Matthew Jones

Position: Journalist

Articles

China mine explosion kills 42, traps 66 November 21, 11:45am EST 

(Changes byline, updates with latest toll) * Blast shook the surrounding area, damaged buildings * Chinese mines the deadliest in the world By Maxim Duncan HARBIN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine on Saturday and ...  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Post-Iraq, would-be militants eye Pakistan

By William Maclean The flow of foreign militants to Pakistan worries Western governments, which fear the south Asian country has replaced Iraq as the place to go for aspiring Islamists planning attacks ...  Full Article | Comments [6] 

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A Taxi, an accountant and his four sons

By Edmund Blair It was a simple question but it touched a raw nerve. Mohamed, my 46-year-old taxi driver, had been wondering where I learnt Arabic. So I explained that I had been based in Egypt a few years ...  Full Article | Comments [2] 

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Iraq six years on -- waving hello or goodbye?

By Aws Qusay BAGHDAD - When U.S. bombs rained on Baghdad in 2003, rocking the ground beneath me, I would never have imagined U.S. soldiers would later join my family for a birthday party. In fact, I ...  Full Article | Comments [4]