Scores Trapped in China Coal Mine

Chinese emergency teams are searching for 172 miners who were working underground when a coal mine flooded. Amid heavy rain in Xintai city, 280 miles south of Beijing, rescuers have already led 584 miners to safety according to the new agency there. Senior Communist Party officials are now co-ordinating the rescue effort. China's coal mines are among the most dangerous in the world, with more than 5,000 deaths reported annually.