Alan Deakins, 40, claims he has been unable to work since receiving head injuries in the incident on Christmas Eve 2006 at the former British colony's upmarket Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club.
Beijing - Rescue workers pulled 32 miners from a flooded coal shaft in central China on Tuesday after they were trapped underground for 23 hours, state media said.
Havana - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived for a visit to Cuba hours after the two countries had signed a series of economic agreements.
In the midst of the launch of the new Windows Live services, which included the update to Games for Windows Live yesterday, the Microsoft Store officially opened for US businesses. 
Los Angeles - California always evoked bikini-clad beach beauties, high-tech hothouses and carefree surfers in the endless sunshine of America's most populous state.
A countersuit has been filed by Apple's iPhone man-in-waiting, Mark Papermaster, against his former employer, in a dispute over a non-compete agreement. 
Hong Kong - A Hong Kong golfer is suing a fellow player for 65 million Hong Kong dollars (8.3 million US) after being hit on the head by a wayward shot, a news report said Tuesday.
