Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Oct. 6

YANGON -- Three people were killed in the collapse of an abandoned gold mine in central Myanmar's Pyinmana township on Friday, the country's fire services department reported.

The fire services department said that they received the report of the mine collapse at around 12:15 p.m. local time on Friday and then launched a rescue operation together with other local rescue organizations, including the township red