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Across China: Inner Mongolia
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Fire under control
A forest fire, which broke out on Wednesday in North China's Inner
Mongolia has been put out, local sources said yesterday.
The blaze, which began at about noon and covered an area of less
than one hectare in forests in the Sandaoqiao area of Hulunbuir, was
caused by a local farmer who lit it to clear his field of weeds.
Some 200 people, including 90 forest police, were involved in
fighting the fire, which was eventually extinguished on Wednesday
aftern...
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Carboniferous granitic plutons from the northern margin of the North China block: implications for a late Palaeozoic active continental margin
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Earthquake rattles Inner Mongolia
China Daily
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Across China: Inner Mongolia
China Daily
; River bursts banks A 200-m-long section of embankment on the Yellow River in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region burst in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Under the force of a strong current, the collapse led to some 20,000 villagers and 200,000 mu (13,300 hectares) of cropland
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Gas pipeline construction starts in Inner Mongolia, XINHUA
Xinhua (China)
; 00-00-0000 HOHHOT, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Construction on the gas pipeline connecting the Changqing Oilfield, China's largest gas field, with Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, started this week. The pipeline is to run through 66 villages in six banners ( county-
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