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2 Dead, 223 Injured from Beijing Fireworks

Xinhua reports on casualties from Beijing’s traditional New Year fireworks barrage:The dead, two men, were killed respectively in the explosion while setting off shoddy fireworks in the early hours of Thursday, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, according to a statement from the Beijing Municipal Office on Fireworks and Firecrackers. Another 223 suffered injuries ranging from eye