Today's Links: Olympic ticket scalper jailed, noxious coal fires and unaccounted melamine deaths

• China jails, fines Beijing Olympics ticket scalper [AP]
  "A man found guilty of scalping more than 500 tickets to the Beijing Olympics was sentenced to two and a half years in jail and a $65,000 fine, state media reported Sunday."
• China's noxious coal fires add to global warming [McClatchy-Tribune]
  "China has the worst underground coal fires of any country on Earth. The fires destroy as much as 20 million tons of coal annually, nearly the equivalent of Germany's entire annual production. "
• Deaths uncounted in China's tainted milk scandal [AP]
  "Beijing's apparent reluctance to admit a higher toll is reinforcing perceptions that the authoritarian government cares more about tamping down criticism than helping families."
• Delhi to Beijing skies turning darker owing to pollution [PTI]
  "Asian cities from New Delhi to Beijing are getting darker, glaciers on the mighty Himalayas are melting faster and weather system is getting more extreme, a United Nations study has warned. "
• China tunnel collapse traps many [Al-Jazeera]
  "At least three people have been killed and 18 more are missing after the collapse of a half-built tunnel in Hangzhou in eastern China."

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