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Strong earthquake hits southwest China

tiscali.co.uk
12-May-2008
        
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An earthquake measuring 7.5 rocked China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. ... BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 7.5 rocked China’s Sichuan province... [read full story]                    

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ctv.ca: A Chinese woman holding a child cries near the site of a school that collapsed following Monday's earthquake in Juyuan, in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP / Ng Han Guan) ctv.ca

Death toll following China earthquake passes 12,000

ctv.ca
13-May-2008
        

CTV.ca News Staff The death toll following the worst earthquake to hit China in three decades has passed 12,000, with thousands more still buried in debris. The powerful earthquake struck central China Monday at 2:28 p.m. local time, when office buildings, factories and schools were full. The...

                   

Sichuan earthquake death toll exceeds 12,000

xinhuanet.com
13-May-2008
        

CHENGDU, May 13 (Xinhua) -- A senior official with the Sichuan Provincial government said Tuesday the death toll in the province has exceeded 12,000, and is still rising. Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan, said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon that the death toll was based on incomplete...

                   

Insurance firms lead China shares fall

guardian.co.uk
13-May-2008
        

Shares fell in China today following the devastating earthquake that struck the country yesterday. As analysts predicted the disaster in Sichuan, which has claimed at least 10,000 lives, would fuel food price inflation, the benchmark Shanghai index fell 3% in early trading, eventually closing...

                   

Transportation remains big obstacle in China earthquake relief - official

finanznachrichten.de
13-May-2008
        

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Chinese rescue teams are finding it impossible to reach areas close to the epicenter of the earthquake that struck southwestern ... ... BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - He said that in principle, China would accept help from international aid organizations in the...

                   

'Olympics, torch relay not to be affected by earthquake'

indiaenews.com
13-May-2008
        

The Beijing Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (BOCOG) Tuesday expressed condolences to the earthquake victims in Sichuan and said the Games, including the torch relay, would not be affected by the natural disaster. ... Li Zhanjun, director of Beijing Olympic...

                   
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Britons missing as death toll from massive China earthquake is set to spiral above 10,000

dailymail.co.uk
13-May-2008
        

There were fears today for a group of 15 British tourists missing in the Chinese earthquake as the death toll was predicted to rise dramatically from current estimates of 10,000 people. While Foreign Secretary David Miliband pledged to help China deal with the aftermath today, China's official...

Quake aftershocks rock China's Chengdu

rte.ie
13-May-2008
        

Office workers in Chengdu are in the streets after strong quake aftershocks rocked the area. ... Rescue teams have reached the location of the epicentre of yesterday's earthquake in China. Chinese state media have reported that at least 10,000 people remain buried in one...

                   

Rescue teams reach China quake centre

rte.ie
13-May-2008
        

Rescue teams have reached the location iof the epicentre of yesterday's earthquake in China. ... Chinese state media have reported that at least 10,000 people remain buried in one residential area as a result of the earthquake. Thousands of people are feared dead in...

                   
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Death Toll in China Earthquake Rises to 10,000

novinite.com
13-May-2008
        

At least 10,000 people have died in China's most powerful earthquake in more than 30 years, which struck the southwest of the country on Monday afternoon. The death toll is expected to rise as rescuers are still scrambling to reach the cut-off epicentre of the earthquake, which struck the Sichuan...

Death toll in Chinese earthquake rises to nearly 10,000

rian.ru
13-May-2008
        

BEIJING, May 13 (RIA Novosti) - Almost 10,000 people are now believed to have died as a result of the powerful earthquake that struck China on Monday, the country's Xinhua news agency has reported. The bulk of the fatalities were reported in China's southwest province of...

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