>>> an explosion at a fireworks fabtry in northeastern china has killed 20 people, more than 150 others are hurt. china's central television says the blast happened in yichun city in heilongjang province. four people are still missing. the force of the blast shattered windows in buildings within one kilometer radius of the factory. efforts to put out the fire continued until tuesday morning, but the 300,000 meter factory was burned to the ground. chinese authorities revoked the company's operating license this year for safety violations. >>> a court has found a japanese former manager of a taiwanese professional baseball team guilty of game fixing and fraud. the district court on the outskirts of taipei on tuesday sentenced shin nakagomi to 20 months in prison, suspended for four years.