More than 100 men are trapped and feared dead after a gas explosion at a coal mine in central China on Sunday. Dangerous carbon monoxide levels are hampering rescue efforts, but one official said it was impossible for anyone to have survived.

Intensive efforts have resumed to break Ukraine's presidential election deadlock as parliament debates a no-confidence motion in the government.
The Supreme Court is sitting for a second day to consider numerous allegations of vote-rigging submitted by opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.