From BBC News:
Three Chinese children are reported to have died while searching for valuable jade in the northwest of the country.
Police believe the schoolchildren were buried alive under sand and rocks after they entered an unstable pit. A search party was said to have scoured the area after the children were seen leaving their home in Xinjiang province with shovels last weekend. [Full Text]
[Image: The jade rush location in Xinjiang, from BBC News.]
