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... [read full story]                    


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reuters.co.uk     1 hr ago   21 related          

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independent.co.uk     7 hrs ago   47 related          

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