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Thousands die in China quake

                   
guardian.co.uk
12-May-2008
        
Story Timeline:  154 days

Many buried in rubble as schools and factories collapse after 7.8 magnitude earthquake ... Rescuers were struggling last night to reach the victims of the devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people in central China and trapped thousands more in the rubble of... [read full story]                    

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China quake rescuers face huge hurdles

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China airlifts aid to remote villages hit by quake

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China quake rescuers face huge hurdles

indiatimes.com
15-May-2008
        

Chemical spills, creaking dams, tourists stranded 600 metres up a cable car line, and a fire burning for two days on a derailed freight train laden with petrol tankers were some of the relatively minor problems facing Chinese civilian and military rescue services after China's most devastating...

                   

China steps up air-drops for quake hit areas

breakingnews.ie
15-May-2008
        

China ordered 101 more helicopters into the air today and planned aid drops into remote areas of Sichuan province as it struggled to cope with the powerful earthquake that has directly affected 10 million people. Xinhua said a team of 500 People’s Liberation Army soldiers carrying medicine and...

                   

10 million affected by China quake

radionz.co.nz
15-May-2008
        

China is mobilising 30,000 extra troops and 90 helicopters to help with the rescue operation after Monday's devastating earthquake. About 10 million people in Sichuan province in southwest China have been directly affected by the 7.9 quake that flattened entire villages, state media said. Nearly...

                   

10 million affected by quake, China says

radionz.co.nz
15-May-2008
        

China is mobilising 30,000 extra troops and 90 helicopters to help with the rescue operation after Monday's devastating earthquake. About 10 million people in Sichuan province in southwest China have been directly affected by the 7.9 quake that flattened entire villages, state media said. Nearly...

                   

China quake rescuers face huge hurdles

indiaenews.com
15-May-2008
        

Chemical spills, creaking dams, tourists stranded 600 metres up a cable car line, and a fire burning for two days on a derailed freight train laden with petrol tankers were some of the relatively minor problems facing Chinese civilian and military rescue services after China's most devastating...

Some 5,500 China quake survivors rescued from ruins by armed police

xinhuanet.com
15-May-2008
        

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- As of 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, more than 5,500 earthquake survivors had been excavated from debris by the armed police, police sources said. More than 50,000 people had been evacuated from the epicenter of Monday's devastating quake -- Wenchuan, Sichuan Province _ and...

                   
cbc.ca: An earthquake survivor receives medical treatment Wednesday after being rescued from under the rubble of a factory's office building in Sichuan province. cbc.ca

China sends more helicopters, troops into quake zone

cbc.ca
15-May-2008
        

Death toll of 15,000 expected to soar China is sending more soldiers and helicopters to earthquake-devastated Sichuan province on Thursday to assist in a desperate rescue mission to reach tens of thousands of people trapped in rubble for more than three days. China's Defence Ministry said 71 more...

China to air-drop relief goods - Xinhua

finanznachrichten.de
15-May-2008
        

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China's military plans to conduct large-scale air drops Thursday of key relief supplies including 50,000 food packets into earthquake-devastated areas, state media reported. The air drops will include 54,000 articles of clothing, 25,000 pairs of shoes and 5,000 blankets,...

                   

Transparency works

xinhuanet.com
15-May-2008
        

This earthquake took place less than two weeks after China's regulations on disclosure of government information took effect on May 1. How well the general public got informed of the disaster became a measure of how the regulations had their effect on governments at all levels.

                   

wenchuan earthquake

blog.edu.cn
15-May-2008
        

As we know,China’s most devastating earthquake in three decades killed nearly 10,000 people in western Sichuan province and razed 80 per cent of the buildings in one county, while the worst-hit area was still cut off from rescuers this morning. The death toll rose to 11,921 persons in the major...

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