ALL ABOUT CHINA QUAKE (08/05/16 1946HOURS)
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China scales up rescue operation
BBC News - UK
China is mobilising 30000 extra troops and 90 helicopters to help with the
rescue operation after Monday's devastating earthquake. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7402010.stm>
CHINA GEARING UP HUGE RESCUE EFFORT 26000 are estimated to be ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
In addition, 100 troops parachuted into Maoxian county, another hard-hit
zone cut off since Monday by mudslides and debris blocking the roads, the
New China ...
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/14/MNQK10MF9T.DTL>
China Checks Dams to Prevent Further Quake Losses (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
By Lee Spears May 15 (Bloomberg) -- China is checking reservoirs and
hydroelectric stations near the center of the country's biggest earthquake
in 58 years ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=az3l67gpqnDw&refer=asia>
British tourists in China earthquake zone 'safe and sound'
Times Online - UK
Fourteen of the 19 British tourists who went missing after Monday’s
earthquake in south China have been confirmed “safe and sound” as they
arrived in a ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3936311.ece>
Uganda: Locals Survive China Earthquake
AllAfrica.com - Wa****ngton,USA
He declined to give their identities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says
about 5000 Ugandans live in China. Most of them are students or
businessmen.
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200805150082.html>
Head-banging zebras and thousands of toads may have signaled ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Finally, just hours before China's worst earthquake in three decades,
animals at a local zoo began acting strangely. As bodies are pulled from
the wreckage ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/15/asia/AS-GEN-China-Earthquake-Animal-Signs.php>
Norwegian aid to earthquake victims in China
Norway Post - Bærum,Norway
The Government is making NOK 20 million available for the Norwegian Red
Cross for immediate relief efforts following the earthquake in China. ...
<http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=151547>
Call to cancel Olympics because of China quake
ABC Online - Australia
A Chinese association based in Wa****ngton wants the Olympic Games
cancelled, in the wake of Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan province.
....
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/15/2245908.htm?section=world>
China's government gives rare transparent look at disaster
CNN - USA
By Jaime FlorCruz BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Graphic footage of death and
destruction has been shown on China's state-run news networks in the days
following ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/florcruz.china/>
China quake death toll could hit 50000
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
DUIJIANGYAN, China - With the death toll expected to top 50000, China once
again stepped up its earthquake relief efforts, providing 30000 extra
troops and ...
<http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=b00288f1-32e5-4a0d-80ec-eb1d8eed9083>
English Teacher's China Update
NPR - USA
Day to Day, May 15, 2008 · Rebecca Stormer and her husband have been
teaching English in Mianyang, China — about 30 miles from the epicenter
of Monday's ...
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90472054>
Rat causing China's tough Olympic year?
International Herald Tribune - France
AP BEIJING: Feng Shui master Raymond Lo says animal astrology could
explain
why China is off to a terrible start in 2008 — the long anticipated year
of the ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/15/s****ts/OLY-China-Feng-Shui.php>
China's one-child policy, implemented in 1979, has blocked 400 ...
CNN - USA
SICHUAN, China (CNN) -- Li Yunxia wipes away tears as rescue crews dig
through the ruins of a kindergarten class that has buried her only child
--
a ...
<http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/china.one.child/?iref=hpmostpop>
Phones coming back to service at China quake epicenter
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Telecommunications cables connecting Wenchuan
County, the epicenter of Monday's devastating quake in southwest China,
with other ...
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/15/content_8177958.htm>
China races to shore up dams as quake deaths top 19500
CNN International - USA
MIENYANG, China (CNN) -- Chinese authorities say nearly 400 dams were
damaged by this week's massive earthquake, according to media re****ts, as
the number ...
<http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/15/quake.thursday/?iref=hpmostpop>
In China, the pain of survival
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
A mother is wracked with grief as she holds the body of her daughter May
14, 2008, at the playground of a school in Hanwang, a town in China's
Sichuan ...
<http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/425551>
China quake: Nearly 900 tourists stranded
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
Nearly 900 foreign tourists are stranded after a major earthquake in
southwestern China but they are believed to be safe, the national tourism
authority ...
<http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080049925&ch=5/15/2008%203:47:00%20PM>
Quake raises construction fears in China
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Poon Siu To HONG KONG - Scenes of massive devastation caused by this
week's magnitude 7.9 earthquake in central China have monopolized news
coverage, ...
<http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JE16Ad01.html>
China aims at "no big epidemic after a great disaster"
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- No epidemics have been re****ted in the regions
struck by Monday's earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Gao
Qiang, ...
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/15/content_8179337.htm>
China earthquake death toll exceeds 19500
The Associated Press -
LUOSHUI TOWN, China (AP) — China issued a rare public appeal Thursday for
rescue equipment as the government struggled to cope with this week's
deadly ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBr_dOzJ9Pnc_U9gSgtTgE-cR-KwD90M16QO2>
Desperate Times in Quake-Ravaged China
TIME - USA
Family members dressed in white, the color of mourning in China, burn
offerings and load the body into a van. But Zhang's family is nowhere to
be
found. ...
<http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1806768,00.html>
China's earthquake Days of disaster
Economist - UK
We look first at the government's response to the earthquake in China,
then
at poor Myanmar AP “DON'T cry, don't cry. It's a disaster, and you've
survived,” ...
<http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11376935>
China's Earthquake Rescue Gets Japan, Taiwan's Help (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
By William Bi and Aaron Sheldrick May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Russia, Japan and
Taiwan joined China's rescue operation as troops poured into Sichuan
province to ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRjZBC3FDeE8&refer=home>
Slovenia donates 100000 euros to China for rebuilding quake-hit ...
Xinhua - China
BELGRADE, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Slovenian government Thursday decided to
send 100000 euros (some 154000 US dollars) in aid to China for rebuilding
after ...
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/16/content_8182019.htm>
China says quake toll could rise above 50000
ABC Online - Australia
The death toll from China's earthquake could soar to more than 50000,
state
media re****ted overnight, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope
faded ...
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/16/2246336.htm?section=world>
Japan, Taiwan Join China Quake Rescue as Troop Numbers Increase
Bloomberg - USA
By William Bi and Aaron Sheldrick May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Japan and Taiwan
joined China's rescue operation after the most powerful earthquake in 58
years as ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9D881SJ80I4&refer=home>
Death toll hits 19500 as China appeals for rescue equipment
CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
China issued an appeal for heavy machinery Thursday, as rescuers dug for
survivors and bodies near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that
struck the ...
<http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/15/china-quake.html>
China Says Quake Death Toll Could Top 50000
Voice of America - USA
By VOA News China says nearly 400 dams and reservoirs near the epicenter
of
Monday's deadly earthquake were damaged, triggering new worries as Chinese
....
<http://voanews.com/english/2008-05-15-voa19.cfm>
China quake death toll rises by a third
Times Online - UK
The search for survivors of China’s worst earthquake in 30 years became
more urgent today as the predicted death toll rose to 50000 and Chinese
officials ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3938891.ece>
South Africa: Country Sends Condolences to China
AllAfrica.com - Wa****ngton,USA
South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has extended the
nation's condolences to the government and people of China following the
devastating ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200805150515.html>
School collapses in focus as China buries quake dead
Swissinfo - Switzerland
By John Ruwitch MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - China struggled to bury the
dead
and help tens of thousands of injured, homeless and hungry on Friday, ...
<http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/School_collapses_in_focus_as_China_buries_quake_dead.html?siteSect=143&sid=9078330&cKey=1210913560000&ty=ti>
Time running out in search for China quake survivors
AFP -
MIANYANG, China (AFP) — China on Friday allowed the first foreign rescue
teams to join the desperate search for earthquake survivors, but time was
running ...
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jHVy8BQr3JXTPd_V2ROBe8l8Fvag>
China death toll rises to 50000: Official
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
AP Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke
poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities
began ...
<http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080049998&ch=5/16/2008%209:15:00%20AM>
China OKs 4 foreign rescue teams for quake zone
The Associated Press -
BEIJING (AP) — After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has
accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams. ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gIIzIZXSB8EgzkJUd8Pr0yNK4OnwD90MGE4O0>
China: After the Killer Quake
TIME - USA
For most of China's long history, natural disasters have been viewed as
both ****tents of change and tests of the government's "mandate of heaven.
....
<http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1806808,00.html>
China quake heaviest since 1949, says PM: state media
AFP -
BEIJING (AFP) — The earthquake which struck China earlier this week was
the "most destructive" in the country since 1949, Premier Wen Jiabao was
quoted as ...
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jzG0Q89oUdQJj7aRnkEvfqC5e1Lw>
Tiny Bodies in a Morgue, and Grief in China
New York Times - United States
By JIM YARDLEY JUYUAN, China — The bodies are everywhere. Some are zipped
inside white vinyl bags and strewn on the floor. Others have been covered
in a ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/world/asia/15morgue.html?bl&ex=1210996800&en=184fe9e64c13a342&ei=5087%0A>
The aftermath of the earthquake in Sichuan Province, China
Slate - USA
Several news accounts from Sichuan have placed the earthquake's toll
within
the context of China's one-child policy, noting that many parents lost
their ...
<http://www.slate.com/id/2191498/>
China accepts quake rescue offers from Russia, ROK, Singa****e
Xinhua - China
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- China has accepted offers from Russia, the
Republic of Korea (ROK) and Singa****e to send rescue teams to the
quake-hit
Sichuan ...
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/16/content_8182183.htm>
On the ground in the China quake
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
Former Telecom IT and telecommunications consultant Bert Felt, now
based in
China, shares his personal experience of this week's earthquake in the
country's ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/4550872a27162.html>
China: Quake death toll could reach 50000
International Herald Tribune - France
AP DUJIANGYAN, China: Relatives laid out their loved ones on the concrete
floor to be washed and dressed in funeral clothes, including fresh socks
and ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/news/China-Earthquake-Optional.php>
China warns of threat from dams weakened by quake
Reuters - USA
By Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) - The earthquake that devastated
southwest China has left many dams badly damaged, posing an unknown threat
of collapse ...
<http://www.reuters.com/article/internal_ReutersNewsRoom_BehindTheScenes_MOLT/idUSPEK26167920080515>
China races to bury quake dead, manage survivors
Reuters - USA
By Ben Blanchard ****FANG, China, May 16 (Reuters) - China struggled on
Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless
and without ...
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUKPEK33691920080516>
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