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The Houston Rockets All-Star center and China's most recognizable athlete awoke Sunday to more bad news: a powerful aftershock had killed one person and destroyed 70,000 homes.2008-05-26T23:26+0200japantimesenjapantimes-6ddbd7ddf7adf5d7d0740dd842924b27NaturalDisasters20080526232600http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169651CHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing six people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 500 others were injured. Meanwhile, soldiers rushed with explosives to....2008-05-26T23:25+0200tehrantimesentehrantimes-eba861150c2ac12cd5a77b44aeda16b5NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526232500http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169639The giant earthquake that unleashed the Indian Ocean tsunamis in 2004 - killing more than 225,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in history - might also have triggered other quakes around the world, new findings reveal. The earthquake that ravaged China last week may also have set....2008-05-26T23:25+0200tehrantimesentehrantimes-cc52d5120dba09664fedc6ed70c5c664NaturalDisasters20080526232500http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-26-china-one-child_N.htm?csp=34Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled ...2008-05-26T22:47+0200usaTodayenusaToday-79d9753be21b830092eb2b298b4ece2cNaturalDisasters20080526224700http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24829234/BEIJING - Parents whose only child was killed or maimed in China's earthquake would be allowed to have another, officials who administer the country's one-child policy in part of the disaster zone sai...2008-05-26T22:47+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-63b0194e7793f594e038097c870d2343NaturalDisasters20080526224700http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/298608107/la-fg-china27-2008may27,0,1933996.storyMIANYANG, CHINA -- The Chinese government warned today that as many 1.2 million residents may have to be evacuated because they could be inundated by a swelling "barrier lake" formed by the May 12 earthquake. The notice was issued hours after a Russian helicopter transported heavy machines over....2008-05-26T22:46+0200latimesenlatimes-00b723319da56f828a95514be9b0aa42NaturalDisasters20080526224600http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/05/27/2003413086NEW THREATS: The Water Resources Ministry said that three reservoirs in Shaanxi Province were in danger of collapse following a strong aftershock this weekend AP, ANXIAN, CHINA Tuesday, May 27, 2008, Page 1 Chinese soldiers prepared yesterday to blow up earthquake debris blocking a river where rising waters threatened to inundate disaster victims.2008-05-26T22:01+0200taipeitimesentaipeitimes-334937056e5bba42a00bcbaa0bd222dfNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526220100http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTANXIAN, China (AP) -- Soldiers hauled explosives deep into China's disaster zone Monday to blow up earthquake debris blocking a river whose rising waters threatened to flood already-devastated towns and villages....2008-05-26T21:56+0200APenAP-589add3a40ec191fb68d0417ae16fca7NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526215600http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805270003.htmlChinese soldiers are working to explode earthquake debris blocking a river, where rapidly rising waters are threatening to flood survivors from a massive earthquake earlier this month. Meanwhile, the death toll from the disaster in southwestern Sichuan Province continues to rise. The latest official figures are more than 65,000 people dead.2008-05-26T21:49+0200chosunenchosun-41ed8c4c47d79bbd344d3f53d9946dcdNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersConflict20080526214900http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Soldiers hauled explosives deep into China's disaster zone Monday to blow up earthquake debris blocking a river whose rising waters threatened to flood already-devastated towns and villages.2008-05-26T21:29+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-26e4627716a36ed24c63fbc4812856fdNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526212900http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - Soldiers raced Monday to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding.2008-05-26T21:29+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-0691b6da522f6d6c059bccef7c7c387fNaturalDisasters20080526212900http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3741139.eceParents whose only child was killed or maimed in China's earthquake will be allowed to have another, officials who administer the country's one-child policy said today.2008-05-26T20:55+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-e911c659ebbc451cafea7a54b66f3800NaturalDisasters20080526205500http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2032924/China-earthquake-China-to-drop-one-child-police-for-earthquake-parents.htmlChina has said it will drop its one-child policy for the parents of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-26T20:26+0200telegraphentelegraph-a82c044a22c8255a897e546304cc90f3NaturalDisasters20080526202600http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhojidey/rss2/Parents whose only child was killed or maimed in China’s earthquake will be allowed to have another, officials who administer the country’s one-child policy said today.2008-05-26T20:07+0200irish-newsenirish-news-ac948b232230adf6eec00003bff685baNaturalDisasters20080526200700http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24829234/Parents whose only child was killed or maimed in China's earthquake would be allowed to have another, officials who administer the country's one-child policy in part of the disaster zone said Monday, offering some solace to grieving couples.2008-05-26T19:56+0200msnbcenmsnbc-63b0194e7793f594e038097c870d2343NaturalDisasters20080526195600http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/26/asia/26quake.phpAs many as 10,000 of those killed in the earthquake were children, adding to the tragedy in a country where most families are allowed to have only one.2008-05-26T19:41+0200IHTenIHT-6a7d1ef8e21ecd7b0a13caf21870c9f4NaturalDisasters20080526194100http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=93ebaa07-74e6-4049-a084-015a6274a534&MatchID1=53&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=7&MatchType1=5&SeriesID1=1&PrimaryID=53&Headline=China+to+blast+%25e2%2580%2598quake+lake%25e2%2580%2599Soldiers race to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding.2008-05-26T19:39+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-716e131b396a9e165da669245cb007d0NaturalDisasters20080526193900http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK281791.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party said on Monday its rapid response to the Sichuan earthquake demonstrated its commitment to the people, but acknowledged that voluntary groups might have a role to play in reconstruction. Individual citizens raced to help party members, government officials and troops after the 7.2008-05-26T19:31+0200alertnetenalertnet-833a51b3d29b28fd5a5e694154d1ff60NaturalDisasters20080526193100http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/sc_afp/chinaquakepandaAFP - A giant panda missing from a nature reserve since a massive earthquake hit southwestern China two weeks ago has been caught alive, state media reported Monday.2008-05-26T19:27+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-96c6143a59c948e0b96c93ea13a42cb7NaturalDisasters20080526192700http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_races_to_clear_quake_lake_547780Soldiers race to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's earthquake, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding.2008-05-26T19:05+0200sbsensbs-0f6e2b6012d25ae9af564c729b20ef6eUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080526190500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EDIS-7EZMKF?OpenDocumentThe German Government is further increasing its support for those affected by the earthquake in China's Sichuan province. Tomorrow (24 May), on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office, 22 experts from the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) will depart for the earthquake zone from Frankfurt-Hahn....2008-05-26T18:54+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-3250f7f91146922169b3f4cc9c950c9cEchoEnvironmentNaturalDisasters20080526185400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/27/content_8259202.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- More countries and international organizations have offered condolences and aid to China following the deadly earthquake in the country's southwestern Sichuan province. Among the leaders who sent condolatory messages to Chinese President Hu Jintao are: Albanian President Bamir Topi; Gambian President Yahya J.2008-05-26T18:52+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-dfe40cb9d731ca2282daa7c168859961NaturalDisastersEuropeanParliament20080526185200http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/26/asia/26quake.phpThe official death toll rose to more than 65,000, Chinese state media said, as rescuers prepared to dynamite and drain a lake caused by landslides.2008-05-26T18:41+0200IHTenIHT-cbebc11312ebc23393b672f24356d5f8NaturalDisasters20080526184100http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/26/asia/child.phpChina is relaxing its one-child policy for earthquake survivors, giving some solace to grieving parents whose children were killed or disabled.2008-05-26T18:41+0200IHTenIHT-be6786710a2a960c7fe8888a8c0ea90bNaturalDisasters20080526184100http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/26/world/main4126854.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4126854China is relaxing its one-child policy for victims of the country's earthquake, giving some solace to grieving parents whose offspring were killed or maimed. Parents whose "illegal" child was killed are also exempt from paying fines.2008-05-26T18:33+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-19d052de685baab4ae6b0ead88ba42fdNaturalDisasters20080526183300http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317131,00.htmlTowns immediately downstream have already been evacuated, according to China's Xinhua news agency. The site is two miles upstream from the county seat of Beichuan, one of the areas hit hardest by the May 12 earthquake which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale and left 88,000 people dead or missing.2008-05-26T18:14+0200skynewsenskynews-ad02d34840ab99802e426c5c12b754a4NaturalDisasters20080526181400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8259032.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Aid for China's quake-ravaged regions continued to pour in Sunday and Monday, with several more countries extending assistance. Malian President Amadou Toumany Toure handed over a check for 50 million CFA Francs (about 120,000 U.S. dollars) to the Chinese Ambassador Zhang Guoqing on Sunday.2008-05-26T18:07+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-064f50931636c6793f0c4f97e8b404a8NaturalDisasters20080526180700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8259030.htmWUHAN, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain hit China on Monday, disrupting flight schedules and adding to the danger of a possible lake burst in the earthquake-hit area. In the southern Guangdong Province, more than 30 flights were postponed as thunderstorms hit the capital city Guangzhou.2008-05-26T18:07+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-d639252d68125e9e170f7199eaf96af920080526180700http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-26-08-18-33ANXIAN, China (AP) -- China grappled with backed-up rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse, along with looming storms that threatened Monday to compound damage from the country's worst earthquake...2008-05-26T17:41+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-01a264c27420647e20077b42ee98c877NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526174100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EZJNJ?OpenDocumentUNV volunteers are on their way to Sichuan province in China to support medical relief for people displaced by the recent earthquake. One of them is writing an online diary of his experiences and he will shortly be joined by two more UNV volunteers. Liu Hai and Gao Wei were originally serving with....2008-05-26T16:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-cc079bd05b1b6a43e5dc4bb22793cb20NaturalDisastersHealthENVBiodiversityENVEcho20080526165000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7EZH9V?OpenDocumentPARIS, May 26, 2008 (AFP) - France is to send a third planeload of aid to help earthquake victims in China, the foreign ministry said Monday. The aircraft will leave France Monday night carrying 33 tonnes of humanitarian equipment, following a shipment of 80 tonnes earlier this month and another at....2008-05-26T16:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-216bd6e61b87df40679b6523a80dd9fdNaturalDisasters20080526165000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AMMF-7EZFSR?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 5,914 people injured in the May 12 earthquake have been taken from southwest China's Sichuan Province for treatment elsewhere in the country by Sunday, says the Ministry of Health. The number of injured in the quake zone far exceeded local medical capacity,....2008-05-26T16:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f15e8a92dd9ddbe9ce19a43cae416b3e20080526165000http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Earthquakehit-reservoirs-in-China-ready.4120332.jpTHREE reservoirs hit by the Chinese earthquake are in danger of collapsing, the government said today.2008-05-26T16:44+0200TheScotsmanenTheScotsman-5ec90c65935599a7306c6def89af44e4NaturalDisasters20080526164400http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=151368Mountain villagers in China return to shattered homes near the epicentre of the devastating Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-26T16:42+0200javno-enenjavno-en-4e054d338e3d5982dd12ec9e06e7801eFlooding20080526164200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8258526.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 65,080 nationwide as of Monday noon, while 360,058 people were injured and 23,150 people were missing.2008-05-26T16:34+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c257926e7b2e9a7845d91e39ea68981320080526163400http://www.vientianetimes.org.la/FreeContent/FreeContent_laos.htmThe Lao government held a concert at Lao-ITECC in Vientiane on Sunday to raise funds for victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. M ore2008-05-26T16:29+0200vientianetimesenvientianetimes-95316049ed5971249ae4909e12d4280dExternalAffairs20080526162900http://www.vnagency.com.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/251123/Default.aspx26/05/2008 08:51 PM The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh, led his senior officials and staff in a fundraiser for victims of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in China on May 26.2008-05-26T16:02+0200vnagency_enenvnagency_en-3d4aebfd4cc52be4f8bc1df0891839c820080526160200http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-26-china-earthquake-mainbar_N.htm?csp=34China grappled with backed-up rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse, along with looming storms heralding the start of rainy ...2008-05-26T15:32+0200usaTodayenusaToday-0d358ca761f1fb6be1a38a3de8227de4NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526153200http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK175767.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China has recaptured a giant panda that made a bid for freedom after a massive earthquake devastated the research base where it lived, the official Xinhua agency said on Monday. The panda, named Xi Xi, was spotted on Sunday by a river not far from the Wolong research....2008-05-26T15:21+0200alertnetenalertnet-ff737c04d2f24d45cf7fd2d8c315e64aNaturalDisasters20080526152100http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90824277&ft=1&f=1001Two weeks after a huge earthquake rocked southwestern China, claiming more than 65,000 lives, another powerful aftershock hit the region Sunday, toppling tens of thousands of homes. Millions of people in southwestern China are homeless, so the government has set up tent cities. In Beichuan county, school was in session in one tent.2008-05-26T15:21+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-d1557a6077a88077c75654803171c32e20080526152100http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4929632China grappled with backed-up rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse, along with looming storms that threatened Monday to compound damage from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. Two weeks after the magnitude 7.9 earthquake centered in Sichuan province, the confirmed death toll....2008-05-26T15:20+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-7b78f05d2e0273c654084c336fef5a9dNaturalDisasters20080526152000http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-26-voa12.cfm?rss=topstoriesSoldiers working to explode earthquake debris blocking river, where rapidly rising waters are threatening to flood survivors of massive earthquake earlier this month2008-05-26T15:15+0200voanewsenvoanews-39130059bc3cf25fd48c4587c7a162edNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersConflict20080526151500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8258211.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- More foreign parties and organizations have sent messages of condolence to Chinese President Hu Jintao, and other leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the CPC Central Committee, following the devastating earthquake that hit southwest China on May 12.2008-05-26T15:02+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-3de7255be016e317ae1214cd877e7ad120080526150200http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/26/china.earthquake/index.htmlAuthorities are concerned the swelling lake will burst as water from the Jianhe river in Beichuan county in China's southwestern Sichuan province rises behind the earthquake-created dam, the Xinhua news agency reported. "The lake ... may cause a devastating flooding if the barrier bursts," Xinhua said.2008-05-26T14:57+0200phantisenphantis-e76418921c3a2cbaebba7a5e498e8152NaturalDisasters20080526145700http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTANXIAN, China (AP) -- China grappled with backed-up rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse, along with looming storms that threatened Monday to compound damage from the country's worst earthquake in three decades....2008-05-26T14:51+0200APenAP-66413ade8e8017682228f721cce81403NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526145100http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - China grappled with backed-up rivers and reservoirs in danger of collapse, along with looming storms that threatened Monday to compound damage from the country's worst earthquake in three decades.2008-05-26T14:50+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-30e64b193cc62bd66d674ddd010db846NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526145000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7EZDZ9?OpenDocumentMay 26 (Reuters) - China put the death toll from the May 12 earthquake that struck Sichuan province at 65,080 with more than 23,000 still missing. Here are some of the region's worst recent natural disasters. Dec. 26, 2004 - ASIA - The number of dead and missing from an earthquake off the coast of....2008-05-26T14:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9f338453fffff8f8b28f74457b63c67aNaturalDisastersExternalAffairs20080526145000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AMMF-7EZGTP?OpenDocumentThe death toll from China's May 12 earthquake rose by 4,520 to reach 65,080 as of Monday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. The casualty figures included 360,058 injured and 23,150 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that was centered on the southwestern Sichuan Province. About 14.2008-05-26T14:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-be7bac335902e986478f145bb7183b84EnergyNaturalDisasters20080526145000http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080526/local/malta-sending-100-tents-to-china-earthquake-victimsThe Civil Protection Department has launched a campaign to raise funds to help the victims of the earthquake in China’s Sichuan earthquake. The CPD will start by sending 100 tents that are to provide shelter to about 500 people who were...2008-05-26T14:42+0200timesofmaltaentimesofmalta-45a65c1773bb4a5917d2f9e468a66d8eNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526144200http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24812230/A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China, causing hundreds of new casualties Sunday and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades.2008-05-26T14:21+0200msnbcenmsnbc-d1c0c2959bb01385aa9584d9ee90d87eEnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526142100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8257977.htmCHENGDU, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A giant panda which went missing from a major panda base in southwest China's Sichuan Province after the May 12 earthquake was captured at 11:20 a.m. on Monday. The panda, named Xi Xi, was found in the woods about 200 meters downstream of a river near China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Wolong.2008-05-26T14:17+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b4e03d0dfe4f7d46e5641a0025238baaNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAid20080526141700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8257840.htmChina's unprecedented transparency in the publication of information since the massive May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province has drawn positive response from domestic and international observers alike.2008-05-26T14:17+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c2c61679f3142e7b7c784acf4cceaa1cHealthENVCommunicableDiseases20080526141700http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTANXIAN, China (AP) -- Chinese soldiers Monday moved in to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims....2008-05-26T13:51+0200APenAP-34c4d547fc11a46dd914a9d36a17e2a7NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526135100http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/26/china-say-earthquake-death-toll-rises-65080.htmlA Chinese government spokesman says the death toll from the earthquake that struck two weeks ago has risen to 65,080. read more2008-05-26T13:47+0200JakartaPostenJakartaPost-0de5f0f1db44b39ad47ecf4e5b1f9024NaturalDisasters20080526134700http://www.cafebabel.com/eng/article/24873/china-earthquake-may-international-aid.html62, 664 have died and five million are homeless since the 7.9 magnitude quake on 12 May. The EU has pledged two million euros in aid2008-05-26T13:34+0200cafebabel-enencafebabel-en-d141f84290ddb7602cf75d783ff28683NaturalDisasters20080526133400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8257706.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 5,914 people injured in the May 12 earthquake have been taken from southwest China's Sichuan Province for treatment elsewhere in the country by Sunday, says the Ministry of Health. The number of injured in the quake zone far exceeded local medical capacity,....2008-05-26T13:29+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-4f82c668a7e281d53ba4cee534bda72520080526132900http://en.rian.ru/world/20080526/108437713.htmlThe death toll from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan province has climbed to over 65,000, the premier of the country's State Council announced on Monday.2008-05-26T13:29+0200rianenrian-eda8534c57c5017b4a4c32d8f3063e71NaturalDisasters20080526132900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8257780.htmCHENGDU, May 26 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislator Wu Bangguo Monday visited and expressed sympathy and solicitude for people injured in the deadly May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province. He specially visited four wounded, being treated in a local hospital, who were rescued after having been buried in quake debris for more than 100 hours.2008-05-26T13:29+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-ed19710f64ff2492f01d07d7b1ae9c2220080526132900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8257635.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has outlined measures for the proper disposal of garbage in areas affected by the May 12 earthquake, saying garbage burning in the open must be away from people and settlements. The ministry instructed in a circular that....2008-05-26T13:29+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-de6ef8b8debfa0ab91254523fedc7827EnvironmentNaturalDisastersHealthENVWaterENVPublicHealthWasteENV20080526132900http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779086/Many Chinese are expressing an interest in adopting children orphaned by the earthquake. The high interest is another sign of China's post-quake outpouring of sympathy, buoyed by rising prosperity.2008-05-26T13:06+0200msnbcenmsnbc-05396a8674c306ac219bbf0065bacf98NaturalDisasters20080526130600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7EZD5G?OpenDocumentCOLOMBO, May 25, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) - An airplane carrying tents and other humanitarian materials donated by the Sri Lankan government left here early Sunday morning for China's Sichuan province, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives, officials said.2008-05-26T12:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-927600b1c674cae56c1d02d21164c12420080526125000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-7EZCJ6?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 26, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on Monday warned that thunderstorms will hit eastern parts of the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province on Monday and Tuesday. Sichuan, in southwest China, was rocked by an 8.2008-05-26T12:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7b90ed4af9198f96323e7afa9b3e693eNaturalDisasters20080526125000http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3548025,00.htmlA Chinese news agency says that three reservoirs in Shaanxi province in central China are in danger of collapsing. The official Xinhua News Agency said Monday that the three were in danger of collapsing after a strong aftershock Sunday to an earthquake that rocked Sichuan province two weeks ago. Shaanxi is just north of Sichuan.2008-05-26T12:43+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-5b6ab7fb6507c7ab634eeae845375776NaturalDisasters20080526124300http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12715021&PageNum=0MOSCOW, May 26 (Itar-Tass) -- A Russian emergency plane with humanitarian supplies landed in China, a source in the information department of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Itar-Tass on Monday. “The Il-76 landed in the city of Chengdu, an administrative center of the Sichuan province that was the hardest hit of the earthquake.2008-05-26T12:23+0200itartass_enenitartass_en-f7489b46e031cf005f1c4724eb9f7d4cNaturalDisasters20080526122300http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23761798-23109,00.htmlTHE death toll from China's earthquake rose to 65,080 today, with another 23,150 missing, a government spokesman said. 7:07pm (AEST)2008-05-26T12:11+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-2ad11e6fd002b2ee10f5f2921674a744NaturalDisasters20080526121100http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6418593.htmlThe death toll of China's major earthquake increased by 4,520 to 65,080 as of Monday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 360,058 people were injured and 23,150 others were missing in the 8.0-magnitud ...2008-05-26T12:00+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-a0c2f32c4df452b5a1a83945a4c3174eNaturalDisasters20080526120000http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.e7c9d1a76980f7f04952c110e8ceb6ac.481.htmlMIANZHU (AFP) - Soldiers raced Monday to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding.2008-05-26T11:58+0200afp-englishenafp-english-126ea514b745d7bb74219ec672b23bb7NaturalDisasters20080526115800http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080526/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - Soldiers raced Monday to unblock a river that was dammed by landslides in China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago as flood prevention became a top priority in the disaster zone.2008-05-26T11:45+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-cb5de80209ebe81672bf794931ed4405UNSecretaryGeneral20080526114500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L26334165.htmMay 26 (Reuters) - China put the death toll from the May 12 earthquake that struck Sichuan province at 65,080 with more than 23,000 still missing. Here are some of the region's worst recent natural disasters. Dec. 26, 2004 - ASIA - The number of dead and missing from an earthquake off the coast of....2008-05-26T11:42+0200alertnetenalertnet-dec11f5390d5780e43ba5847d94238cdNaturalDisastersExternalAffairs20080526114200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6418544.htmlThe China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on Monday warned that thunderstorms will hit eastern parts of the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province on Monday and Tuesday. Sichuan, in southwest China, was rocked by an 8.0-magnitude earth ...2008-05-26T11:14+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-de0d8e9e87011495a11f3b44e41a0ae5NaturalDisasters20080526111400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6418537.htmlTwo days after the May 12 earthquake of 8.0 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province, southwest China, the millionaire Wang Wenzhong headed to the devastated zone to help with relief work. Owner of a huge leather shop ...2008-05-26T11:14+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-64352ef4bd4e759e7ff461b417cf945aNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisasters20080526111400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8257101.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of China's major earthquake increased by 4,520 to 65,080 as of Monday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 360,058 people were injured and 23,150 others were missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-26T11:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-a6d5292a11e69204b1df71b1551f5b99NaturalDisasters20080526110900http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080526091200790C177087At least 10 000 children and elderly have been left on their own in earthquake-ravaged China.2008-05-26T11:06+0200StarenStar-65ecf10de4d654c5c50798fbccc801b220080526110600http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080526091200790C177087At least 10 000 children and elderly have been left on their own in earthquake-ravaged China.2008-05-26T11:04+0200ioleniol-65ecf10de4d654c5c50798fbccc801b220080526110400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTANXIAN, China (AP) -- Chinese soldiers prepared Monday to explode earthquake debris blocking a river where quickly rising waters threatened to flood disaster victims....2008-05-26T10:50+0200APenAP-167d5e013565fec6824eca82b6ded4e2NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526105000http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=105467A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China yesterday, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago that killed more than 62,500.The2008-05-26T10:49+0200TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-27a31b6c75677e8d57c86fd94a37e316NaturalDisasters20080526104900http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EZC2H?OpenDocumentBeijing, 26 May 2008 –The World Health Organization (WHO) has received US$1.3 million in United Nations emergency funds to provide urgently needed medical supplies and support to survivors of China's devastating May 12 earthquake. Chinese authorities have requested medical support from WHO in the aftermath of the magnitude 8.2008-05-26T10:49+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-43f3c0949edc4ce998e768955ff7fb80NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080526104900http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/26/rss.htm#20BEIJING, May 26 (AFP): The death toll from China's earthquake rose to 65,080 Monday, with another 23,150 missing, a government spokesman said. “As...2008-05-26T10:47+0200dawnendawn-21530989e3da25ac4d07e10739712575NaturalDisasters20080526104700http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/uk-and-international-news/2008/05/25/battle-to-rescue-24-quake-miners-in-china-78057-20428157/RESCUERS yesterday rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago.2008-05-26T10:44+0200sundaymailensundaymail-4aa5a5e42408a9d9cc8e115937137d9d20080526104400http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317131,00.htmlTowns immediately downstream have already been evacuated, according to China's Xinhua news agency. The site is two miles upstream from the county seat of Beichuan, one of the areas hit hardest by the May 12 earthquake which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale and left 86,000 people dead or missing.2008-05-26T10:43+0200skynewsenskynews-725acb3115257f71cda462a0604614f8NaturalDisastersFlooding20080526104300http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.e7c9d1a76980f7f04952c110e8ceb6ac.481.htmlMIANZHU (AFP) - Soldiers raced Monday to unblock a river that was dammed by landslides in China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago as flood prevention became a top priority in the disaster zone.2008-05-26T10:27+0200afp-englishenafp-english-6bc816fce87648eb20f24fa9cc6609d0UNSecretaryGeneral20080526102700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8256558.htmBEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on Monday warned that thunderstorms will hit eastern parts of the earthquake-hit Sichuan Province on Monday and Tuesday. Sichuan, in southwest China, was rocked by an 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12, which claimed at least....2008-05-26T10:21+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c147cb7629241c746eb55aed8206c79aNaturalDisasters20080526102100http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/politics/article3738410.eceThe Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, is due to sign an official book of condolences today for the victims of the recent earthquake in China.2008-05-26T10:18+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-2b00bc34cbaeb52486a80d1b97beb9df20080526101800http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=340143&referrer=RSSChina was preparing to dynamite rock, mud and rubble forming a dangerously large "quake lake" on Monday, hoping to avert a new disaster two weeks after a catastrophic tremor struck Sichuan province. The official estimate of dead from the May 12 earthquake is now more than 60 000, but that number is certain to grow.2008-05-26T10:17+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-4d327e248a9eec6b52b87dbadec6fd65NaturalDisasters20080526101700http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=112927&NrIssue=668&NrSection=30More than 5.500 children lost their parents in the aftermath of devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, Western news agencies said.2008-05-26T09:58+0200makfaxenmakfax-1ba2d056aad6680d7d91856179e59d32NaturalDisasters20080526095800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8256445.htmby Xinhua writer Gong Yidong BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Two days after the May 12 earthquake of 8.0 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province, southwest China, the millionaire Wang Wenzhong headed to the devastated zone to help with relief work.2008-05-26T09:42+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2a32180abab7256de79ba0694eb762f3NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisasters20080526094200http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhgbmheyqlid/rss2/The Taoiseach Brian Cowen is due to sign an official book of condolences today for the victims of the recent earthquake in China.2008-05-26T09:31+0200irish-newsenirish-news-713ab6189ae60217875f1b610588c7b120080526093100http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/26/china-earthquake-80-year-old-man-rescued-after-more-than-11-days-under-rubble-89520-20430027/Rescuers pull an 80-year-old from the ruins of his house where he survived for more than 11 days after China's earthquake. Xiao Zhihu, who is bed-ridden, was pinned down by a collapsed pillar. But he was kept alive for 266 hours by his wife. She fed him scraps of food through a tiny gap in the wreckage of their home in Mianzhu, Sichuan province.2008-05-26T09:31+0200sundaymirrorensundaymirror-3f469e70792ed182776e17e077d7960aNaturalDisasters20080526093100http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7419304.stmIn China's rural heartland, 18-year-olds and their families see the national college entrance exam as the fast track out of poverty. But for tens of thousands of high school students traumatised by the Sichuan earthquake - competing this year demands extraordinary strength and courage, as Nick Mackie reports from the city of Deyang.2008-05-26T09:17+0200bbcenbbc-6a46299e96710f6f48c71848c0d5a973AgriculturalProdOliveHort20080526091700http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_targets_39quake_lake39_as_flood_fears_grow_547766Soldiers raced today to unblock a river that was dammed by landslides in China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago as flood prevention became a top priority in the disaster zone.2008-05-26T09:13+0200sbsensbs-43375903278359015405f17a2b427051UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080526091300http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297813714/la-fg-cina26-2008may26,0,5740814.storyCHENGDU, China -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China, causing hundreds of new casualties today and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. Soldiers rushed with explosives to unblock a debris-clogged river threatening to flood homeless quake survivors.2008-05-26T09:11+0200latimesenlatimes-98006249f73efcd0532e84070ff3b6cbEnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526091100http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmheyojey/rss2/China’s strict one-child policy is making some exceptions for certain families affected by the devastating earthquake two weeks ago.2008-05-26T08:30+0200irish-newsenirish-news-3457d4fd90ffae0b0742e9f608da16e420080526083000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8255565.htmHong Kong action hero Jackie Chan said he wanted to make a film about the massive earthquake which hit China earlier this month to raise money for victims.2008-05-26T08:06+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2a1a70407ef36d4d02f64d48521fe087NaturalDisasters20080526080600http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297995816/la-fg-china26-2008may26,0,1147562.storyMIANYANG, CHINA -- A powerful aftershock hit China on Sunday, killing at least six people and heightening fears of landslides and flooding, even as more survivors of the May 12 earthquake sought to trek back to their mountain villages. The afternoon aftershock centered in northern Sichuan province....2008-05-26T07:39+0200latimesenlatimes-52b31caa4e22f96d536a9037448ba595NaturalDisasters20080526073900http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23759350-23109,00.htmlTWENTY people have been arrested in an earthquake-devastated city in southwestern China for stealing from those displaced by the disaster, state media said today. 2:39pm (AEST)2008-05-26T07:29+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-5ffd500b55b95c3b73c3bf6ce7c72da9NaturalDisasters20080526072900http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/297725433/index.htmlA powerful 5.8 magnitude aftershock hit China's Sichuan province today, damaging more than 70,000 homes in the region where at least 60,000 people were killed by a powerful earthquake on May 12, according to local television reports.2008-05-26T07:21+0200cnnencnn-a6f4c13eb23f0c5eddabd32ac58b0951UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersEnergy20080526072100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8255402.htmLONDON, May 25 (Xinhua) -- British weekly magazine The Economist has praised the combination of the Chinese government and volunteer efforts in coping with the country's worst earthquake in three decades. The article titled "China helps itself" in its latest edition on Saturday said that the....2008-05-26T07:21+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-ccd2e5c71d3a801b1627d915eb4906baManMadeDisasters20080526072100http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218515&Sn=WORL&IssueId=2832BEIJING: Around 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, rattled again yesterday by one of the strongest aftershocks since the initial disaster. The aftershock jolted Sichuan province, killing more than two people, destroying 71,000 homes and rattling millions.2008-05-26T07:15+0200GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-190c142e3624131ce7ab3658aa8c2cacUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526071500http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218436&Sn=BUSI&IssueId=2832DUJIANGYAN, China: A sculpture proclaims Dujiangyan the "top tourist city in China." But at the ancient irrigation works, a World Heritage site, the ticket office is now a smashed reminder of a devastating earthquake. Boulders that tumbled down from the hills above have come to rest among crumbled roofing tiles.2008-05-26T07:15+0200GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-cc0c562f6b77100b6cad4390007d70e7NaturalDisasters20080526071500http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080526/FOREIGN/730266744/1003Aftershock fells thousands more homes By Christopher Bodeen May 26, 2008 CHENGDU, China (AP) — A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China yesterday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 480 people were injured.2008-05-26T07:09+0200washtimesenwashtimes-0411d4b9743e27358f2764494f6c499aNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526070900http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=11BEIJING, May 25 (APP)- Three Pakistani Government officials taking part in a workshop took impromptus initiative for raising funds for the May 12th earthquake that badly hit China's Sichuan province. The officials from Pakistan, Syed Hasan Rizvi, Project Director, CDA, Shahid Nadeem Berlas, Joint....2008-05-26T06:44+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-9f55b69317abb56e1af41cce4c8c6a8aNaturalDisasters20080526064400http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/25/AR2008052502588.html?nav=rss_worldCHENGDU, China, May 25 -- The strongest aftershock since a May 12 earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan province struck the area Sunday afternoon, killing two people, injuring more than 480 and spreading panic through a region just beginning to move from rescue operations to rebuilding.2008-05-26T06:17+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-2f4ead150584ad2f08c61da97eff93e0NaturalDisastersAgricultureENVAgricultureWaterENVIndustryENV20080526061700http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809462,00.html?xid=rss-topstoriesA powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing six people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades2008-05-26T06:05+0200timeentime-cfbca7fcf85de8926eab635c56db57e8EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526060500http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-25-20-51-52CHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in t...2008-05-26T06:05+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-840b4cb3179de6e480d2d509543ccfb5EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526060500http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158091/Man%252Drescued.htmA survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.2008-05-26T06:03+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-d8660648e3ef338a867fe084f7aa436e20080526060300http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158151/China%252Dviewers.htmFrom the moment the young man was discovered pinned under a mountain of concrete to the instant he died, TV reporter Zhang Qian fed live footage to viewers.2008-05-26T06:03+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-3cd35d47df26f2272a12ec3381d971cfManMadeDisasters20080526060300http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158062/Aftershock%252Dtopples.htmA strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after a big earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-26T06:03+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-e59e6fd3faba5c88b120107a5280bce3NaturalDisasters20080526060300http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158093/Pope%252Durges.htmPope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged brotherly solidarity for the survivors of the devastating earthquake in China as he greeted Chinese Catholics who were praying for their sometimes persecuted Church in their homeland.2008-05-26T06:03+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-58bf9b27a780627b434f30cc56c675d420080526060300http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/int%27l%20community/2008/05/26/158085/Buddhist%252Dtemple.htmThe Fo Guang Shan Temple in Flushing, Queens, the largest borough of New York City, and a local chapter of the Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) have jointly launched a campaign to raise funds to help earthquake victims in China's Sichuan province, setting a target of US$100,000.2008-05-26T06:03+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-62df65dddd40fb0889b1738135c719ddNaturalDisasters20080526060300http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23758923-29277,00.htmlTHE devastating earthquake in China and stockpiling for the Beijing Olympic Games are among factors which have forced the price of diesel up at a faster rate than petrol, the consumer watchdog says. 1:44pm (AEST)2008-05-26T05:59+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-2161e154fb4896767fb99753ba98c704Energy20080526055900http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2255691.htmA squad of 1,800 Chinese police and soldiers have arrived at a swelling river blocked by a powerful earthquake two weeks ago. The team reached Tangjiashan 'quake lake' in southwestern China's Sichuan province to tackle a growing flood risk. The soldiers are carrying dynamite to blast the landslide....2008-05-26T05:37+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-3472969ae067d2b7eaed13c3466b157bNaturalDisasters20080526053700http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing six people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 500 others were injured....2008-05-26T05:23+0200APenAP-840b4cb3179de6e480d2d509543ccfb5EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526052300http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2008/0526/1211740436122.htmlCHINA: A MAGNITUDE 5.8 aftershock rattled the earthquake zone in southwest China yesterday, compounding the misery for traumatised survivors in the region and causing even more damage.2008-05-26T05:13+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-f11d8595983c9c901b7060afe8fc90cc20080526051300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EZ3FE?OpenDocumentAll the barrier lakes (or quake lakes) formed after the massive May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province are 'under control' but the situation is still grim, said Vice Minister of Water Resources E Jingping on Sunday. Heavy rains forecast for the area over the next three days are a....2008-05-26T05:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-2dc358fe65fb57bec73d3fe577def4a6NaturalDisastersFlooding20080526050600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EZ3U7?OpenDocumentThe death toll from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives and left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of 00:00 a.m. Sunday, according to the State Council Information Office. Guo Weimin, director of the State Council Information Office, announced the....2008-05-26T05:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9b71b07ea115f715f9a581382dee7665EnergyNaturalDisasters20080526050600http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4926039A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing six people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 500 others were injured. Meanwhile, soldiers rushed with explosives to unblock a debris-clogged river threatening to flood homeless quake survivors.2008-05-26T05:06+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-c831ed6d68693b131d58a21c06076431NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526050600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8254498.htmBEIJING, May 26 -- While there has been much sorrow and grief for the victims and families of the Sichuan earthquake, what about those staying here in Shanghai? For many university students, it has been a nightmare. At 2:28pm on May 19, exactly a week after southwestern China's Sichuan Province had been devastated by magnitude-8.2008-05-26T05:05+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7b4fdd024faae05ecbb13e71f2c8db67NaturalDisasters20080526050500http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing six people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 500 others were injured.2008-05-26T05:03+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-93e1528e3f46c482aa142fe77ee000f8EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526050300http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c996e786-2acd-11dd-b40b-000077b07658.htmlMIANYANG, China, May 26 (Reuters) – China planned to dynamite rock, mud and rubble forming a dangerously large ”quake lake” on Monday, hoping to avert a new disaster two weeks after a catastrophic tremor struck Sichuan province. The official estimate of dead from the May 12 earthquake is now more....2008-05-26T05:00+0200ftenft-da48a2452e4b390a793a393d4fb3d1ce20080526050000http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/297738164/index.htmlA powerful 6.0-magnitude aftershock hit China's Sichuan province Sunday, reportedly destroyed more than 70,000 homes in the region where at least 60,000 people were killed by a powerful earthquake on May 12.2008-05-26T04:59+0200cnnencnn-fc5571bc3395ebf986f082c8830f5834UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersEnergy20080526045900http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1206399.ece#OTC-RSS&ATTR=NewsA MAN aged 80 is lifted to safety after 11 DAYS trapped in the rubble from China earthquake2008-05-26T04:50+0200thesunenthesun-407a530413f7dccdbcdf3dbab451a8e8Flooding20080526045000http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317131,00.htmlAreas immediately downstream have already been evacuated, according to China's Xinhua news agency. The site is two miles upstream from the county seat of Beichuan, one of the areas hit hardest by the May 12 earthquake which measured 8.0 on the Richter scale and left 86,000 people dead or missing.2008-05-26T04:37+0200skynewsenskynews-e8b9697408e76b7fd733ca3d86e3ba18NaturalDisastersFlooding20080526043700http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10512471&ref=rssChina to probe builders after quake collapses (+video) A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours (over 11 days) after the big tremor hit, state television reported ye...2008-05-26T04:04+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-fae504b3547a1ef6a73c07340158f467NaturalDisasters20080526040400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417997.htmlA total of 62,161 people have been confirmed dead in the May 12 earthquake and another 347,401 people injured in southwest China's Sichuan Province alone as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a local official said. So far, 83,988 people have been ...2008-05-26T04:01+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-b174cfdd09b55001451b6a3815ff3ea9NaturalDisasters20080526040100http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6418001.htmlFollowing are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 62,664 nationwide as of Sunday noon, while 358, ...2008-05-26T04:01+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-c2b524a6eebbcfb2f7fab1103055b8ca20080526040100http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417994.htmlA survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, Chinese television reported on Sunday. Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was rescued in Mianzhu city on Friday. ...2008-05-26T04:01+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-23a898067b3c7b5ed8fe67232a33d5ea20080526040100http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/298055989/la-fg-stress26-2008may26,0,6090416.storyMIANYANG, China -- At a camp for earthquake survivors, a psychologist hands some plastic toys to a lonely girl named Wang Yue and encourages her to build a house. Why did you put a phone there? he asks her. To call my parents. What's the police car for? To find my grandfather. What's the ambulance for? So I don't get hurt.2008-05-26T03:38+0200latimesenlatimes-fc54a4b77ffe1d567077dca5959494ebNaturalDisasters20080526033800http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4926039A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 480 others were injured. Meanwhile, soldiers rushed with explosives to unblock a debris-clogged river threatening to flood homeless quake survivors.2008-05-26T03:35+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-329fc9a4f7942aa17fb54b73854938f3NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526033500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8253799.htmSpecial report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, May 26 -- Nearly 100 youngsters in Shanghai who signed as volunteers to assist quake-hit Sichuan Province on Sunday gathered at the city's Century Park to receive basic training from local governmental organizations, firemen and doctors.2008-05-26T03:35+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6292dea3c6aa0ea6b8ae5343f24c8045NaturalDisasters20080526033500http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 480 others were injured....2008-05-26T03:22+0200APenAP-4ed77d0e60e195873f7f07b85c7bf1bdEnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526032200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417976.htmlThe death toll from the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives and left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of 00:00 a.m. Sunday, according to the State Council Information Office. Guo Wei ...2008-05-26T03:15+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-8ca21c60ed36bbdf3b5fb9d7c3dd37aaEnergyNaturalDisasters20080526031500http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417826.htmlRussia on Sunday delivered new batches of humanitarian aid to China, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives. "An Il-76 cargo plane of the Emergency Situations Ministry carrying some 30 tons of disaster rel ...2008-05-26T03:15+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-23e24cb98c1aba5f8c61da6176a7b801EchoHumanitarianAid20080526031500http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417821.htmlThe first quake-relief supplies from Kyrgyzstan arrived in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by train on Sunday, for delivery to the neighboring earthquake-hit Gansu Province. The 137 tons of supplies, valued at abo ...2008-05-26T03:15+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-ed4dd49a8388ee915b90c5ebeb474304ManMadeDisasters20080526031500http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417972.htmlThe deadly earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12 has destroyed the homes of giant pandas and left the bears in dire need of their favorite food, bamboo. Panda keepers at the Wolong Nature Reserve, about ...2008-05-26T03:15+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-84ef3494d7ea0ad429a1ffb483b810e7AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080526031500http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/25/AR2008052500269.html?nav=rss_world/asiaCHENGDU, China, May 25 -- The strongest aftershock since a May 12 earthquake devastated parts of Sichuan province struck the area Sunday afternoon, killing two people, injuring more than 480 and spreading panic through a region just beginning to move from rescue operations to rebuilding.2008-05-26T03:14+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-3cb36b5d2eee3184f623deaa8f6d8c4aNaturalDisastersAgricultureENVAgricultureWaterENVIndustryENV20080526031400http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 480 others were injured.2008-05-26T03:00+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-290800db5229af544a2121902ad6c2bbEnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526030000http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2250297/Article/index_htmlPETALING JAYA: Malaysians have donated more than RM6.4 million to date for the victims of the earthquake in China. This was revealed by the People's Republic of China embassy economic and commercial counsellor Gao Wen Kuan yesterday at the conclusion of the Steven Yeam Network monthly meeting.2008-05-26T02:53+0200nstennst-28c5d00d67bccfd5556f32d8a40cb30dNaturalDisasters20080526025300http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2255109.htmIn China, a strong aftershock from the earthquake nearly two weeks ago has killed at least one person and injured 400 others. Up to 70,000 homes have also collapsed in Sichuan province. The state-run Xinhua news agency says the city of Guangyuan north of the provincial capital Chengdu has been particularly hard hit.2008-05-26T02:37+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-6a5eebc939ff13dd5f8c6459f4285423NaturalDisasters20080526023700http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=114732CHENGDU, China: Nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China’s most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, the government sa2008-05-26T02:33+0200NewsJang-enenNewsJang-en-0de68f685b53c41ba180f32bb3d1dec5ManMadeDisasters20080526023300http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2255109.htmIn China, a strong aftershock from the earthquake nearly two weeks ago has killed at least one person and injured 400 others.2008-05-26T02:24+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-0a2ad5efa6b613f906c32b868ff0dd03NaturalDisasters20080526022400http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080525/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least two people, destroying 70,000 homes and rattling millions still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago.2008-05-26T01:28+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-313a8db13b4b83f02a10d6b6c57393dbUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080526012800http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297995816/la-fg-china26-2008may26,0,1147562.storyMIANYANG, China -- A powerful aftershock hit Sichuan province today, killing at least two people and heightening fears of landslides and flooding, even as more survivors of the May 12 earthquake sought to trek back to their mountain villages. The aftershock, at 4:21 p.m.2008-05-26T01:08+0200latimesenlatimes-1592c1a35ba03b53eadf61ee4efeecbaNaturalDisasters20080526010800http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/297666406/index.htmlRescue workers pulled an 80-year-old paraplegic man from the rubble of his home on Friday, 11 days after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province, state media reported Sunday.2008-05-26T01:06+0200cnnencnn-bb535d4a960e168d778b13787d238da9UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080526010600http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-25-16-52-09CHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in t...2008-05-26T01:03+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-75fe162e09e120b4f001ca0a56dd5020EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526010300http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10512521&ref=rssBEICHUAN, China - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China overnight killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after a big earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area. More...2008-05-26T00:55+0200nzheraldennzherald-04e8202e67f870801c3960bca9bc7e69NaturalDisasters20080526005500http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080525/FOREIGN/737852549/1003China aftershock destroys 71,000 homes; 1 killed By Christoper Bodeen May 25, 2008 CHENGDU, China (AP) — A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China today, killing two people and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 480 others were injured.2008-05-26T00:07+0200washtimesenwashtimes-0718e4d896af400e1b598508b83a682fNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080526000700http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/26/stories/2008052657420100.htmBeijing: A powerful aftershock of 6.4 magnitude on Sunday jolted earthquake-ravaged southwest China, killing at least one person, injuring 260 others and also damaging tens of thousands of houses. — PTI ...2008-05-26T00:01+0200HinduenHindu-31eaab7fa4fccc594ce5ae847253d81920080526000100http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/05/mil-080525-voa06.htmBy Michael Bowman Washington 25 May 2008 Central China has been struck by a powerful aftershock as the region struggles to recover from a massive earthquake earlier this month that killed tens of thousands of people and left many more homeless. Latest shock killed at least one person in Sichuan province and injured about 260.2008-05-25T23:55+0200globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-e9c069aa49cf29116e0c3ad1c7eb13d1NaturalDisasters20080525235500http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10512471&ref=rssA survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours (over 11 days) after the big tremor hit, state television reported yesterday. Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was rescued in Mianzhu...2008-05-25T23:54+0200nzheraldennzherald-fae504b3547a1ef6a73c07340158f467NaturalDisasters20080525235400http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23757927-23109,00.htmlA STRONG aftershock has jolted south-western China, killing at least two people, destroying 70,000 homes and rattling millions still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago. 6:50am (AEST)2008-05-25T23:54+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-dc0401a979f4460d8d11b34917323464UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525235400http://www.moscowtimes.ru/articles/detail.php?ID=367713A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly two weeks after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T23:25+0200MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-64d8cd665b95ab7cf7352697b8b8cd4e20080525232500http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing one person and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 400 others were injured....2008-05-25T21:21+0200APenAP-1c897565605d1c6081edc1a39c59d6fcEnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525212100http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805260003.htmlCentral China has been struck by a powerful aftershock as the region struggles to recover from a massive earthquake earlier this month that killed tens of thousands of people and left many more homeless. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington. The U.S. Geological Survey says Sunday's aftershock registered 5.2008-05-25T21:17+0200chosunenchosun-5a563ed15554b66fd42d81ec0ec2786fNaturalDisasters20080525211700http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4926039A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing one person and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 400 others were injured. Meanwhile, soldiers rushed with explosives to unblock a debris-clogged river threatening to flood homeless quake survivors.2008-05-25T21:04+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-bbb6e9050107279b32bf68eb1bbc4cd1NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525210400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EDIS-7EYNWB?OpenDocumentFor more homeless people living in tents in the earthquake-stricken areas, recently, Jiang Yiman, executive vice president of the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) met many times with Mr Carl Naucler, the head of delegation for East Asia, International Federation, hoping to take emergency....2008-05-25T20:51+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-797285a5748c8366afaf2a3868798510SlovenianPresidencyEUEchoManMadeDisasters20080525205100http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China on Sunday, killing one person and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. More than 400 others were injured.2008-05-25T20:51+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-6962f6825b08c27909879179a554f448EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525205100http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2255109.htmIn China, a strong aftershock from the earthquake nearly two weeks ago has killed at least one person and injured 400 others. Up to 70 thousand homes have also collapsed in Sichuan province. The state-run Xinhua news agency says the city of Guangyuan north of the provincial capital Chengdu has been particularly hard hit.2008-05-25T20:35+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-2794c3ccd608a561d9a8dcfc24a46d1620080525203500http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/aftershock+flattens+71000+homes/2251057?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsA powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China, causing hundreds of new casualties and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. The fresh devastation came after a magnitude 5.8 aftershock - among the most powerful recorded since....2008-05-25T20:19+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-e5680dc58a705ad765ed118f1ec996f720080525201900http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2255109.htmIn China, a strong aftershock from the earthquake nearly two weeks ago has killed at least one person and injured 400 others.2008-05-25T20:06+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-729d8e5fe1c9ad3a8837925dbdd548d620080525200600http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/25/AR2008052500269.html?nav=rss_worldCHENGDU, China, May 25 -- One of the strongest aftershocks since a May 12 earthquake devastated southwest Sichuan province struck the area Sunday afternoon, killing one person, injuring more than 200 and spreading panic through a region just beginning to move from rescue operations to rebuilding.2008-05-25T20:05+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-6dd6bd859d162f2fc8a97b6e244067cbNaturalDisastersAgricultureENVAgricultureWaterENVManMadeDisastersIndustryENV20080525200500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8252684.htmBEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- All the barrier lakes (or quake lakes) formed after the massive May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province are "under control" but the situation is still grim, said Vice Minister of Water Resources E Jingping on Sunday.2008-05-25T20:03+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-d23bdf28aab71f2edca1e75eea279699NaturalDisastersFlooding20080525200300http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24812230/A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China, causing hundreds of new casualties Sunday and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades.2008-05-25T19:39+0200msnbcenmsnbc-458bf1599560e9a6e12adbae4a1207a6EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525193900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8252662.htmSUEZ, Egypt, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin on Sunday expressed his condolences and sympathy to the Chinese people over a recent devastating earthquake in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Mohieddin delivered the condolences after an inauguration of a....2008-05-25T19:18+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2dd9650813810b3d9e897ca146151b5b20080525191800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8252668.htmCHENGDU, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A giant panda which went missing from a major panda base in southwest China's Sichuan Province after the May 12 earthquake was spotted alive about 5:20 p.m. on Sunday by a group of road workers. The panda, named Xixi, was found playing at the other side of a river near....2008-05-25T19:18+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c6a2b7d6de33d2557ea98fc5c9be3369NaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAid20080525191800http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/05/25/strong-china-aftershock-causes-more-misery-89520-20429338/BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after a big earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T19:16+0200themirrorenthemirror-13ccde6b0c45c78fbd77c164a43b8c49NaturalDisasters20080525191600http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15270720080525?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsBEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after a big earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T19:12+0200reutersenreuters-e161fe7b60acfc5119bec6c3a4769c18NaturalDisasters20080525191200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EYK5F?OpenDocumentMinister of Foreign Affairs, Rohitha Bogollagama, handed over the relief items to the earthquake victims of Sichuan Province of China to the Ambassador of China in Sri Lanka, Mr Ye Dabo, at the Colombo International Airport last night (May 24th) to be dispatched by a SriLankan Airlines Special Flight leaving to China.2008-05-25T18:47+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-cb038ff3db5044ecfae744ddf999c4d5NaturalDisasters20080525184700http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90813416&ft=1&f=1001A large aftershock hit China's Sichuan province Sunday morning, rattling buildings as far away as Beijing. The tremor comes almost two weeks after the initial earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people.2008-05-25T18:07+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-ae5ea21fb8c5562a5c7fe32e2c8cdc81ManMadeDisasters20080525180700http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297813714/la-fg-cina26-2008may26,0,5740814.storyCHENGDU, China -- A powerful aftershock destroyed tens of thousands of homes in central China, causing hundreds of new casualties today and straining recovery efforts from the country's worst earthquake in three decades. Soldiers rushed with explosives to unblock a debris-clogged river threatening to flood homeless quake survivors.2008-05-25T18:06+0200latimesenlatimes-6045d0f3b7853d6268d3c145321f8255EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525180600http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-25-voa3.cfm?rss=topstoriesUS Geological Survey says Sunday's aftershock registered 5.8 points on Richter scale, making it one of the strongest aftershocks since the May 12 earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province2008-05-25T17:59+0200voanewsenvoanews-928be5d372a4125c6ce8086248f9be83NaturalDisasters20080525175900http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/297725433/index.htmlChina's water ministry says 69 dams near collapse after quake Paraplegic rescued 11 days after May 12 earthquake, state-run TV reports Death toll surpasses 60,000, officals say2008-05-25T17:55+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-bd4a76bf1d870c371bf5fa488a4fc1cdUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525175500http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2026818/China-earthquake-Deadly-aftershock.htmlThe strongest aftershock since the Sichuan earthquake two weeks ago has hit the Chinese province sending survivors and residents pouring on to the streets in panic.2008-05-25T17:25+0200telegraphentelegraph-c571d54e52d16c44011e5cf4db19a34020080525172500http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_mostpopular/~3/297738164/index.htmlA powerful 5.8 magnitude aftershock hit China's Sichuan province Sunday, reportedly damaging more than 70,000 homes in the region where at least 60,000 people were killed by a powerful earthquake on May 12.2008-05-25T16:58+0200cnnencnn-bd4a76bf1d870c371bf5fa488a4fc1cdUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525165800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EYJJV?OpenDocumentThe UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) plane carrying 40 tonnes of relief programme ordered by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the RCA, to assist the victims of Sichuan earthquake, will leave Sunday for China. Saleh Mohammed Al Mulla, deputy secretary....2008-05-25T16:45+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-548f0a415232a1762dc627af9d3c8ccfNaturalDisasters20080525164500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-7EYH3F?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 25, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Almost two weeks after a major earthquake hit southwest China, 1.08 million people in the southwestern province of Sichuan still lack sufficient clean drinking water, an official told reporters here on Sunday.2008-05-25T16:45+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-964aaacb63c373b379892dc52e0196f7NaturalDisasters20080525164500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EYJ8L?OpenDocumentThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated the aid effort, funded by Israel Corporation and philanthropists from Los Angeles, to bring medical equipment, clothing, tents and water purification kits from Israel to earthquake victims in China. (Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesman) On....2008-05-25T16:45+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-bff10682a2c8b4b59db4dbd4673b8969EchoNaturalDisasters20080525164500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EYJWL?OpenDocumentMOSCOW, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Sunday delivered new batches of humanitarian aid to China, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives. "An Il-76 cargo plane of the Emergency Situations Ministry carrying some 30 tons of disaster relief aid, including blankets and tents....2008-05-25T16:45+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-1d6ae83e69d45ae60244364772c0ff0dEchoHumanitarianAid20080525164500http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=bde9565c-da3d-4f73-9b8e-e61bbfa79c58&MatchID1=52&TeamID1=6&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=5&SeriesID1=1&PrimaryID=52&Headline=Strong+aftershock+jolts+China+as+quake+toll+risesA strong aftershock jolts southwestern China, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake that killed more than 62,500.2008-05-25T16:43+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-19d0bb0dd4c2447ce276a49d64043224NaturalDisasters20080525164300http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/aftershock-brings-down-70000-homes/2008/05/25/1211653854234.html?s_cid=rss_worldA HUGE aftershock rattled south-west China yesterday, killing at least one person and injuring 400, state media reported, nearly a fortnight after a big earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T16:39+0200smhensmh-fa069b0d6ab2e9a931c0a98fb51fec3aNaturalDisastersAgriculture20080525163900http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2255088.htmIn China at least one person has died and 260 have been injured by the strongest aftershock since the massive quake on May the 12th. The Sichuan Earthquake Bureau says the aftershock in Sichuan province had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale, but the US Geological Survey put it at 5.8.2008-05-25T16:32+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-e15966563c9435677b0df7427521daf420080525163200http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/25/asia/quake.phpChina intensified efforts to find shelter for earthquake survivors on Sunday, pledging to build 1.5 million temporary houses on a day when state television reported that rescuers had saved an 80-year-old man who had lived for nearly two weeks in a collapsed building.2008-05-25T16:26+0200IHTenIHT-07376f19961bf481a2873bcd21ff1f4eNaturalDisasters20080525162600http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/25/opinion/edkristof.phpChina's biggest health disaster isn't the terrible Sichuan earthquake. It's the air.2008-05-25T16:26+0200IHTenIHT-f03fb80f5babb690059497c418b67e0fNaturalDisastersWaterENVManMadeDisastersEnvironmentAirENVHealthENV20080525162600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8251172.htmPhoto taken on May 22, 2008 shows an airscape of the quake lakes formed after the massive May 12 earthquake in Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. According to a preliminary analysis, a total of 34 quake lakes have been found in Sichuan, eight of which contain more than 300 million cubic meters of water each.2008-05-25T16:17+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-8b4e1efe50cdd3613c9ffb6d2a58af6720080525161700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8250953.htmBEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 62,664 nationwide as of Sunday noon, while 358,816 people were injured and 23,775 people were missing.2008-05-25T16:17+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2d2c9655f364e739ecabd143198657fe20080525161700http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2026481/China-earthquake-Survivor%252C-80%252C-rescued-after-eleven-days-in-the-rubble-of-Sichuan-province.htmlA disabled man has been freed unhurt from the rubble of his home, eleven days after being buried in the earthquake that has devastated south-west China, despite a severe aftershock which has claimed at least one more life.2008-05-25T16:09+0200telegraphentelegraph-e5ad214b6ddf19cbd39d4cf2b7642df4NaturalDisasters20080525160900http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90813419&ft=1&f=1001China has received more than $3 billion in foreign aid after the devastating May 12 earthquake. The first wave of foreign relief workers the rescue teams has already pulled out, signaling an end to the rescue phase of operations. Now, a second wave of foreign relief workers has arrived to augment weary Chinese teams.2008-05-25T15:37+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-6209e1168b4d3a843bf6f2ae19fddf9d20080525153700http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90813416&ft=1&f=1001Correspondent Anthony Kuhn talks with Ari Shapiro about a massive aftershock that hit China's Sichuan province this morning, rattling buildings as far away as Beijing. The tremor comes almost two weeks after the initial earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people.2008-05-25T15:37+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-035286a8a68566a26120f16ddbf1d7b620080525153700http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/one-dead-in-china-earthquake-aftershock-834190.html?r=RSSA Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 others in Sichuan province.2008-05-25T15:34+0200independentenindependent-4b69fe7f64ace93a13cb1cf786cd2f82NaturalDisasters20080525153400http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547614,00.htmlPope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged brotherly solidarity for the survivors of the devastating earthquake in China as he greeted Chinese Catholics who were praying for their sometimes persecuted Church in their homeland. "I greet with great affection the Chinese-speaking pilgrims who have come to Rome....2008-05-25T15:11+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-31075eac7796fe8596e33e34c660953d20080525151100http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/05/25/strong-aftershock-causes-more-misery-in-china-89520-20429338/BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T14:55+0200themirrorenthemirror-b70a510127c2f066fa4d96a8e3a6043dNaturalDisasters20080525145500http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/one+dead+260+injured+in+aftershock/2249747?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsA Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 others in Sichuan province. The government-run China News Service said that 24 of the injured are in serious condition. The aftershock was felt in Beijing and is one of the strongest to hit Sichuan since the May 12 earthquake.2008-05-25T14:49+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-2351fc204a1f61931b85877e47cef29520080525144900http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-25-06-53-24CHENGDU, China (AP) -- Nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, rattled again Sunday by one of the strongest aftershocks sin...2008-05-25T14:48+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-7e8a94a6803d737f8f75b31d0fb002e3NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525144800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8250432.htmBEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Almost two weeks after a major earthquake hit southwest China, 1.08 million people in the southwestern province of Sichuan still lack sufficient clean drinking water, an official told reporters here on Sunday. Measures would be taken to solve the problem by May 31,....2008-05-25T14:44+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-430bd6cbfba0126113e0733fe79642c1NaturalDisasters20080525144400http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080525/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T14:44+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-ecfa45f33edd78a4769fd9c2cd11519eNaturalDisasters20080525144400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-7EYEPM?OpenDocumentby Boris Cambreleng CHENGDU, China, May 25, 2008 (AFP) - More foreign help arrived in China on Sunday as forecasts of heavy rain threatened to pour more misery on survivors of the devastating earthquake that killed more than 62,500 people. A Russian military transport plane touched down before dawn....2008-05-25T14:40+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-0a7e580fefd4c990815847c58a83d8e0UNSecretaryGeneral20080525144000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-7EYEQN?OpenDocumentBy Chris Buckley BEICHUAN, China, May 25 (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T14:40+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-1366e05ca11d12259ed0a083b005cba0NaturalDisasters20080525144000http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080525?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsBEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T14:37+0200reutersenreuters-932a45b0fa06cd60522dff32a66c52c820080525143700http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15270720080525?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsBEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T14:37+0200reutersenreuters-a67c61f8876a1b2c8f33478e66cc5b7820080525143700http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/25/worldupdates/2008-05-25T173232Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337603-2&sec=WorldupdatesBEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.2008-05-25T14:28+0200thestarenthestar-cd3f59cbdb0275f3397a4fc120d84b50NaturalDisasters20080525142800http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.e7c9d1a76980f7f04952c110e8ceb6ac.301.htmlCHENGDU (AFP) - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago that killed more than 62,500.2008-05-25T14:18+0200afp-englishenafp-english-15bdfa031e53c1775464a2765d487179NaturalDisasters20080525141800http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080525/ts_afp/chinaquakeAFP - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago that killed more than 62,500.2008-05-25T14:13+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-2ad6782b281ed27ca3c89e7ca0550113NaturalDisasters20080525141300http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547587,00.htmlA Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 others in Sichuan province. The government-run China News Service said Sunday that 24 of the injured are in serious condition. The aftershock was felt in Beijing and is one of the strongest to hit Sichuan since the May 12 earthquake.2008-05-25T14:11+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-a2b21cd3d0ed350a2ad60e1ec491e59c20080525141100http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/25/rss.htm#13BEIJING, May 25 (AFP): The national death toll from China's earthquake rose to 62,664, with another 23,775 missing, a government spokesman said on...2008-05-25T13:56+0200dawnendawn-850b21aeca757e1fd629e1addc4b4cc7NaturalDisasters20080525135600http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-25-dams-china_N.htm?csp=34Nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, rattled ...2008-05-25T13:29+0200usaTodayenusaToday-aeb5fc83c093eaa20e6ad86c09e98b36ManMadeDisasters20080525132900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249264.htmBEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The death toll of the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province has claimed 62,664 lives and left 358,816 injured and 23,775 missing as of 12:00 am Sunday, according to the State Council Information Office. Guo Weimin, director of the State Council....2008-05-25T13:12+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2cd2db5d07e8273154eba8fa5169a955NaturalDisasters20080525131200http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1205204.ece#OTC-RSS&ATTR=NewsONE person has been killed and over 400 are hurt after 70,000 houses collapsed in China following an earthquake aftershock. The 5.8 magnitude tremor hit southwest China today, state television reported. It was felt as far away as Beijing where it caused towers to sway.2008-05-25T13:12+0200thesunenthesun-7922cbe78acc515425146eebf1b7f5d2NaturalDisasters20080525131200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249683.htmCHENGDU, May 25 (Xinhua) -- A total of 62,161 people have been confirmed dead in the May 12 earthquake and another 347,401 people injured in southwest China's Sichuan Province alone as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a local official said. The province has recorded about 8,000 aftershocks after the 8.2008-05-25T13:12+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7e1a4510fd26d600beadca7b499f2f69NaturalDisasters20080525131200http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547551,00.htmlNearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, the government said Sunday, while looming rains added to worries about relief efforts for millions of homeless survivors. The confirmed death toll from the May 12 quake rose to....2008-05-25T13:10+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-e06b43ca6ec094571243216ceb51d4be20080525131000http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24812230/More than 70,000 houses toppled during an aftershock which hit China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province on Sunday, state television reported.2008-05-25T13:07+0200msnbcenmsnbc-4f0a76611907456e762d2cfd99192abcNaturalDisasters20080525130700http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/earthquake_aftershocks_hit_china_547701The strongest aftershock since the May 12 quake have jolted China, state seismology authorities said, causing residents in some cities to flee buildings.2008-05-25T13:03+0200sbsensbs-3dddf3a64987ccfd7226e37098ae68b0NaturalDisasters20080525130300http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-25-03-40-13CHENGDU, China (AP) -- Forecasts of rain added to worries Sunday about relief efforts to house millions of people left homeless by China's massive earthquake nearly two weeks ago.2008-05-25T12:44+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-6aceb5558c668c97edd3be296e18ebf9NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525124400http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7418995.stmA survivor has been pulled from the rubble more than 11 days after a massive earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, state TV has reported. Eighty-year-old Xiao Zhihu, who was partially paralysed ...2008-05-25T12:44+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-f8c64de792fd9e6cc3fd57307318f3e8NaturalDisasters20080525124400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249664.htmMOSCOW, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Russia on Sunday delivered new batches of humanitarian aid to China, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives. "An Il-76 cargo plane of the Emergency Situations Ministry carrying some 30 tons of disaster relief aid, including blankets and tents....2008-05-25T12:27+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-4eceac5b7e309067d908201debb97cbdEchoHumanitarianAid20080525122700http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhgbmhmhidoj/rss2/A group of Irish and Chinese will gather today in Dublin for a candle-lit vigil for the victims and survivors of the recent earthquake in China.2008-05-25T12:17+0200irish-newsenirish-news-697f4322b1fabf2168f8ae88231d98ba20080525121700http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24812230/An aftershock that hit earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province was felt 800 miles away in Beijing on Sunday.2008-05-25T11:52+0200msnbcenmsnbc-7014c3ae7049be5cd3bf1e44e2f96628NaturalDisasters20080525115200http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=620675BEIJING, 05/25- A survivor has been pulled from the rubble more than 11 days after a massive earthquake hit China`s Sichuan province, state TV has reported. Eighty-year-old Xiao Zhihu, who was partially paralysed before the quake, was found in the city of Mianzhu. He was trapped under a pillar of his house and had been fed by his wife.2008-05-25T11:51+0200angolapress-enenangolapress-en-29e741ff9fc8e6ae57e4aa03374cbcc5UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525115100http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhmhqlmh/rss2/China’s Water Ministry says 69 dams are in danger of bursting in Sichuan province in the wake of an earthquake nearly two weeks ago.2008-05-25T11:47+0200irish-newsenirish-news-f64a2f03e9b19f485951ec3b582b3080NaturalDisasters20080525114700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249433.htmBEIJING, May 25 -- A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, Chinese television reported on Sunday. Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was rescued in Mianzhu city on Friday. He had been trapped under a collapsed pillar of....2008-05-25T11:40+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-bbb7894f35dd5f3ab4ca35edfa54e5e220080525114000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249455.htmBEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- All the barrier lakes formed after the massive May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province are "under control", but the situation is still grim, said Vice Minister of Water Resources E Jingping on Sunday. Heavy rains forecasts for the quake-hit areas over the....2008-05-25T11:40+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-4b86d353ce5f4c06f1a671d89921befbNaturalDisastersFlooding20080525114000http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/article3736276.eceIrish and Chinese alike are expected to gather in Dublin for a candle-lit vigil for the victims and survivors of the recent earthquake in China.2008-05-25T11:31+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-b874eafa62f9153622a21cd58b977b8420080525113100http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/25/chinese-ministry-says-69-dams-danger-bursting-after-quake-aftershocks-felt-beijing.hThe Associated Press , Chengdu, China | Sun, 05/25/2008 4:11 PM | World Nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, the government said Sunday, while looming rains added to worries about relief efforts for millions of homeless survivors.2008-05-25T11:28+0200JakartaPostenJakartaPost-dcd23db92045a63cec8c3e28cdcab071NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525112800http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=772755AFP BEIJING - The national death toll from China's earthquake rose to 62,664, with another 23,775 missing, a government spokesman said. "As of 12 noon on May 25, the death toll from the great earthquake in Sichuan province was 62,664," cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a. . . .2008-05-25T11:25+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-0826f90a738eb200353a1cf95c2d3c8eNaturalDisasters20080525112500http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4926039Chinese ministry says 69 dams in danger of bursting after quake; aftershocks felt in Beijing2008-05-25T11:24+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-173852c1f0ea4aa4e8ebce8acf82a5c0NaturalDisasters20080525112400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- Nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, the government said Sunday, while looming rains added to worries about relief efforts for millions of homeless survivors....2008-05-25T11:17+0200APenAP-adba818c9ef969348751931e27468202NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525111700http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting, the government said Sunday, while looming rains added to worries about relief efforts for millions of homeless survivors.2008-05-25T11:09+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-6fc5abffc35413a1b2073d5d3dc55322NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525110900http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4926039Forecast of rain could hamper relief efforts in China earthquake; housing of millions a concern2008-05-25T10:54+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-6a0ec541f85714f224214d6f10913d69UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525105400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249156.htmURUMQI, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The first quake-relief supplies from Kyrgyzstan arrived in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by train on Sunday, for delivery to the neighboring earthquake-hit Gansu Province. The 137 tons of supplies, valued at about 207,000 U.S.2008-05-25T10:54+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7d663536ef10796c24fabe823f962fc1ManMadeDisasters20080525105400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8249264.htm....2008-05-25T10:54+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-e1c06d85ae7b8b032bef47e42e4c08f920080525105400http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/297616479/index.htmlChina warned Sunday that dozens of dams were in danger of collapse in Sichuan province following the 7.9-maginitude earthquake that devastated the region earlier this month.2008-05-25T10:51+0200cnnencnn-0984d506a0cf351ce3b9bddb9c9c9d01UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080525105100http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317088,00.htmlMeanwhile, a survivor of the China earthquake has been pulled from the rubble some 11days after being buried, according to state television. Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was trapped under a collapsed pillar of his house in Mianzhu city for 266 hours after the huge tremor hit China.2008-05-25T10:37+0200skynewsenskynews-284a9fc6a209283307990516f17e386020080525103700http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809292,00.html?xid=rss-topstoriesChina warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,0002008-05-25T10:34+0200timeentime-ec41928f7988f6183d1790df05c13a71UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersPublicHealthManMadeDisasters20080525103400http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-25-china-sunday_N.htm?csp=34Forecasts of rain added to worries Sunday about relief efforts to house millions of people left homeless by China's massive earthquake ...2008-05-25T10:26+0200usaTodayenusaToday-b9f596e5065fafcb629f6e10485c965cUNSecretaryGeneralTAXUDManMadeDisasters20080525102600http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23755187-23109,00.htmlABOUT two dozen parents of children killed in China's earthquake staged a rare protest today demanding justice over shoddy school construction they blamed for the deaths of their children. 5:34pm (AEST)2008-05-25T10:20+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-3d35c42e55295987c559117bf728312420080525102000http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- Forecasts of rain added to worries Sunday about relief efforts to house millions of people left homeless by China's massive earthquake nearly two weeks ago....2008-05-25T10:16+0200APenAP-bad06e3d3fa667744fb6a08b30abf6a9UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersTAXUDManMadeDisasters20080525101600http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Forecasts of rain added to worries Sunday about relief efforts to house millions of people left homeless by China's massive earthquake nearly two weeks ago.2008-05-25T10:07+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-48a36c407f0ec0887613256a7a0dd6ecUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersTAXUDManMadeDisasters20080525100700http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24811498/A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the major tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.2008-05-25T09:52+0200msnbcenmsnbc-36d1b0e23bffb4b0f1811a744143a3f8NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersTAXUD20080525095200http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0525/breaking1.htmA survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported2008-05-25T09:37+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-d8cd0c3b309ccbee8cba42ed9019559dNaturalDisasters20080525093700http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/miraclulous+survival+story+in+china/2249062?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsA survivor has been pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, it has been reported.2008-05-25T09:34+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-966741abb4d00ebeb551c2e423c7e2d520080525093400http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/297616479/index.htmlRescue workers pulled an 80-year-old paraplegic man from the rubble of his home on Friday, 11 days after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake devastated China's Sichuan province, state media reported Sunday.2008-05-25T09:28+0200cnnencnn-a26e872cef5f7d61d8799db9b11148feUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080525092800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8248816.htmCHENGDU, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The deadly earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12 has destroyed the homes of giant pandas and left the bears in dire need of their favorite food, bamboo. Panda keepers at the Wolong Nature Reserve, about 30 kilometers from the epicenter of the 8.2008-05-25T09:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b82eb974f3e4f6238709e74209128db4AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080525092300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8248788.htmThis combined photo shows Liao Bo(L) receives emergent medical treatment under the ruins of Beichuan High School in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on May 13, 2008 and he (R) who was transfered to Nantong Hospital in Chongqing Municipality in southwest....2008-05-25T09:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-573ed5eaa7bed42c9203efbf085e18ab20080525092300http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547393,00.htmlForeign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday that "Israel's willingness to help in every place where a disaster takes place is part of the State's humanitarian approach.' Livni spoke during a ceremony held in honor of an Israeli mission sent to help victims of the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China.2008-05-25T09:04+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-2e3332e7ce21a7b6224ed282cde24cd820080525090400http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/25/quake-horror-at-a-glance-98487-20428220/A worried man looks at a car torn in half by a rock during the Chinese earthquake as he walks along the road now passable only by foot and bike. As the death toll hits 80,000 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told China: "The whole world supports you.2008-05-25T08:44+0200sundaymirrorensundaymirror-b8e6bb8457290c0b9a1463c9b2ee46c7UNSecretaryGeneral20080525084400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417748.html\An airplane carrying tents and other humanitarian materials donated by the Sri Lankan government left early Sunday morning for China's Sichuan province, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives, officials said. ...2008-05-25T08:44+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-c01f41954b6288566eb564d2a862896a20080525084400http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Miraclulous-survival-story-in-China-474517071.htmlA survivor has been pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after it struck.2008-05-25T08:35+0200itvenitv-ce166a970f800fe3572107a8787414db20080525083500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EY8AQ?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) - Nearly 12 percent of those killed in China's southwestern Sichuan province by the massive May 12 earthquake were students and teachers, crushed when their schools collapsed on top of them, the Beijing News reported on Saturday.2008-05-25T08:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9fabe0cb26799859ba80906b3223356420080525083100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EY4T2?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) - - Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 60,560 nationwide as of Saturday noon, while 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 people were missing.2008-05-25T08:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-32b3940354e62f7bcd230dbb2c70a7d220080525083100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EY4XU?OpenDocumentPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in France on Saturday sent more than 40 tents to China for people rendered homeless by the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province. Air China provided free service for the 15 tons of relief to the earthquake victims.2008-05-25T08:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-4b98d01ca55e17739199f3ad219ceeacEchoNaturalDisasters20080525083100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EY4V9?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Senegal and Portugal offered aid and Russia increased its assistance to China on Friday and Saturday in the wake of the deadly earthquake while Chinese students and Chinese citizens living in Britain and Sweden held evening candle-lit vigils for those killed in the quake.2008-05-25T08:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-b062f62de147bea059c821f4cb245c68NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersMarket20080525083100http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15172520080525?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.2008-05-25T08:30+0200reutersenreuters-2bcd8c356728e853d01f4dfe2213444320080525083000http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23754991-23109,00.htmlA survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television has reported today. 3:27pm (AEST)2008-05-25T08:05+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-5b9182ad97f15dc86c99c02fa746989e20080525080500http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=17376&ccid=11secretary general travelled to Yingxiu, the epicentre of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake which turned this former town of 10,000 people in southwestern Sichuan prefecture into rubble. “My heart was filled with sadness by all this devastation,” Ban told journalists after the visit.2008-05-25T07:45+0200arabtimesenarabtimes-b63e052f4d7697de1bf78a419323c732UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525074500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK152850.htmBEIJING, May 25 (Reuters) - A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday. Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was rescued in Mianzhu city on Friday.2008-05-25T07:45+0200alertnetenalertnet-10a8bddac854a8383cd52c41894c431620080525074500http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/05/25/man-pulled-alive-from-china-quake-rubble-89520-20429124/A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.2008-05-25T07:45+0200themirrorenthemirror-076f320549884a9e630a6ffad566747020080525074500http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/25/worldupdates/2008-05-25T104758Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337566-1&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.2008-05-25T07:40+0200thestarenthestar-d4473ddf74b6346036ca0117180bf88420080525074000http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080525/ts_nm/quake_survivor_dcReuters - A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.2008-05-25T07:34+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-24572917ed8dd0aac53dc1ec88ca5ead20080525073400http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317088,00.htmlSurvivor Found 266 Hours After Quake Updated:06:07, Sunday May 25, 2008 A survivor of the China earthquake has been pulled from the rubble some 266 hours after being buried, according to state television. More follows... Watch Sky News and Sky News Active on Sky Channel 501 ....2008-05-25T07:14+0200skynewsenskynews-ab3d1c2950c30ff16bb265994ed3566220080525071400http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1317088,00.htmlSurvivor Found 266 Hours After Quake Updated:06:03, Sunday May 25, 2008 A survivor of the China earthquake has been pulled from the rubble some 266 hours after being buried, according to state television. More follows... Watch Sky News and Sky News Active on Sky Channel 501 ....2008-05-25T07:07+0200skynewsenskynews-601737b43c3bd903ab523b24d3120d0e20080525070700http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/rain_threatening_china_quake_zone_547687More foreign help has arrived in China as forecasts of heavy rain threaten to pour misery on survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 60,000 people.2008-05-25T07:03+0200sbsensbs-2bd076cd0acd3bfd82317bf8b5d1a4d9UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525070300http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297395264/la-fg-hospital25-2008may25,0,1940964.storyDEYANG, CHINA -- Thousands of patients are being moved from overloaded hospitals in China's earthquake zone to neighboring provinces in an effort to ease the medical crunch as attention shifts from rescuing survivors to caring for the injured and preventing epidemics.2008-05-25T06:46+0200latimesenlatimes-49caf3ba89793e45260a4a37adc4051aEnergyUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525064600http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23754857-23109,00.htmlMORE foreign help has arrived in China as forecasts of heavy rain threatened to pour more misery on survivors of the devastating earthquake that killed at least 60,000 people. 2:13pm (AEST)2008-05-25T06:34+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-66bd28bffb2cd42adc01b204285a67edUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525063400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EY5GZ?OpenDocumentSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon today visited one of the towns in China's Sichuan province hit hardest by the recent earthquake, pledging the United Nations' support for the East Asian nation and expressing his condolences to the Chinese people. ‘My heart is filled with great sadness by what has happened to the Chinese people.2008-05-25T06:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-005df6e6ae82619e14266b6d4d5f8b99UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525063100http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417659.htmlEconomists from major investment banks said Saturday China's high inflationary pressure would gradually ease this year though the worst earthquake in decades ravaged southwestern regions. "The quake didn't change our prediction on C ...2008-05-25T06:28+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-63d0b47287662ac98253c56cb19c6b8eNaturalDisastersAgricultureEnergy20080525062800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417667.htmlShe held hands of her mum and dad on the way to kindergarten, with no idea that she would soon lose her parents to the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Beichuan County in China's southwest Sichuan Province on May 12. Shielded by th ...2008-05-25T06:28+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-8c1324c34bd83e72499d4a9e253c0a10NaturalDisasters20080525062800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417661.htmlThe death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,820 to 60,560 as of Saturday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake tha ...2008-05-25T06:28+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-eac60714ee86ea824632320a2c3e3bcfEnergyPublicHealthNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525062800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417658.htmlThe massive earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on May 12 has had little impact on coal production in China, a senior official of the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said Saturday. All 294 coal mines affected in the h ...2008-05-25T06:28+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-37d0cab453d609808cbe866d277a15e2Energy20080525062800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417672.htmlFollowing are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 60,560 nationwide as of Saturday noon, while 35 ...2008-05-25T06:28+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-b41ddfbb25780b4e46fbc2e4e9b9a6fb20080525062800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8248308.htmCOLOMBO, May 25 (Xinhua) -- An airplane carrying tents and other humanitarian materials donated by the Sri Lankan government left here early Sunday morning for China's Sichuan province, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives, officials said.2008-05-25T06:21+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2724f43c99f164a788b50d5371f432b820080525062100http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/25/157983/Students%252Dteachers.htmSome 9,000 school children and teachers are among the dead, buried or missing in China's major earthquake, state press said Saturday.2008-05-25T05:35+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-7b5f1a2e4cebcb5dc381d0e9e6308414NaturalDisasters20080525053500http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/25/157951/Chinese%252Dleader.htmRescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday as the government sharply raised the death toll and warned it could exceed 80,000.2008-05-25T05:35+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-99b95b38f793985d3693543f75a9b7d0UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525053500http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/25/157953/8%252Dpandas.htmEight pandas reached Beijing safely Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the recent earthquake in China.2008-05-25T05:35+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-813978507afb232290af997302a75bebNaturalDisasters20080525053500http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/int%27l%20community/2008/05/25/157991/Local%252Dmedical.htmTaiwan's first medical team that went with religious groups to the earthquake-struck Sichuan province in southwestern China to provide medical relief returned to Taiwan Friday.2008-05-25T05:35+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-5598fafafdfb01bedf6d71e5635d620520080525053500http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/faint-hope-for-miners-trapped-by-chinese-quake-834044.htmlRescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, as the government warned the death toll could exceed 80,000. It was not known if the miners were alive, ...2008-05-25T05:11+0200topixentopix-4eaf2d9b8e7beaf7e6abceeda5befe15UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioning20080525051100http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK171773.htmBy Lucy Hornby MUYU, China, May 25 (Reuters) - When he heard about the destruction wreaked by the earthquake, Pu Wenjie loaded his car with bread and simple dry food and drove 800 km (500 miles) to Muyu Town in Sichuan Province. When he got back home, he vowed to return, this time with a caravan of....2008-05-25T05:10+0200alertnetenalertnet-7da826a5ce4ae3dcea03bc800b8649c5AgriculturalProdOliveHortEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525051000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8247726.htmLOS ANGELES, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Consulate has served as a donation center to collect relief aid for quake victims in China, said a report of the Los Angeles Times on Saturday. Since the deadly Sichuan earthquake on May 12, the consulate has emerged as an unlikely galvanizing force for....2008-05-25T04:51+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6742057033e1be00d7368fe845c9b921NaturalDisasters20080525045100http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080524/FOREIGN/259563163/1003China quake death toll could hit 80,000 By Tini Tran May 24, 2008 YINGXIU, China (AP) — China warned today that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors.2008-05-25T04:03+0200washtimesenwashtimes-a598e17c27a4ac32ac956b872054235fUNSecretaryGeneral20080525040300http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_warns_quake_toll_could_top_80000_547681China warns the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors.2008-05-25T04:03+0200sbsensbs-4983fc47c99ec877d414891d1e88d6eaUNSecretaryGeneral20080525040300http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254878.htmThe United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has paid tribute to China's emergency response on a visit to a town at the epicentre of the earthquake. Chinese authorities say the death toll from the magnitude eight-point-zero quake could surpass 80-thousand, with about five-and-a-half million people also left homeless.2008-05-25T03:15+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-fee2016ff8303892d34145879f4603b5UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525031500http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254878.htmThe United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has paid tribute to China's emergency response on a visit to a town at the epicentre of the earthquake.2008-05-25T03:11+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-22cc870ac3d6bb5ee5b3d5f729fca749UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525031100http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/sport/soccer/article3710569.eceHarry Redknapp's side have beaten Cardiff 1-0 at Wembley. Veteran striker Kanu got the goal, eight minutes before half-time. Don't Miss . . . The most notorious spot kick misses in football history Photo shoot interrupted by China earthquake ....2008-05-25T03:04+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-801a77f54fc92132377ed6c9a23d533720080525030400http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3712553.eceThree days of national mourning are to be held in China for those killed in last Monday's massive earthquake.2008-05-25T03:04+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-f52c7234d20abce3fe7c97e394d8dc9720080525030400http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/05/mil-080524-voa05.htmBy Stephanie Ho Beijing 24 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised the Chinese government for its rapid response following the huge earthquake that struck southwestern China's Sichuan Province earlier this month. The U.N. chief met Saturday with Chinese leaders at the quake's epicenter.2008-05-25T02:57+0200globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-5e73ea17af39e1b8340906ed2a717789EchoUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080525025700http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/05/mil-080524-rferl02.htmChina's Wen Says Quake Death Toll Could Hit 80,000 China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, says the earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more. Wen's estimate is a sharp increase from the 55,000 deaths reported earlier by the government.2008-05-25T02:57+0200globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-8a9a3df28ce35d548c88c63a27f67f6aUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersWaterENV20080525025700http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/faint-hope-for-miners-trapped-by-chinese-quake-834044.html?r=RSSRescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, as the government warned the death toll could exceed 80,000.2008-05-25T02:26+0200independentenindependent-4eaf2d9b8e7beaf7e6abceeda5befe15UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioning20080525022600http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/25/story_25-5-2008_pg4_1* Praises Chinese leadership for prompt response to tragedy * Death toll reaches 60,560, could rise above 80,000 YINGXIU: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China’s huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar.2008-05-25T02:01+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-15e93191b77027abfd4d76f91244622dUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersAgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersEuropeAid20080525020100http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3712483.eceAnother earthquake has struck the Sichuan province in China. This one measured 6.1. The death toll from Monday's tremor is now put at just under 30,000 but many more are believed to be trapped under rubble. Don't Miss . . . The most notorious spot kick misses in football history ....2008-05-25T01:33+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-4e1a149f4c5be034613cbb1463570aef20080525013300http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2012351/China-earthquake-Beichuan-ruins-to-become-museum-and-memorial.htmlThe crumpled ruins of Beichuan, the most seriously damaged major town in the Sichuan earthquake zone, are to be preserved and turned into a museum and memorial.2008-05-25T01:16+0200telegraphentelegraph-e82b1f23cbdf022fadadb8d069a7503bNaturalDisasters20080525011600http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2016887/China-earthquake-Beijing-seizes-on-rescue-for-Olympic-propaganda.htmlChina's official propagandists have seized on the popular response to the Sichuan earthquake to portray a country united in its patriotism ahead of the Olympic Games.2008-05-25T01:01+0200telegraphentelegraph-a5e5933cb90ca9f5a84d8467679bd93dNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080525010100http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2019862/China-earthquake-death-toll-passes-60%252C000.htmlThe death toll in China's earthquake has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, according to Premier Wen Jiabao, who has visited the disaster area with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.2008-05-25T01:01+0200telegraphentelegraph-95e8e8b4a2fcfe3efc8745f4ed5604cfJRCSafeguardsNuclearSafetyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080525010100http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2021715/China-earthquake-Superstition-a-potent-force.htmlSuperstition is still a potent force in China. Some Tibetans believe the earthquake was revenge for the Olympic torch being carried to the top of Mount Everest.2008-05-25T01:01+0200telegraphentelegraph-c3c903f0dd9b1d3cce7451dedda024cbNaturalDisasters20080525010100http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2022515/China-earthquake-grief-and-anger-in-town-of-dead-children.htmlParents are threatening to protest over corruption they blame for the collapse of a school that killed their loved ones, reports David Eimer from Wufu2008-05-25T01:01+0200telegraphentelegraph-6d6ff145ae36b757a8ba35aa9346aba6NaturalDisasters20080525010100http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2020925/China-earthquake-3.3-million-tents-needed-for-the-homeless.htmlNot even an earthquake can repress the entrepreneurial instincts of the Sichuanese. In Mianzhu, where almost 7,000 died and much of the town has been destroyed or damaged, people sit by the roadside selling fruit and vegetables, as well as household items.2008-05-25T01:01+0200telegraphentelegraph-1e4c025cb6788c38fdb5aaaaf3093f38AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisasters20080525010100http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401282.html?nav=rss_world/asiaYINGXIU, China, May 24 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday surveyed recovery efforts at one of the towns hit hardest by China's May 12 earthquake, telling Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that "the whole world stands behind you and supports you."2008-05-25T00:29+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-5f02e3b70e7d5086c40ea4e276e3e6c8ManMadeDisasters20080525002900http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/24/news/25wong.phpIn China after the earthquake, as in combat, the agonizing choice of deciding who to save — or ignore.2008-05-25T00:25+0200IHTenIHT-dcd1196c90a8518cc2db0a4d289ff5faNaturalDisasters20080525002500http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/24/china-toll.html?ref=rssChina is shifting the focus of its earthquake recovery effort to helping the millions of displaced people from the search for survivors of the May 12 disaster in Sichuan province, a top official said Saturday.2008-05-25T00:02+0200CBCenCBC-ffaaa3f8c9c07cd16ab8d1fc2206b753NaturalDisasters20080525000200http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=144295Accra, May 24, GNA - The Ghana China Friendship Association has commended the Chinese Government for the prompt and efficient manner in which it was handling the earthquake that hit South-western Sichuan Province of China on May 12 2008. A press statement Mr Ben C.2008-05-24T23:17+0200ghanawebenghanaweb-c5617fd2f43835b1165c429b920e3344PublicHealthNaturalDisasters20080524231700http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297395264/la-fg-hospital25-2008may25,0,1940964.storyDEYANG, CHINA -- Thousands of patients are being moved from overloaded hospitals in China's earthquake zone to neighboring provinces in an effort to ease the medical crunch as attention shifts from rescuing survivors to caring for the injured and preventing epidemics.2008-05-24T23:15+0200latimesenlatimes-c5052390a04428fc3184222ccc1524e3NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisasters20080524231500http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809292,00.html?xid=rss-topstoriesChina warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,0002008-05-24T22:14+0200timeentime-fa6840a8bb65c69206eaef8da6656517UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersPublicHealthManMadeDisasters20080524221400http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/25/stories/2008052551741100.htmChina’s deadly earthquake in the Sichuan province has again showed that ground-based earthquake prediction methods and systems are not reliable. Traditional seismology does its best, sometimes succeeding, but more often only saying something like, “California will be destroyed in the next 30 years.2008-05-24T21:50+0200HinduenHindu-7343aa6237c0ca6da17b8bef0ed990ddNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080524215000http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/25/stories/2008052555440100.htmYINGXIU: China said on Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the death toll had crossed 60,000. Fatalities “may further climb to a level of ...2008-05-24T21:50+0200HinduenHindu-bc208c56cbfb0a153bce2ad8a7e6e50920080524215000http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401282.html?nav=rss_worldYINGXIU, China, May 24 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday surveyed recovery efforts at one of the towns hit hardest by China's May 12 earthquake, telling Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that "the whole world stands behind you and supports you."2008-05-24T20:55+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-fc6eb55261bc5b2f30587a8d1378e424NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080524205500http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922664China earthquake toll rises to 60,000, but premier says it could be more than 80,0002008-05-24T20:33+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-0174b62b2600dd8687db50b5a6136446UNSecretaryGeneral20080524203300http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_PEOPLE_POWER?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Liu Jin was studying law in Shanghai when he heard that an earthquake tore through one of the country's poorest provinces. Moved by scenes of misery, he flew to the disaster zone thousands of miles away to help the victims....2008-05-24T20:20+0200APenAP-6bb563b6825fe66d0c20a65865d32e16NaturalDisasters20080524202000http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTYINGXIU, China (AP) -- China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors....2008-05-24T20:20+0200APenAP-32974b4cfae0ccfcc0b3103ec67a9c65UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersPublicHealthManMadeDisasters20080524202000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8246719.htmCHENGDU, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday thanked medical staff from Cuba and Japan for their assistance in China's earthquake relief. "On behalf the Communist Party of China, the Chinese government and the people, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to you," Wen....2008-05-24T20:17+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-760dec844eb91cb682835fdd6358cbf2NaturalDisasters20080524201700http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804754/Eight pandas arrived safely in Beijing on Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of last week's China earthquake.2008-05-24T20:07+0200msnbcenmsnbc-c353313bb60b1c6b7890cd6cb986446920080524200700http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000, suggesting the government may be giving up hope of finding more survivors.2008-05-24T19:49+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-535c9767d0cda9ce41fbd527143ac16cUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersPublicHealthManMadeDisasters20080524194900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8246557.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Senegal and Portugal offered aid and Russia increased its assistance to China on Friday and Saturday in the wake of the deadly earthquake while Chinese students and Chinese citizens living in Britain and Sweden held evening candle-lit vigils for those killed in the quake.2008-05-24T19:32+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-53cd9cef3cfacc14192e8f2b5c422422NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersMarket20080524193200http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_PANDAS?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTBEIJING (AP) -- Eight pandas reached Beijing safely Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the recent earthquake in China....2008-05-24T19:20+0200APenAP-e8409b57c1cbbf08428e175901492e5aNaturalDisasters20080524192000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8246484.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Economists from major investment banks said Saturday China's high inflationary pressure would gradually ease this year though the worst earthquake in decades ravaged southwestern regions. "The quake didn't change our prediction on China's consumer price index (CPI),....2008-05-24T18:47+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-9e864329fb7f3d0fea5cb7953c1e3f0fNaturalDisastersAgricultureEnergy20080524184700http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-24-09-49-23YINGXIU, China (AP) -- Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's dea...2008-05-24T18:42+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-ed1c85d7da0719d7e15c20073fa02a1bUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVNuclearSafetyWaterENVEnergyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524184200http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/05/24/saudi_gives_china_50_mln_dlrs_aid_for_quake_victims/afp/May 24, 2008 12:58 EDT RIYADH (AFP) Saudi Arabia has given China 50 million dollars and delivered 260 tonnes of relief aid to help it deal with the aftermath of the devastating May 12 earthquake, the official SPA news agency said Saturday.2008-05-24T18:33+0200metimesenmetimes-5fa39dd59f992001255050ddea2c2bac20080524183300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EXL4V?OpenDocument(PORTLAND, ORE—May 24, 2008) Partnering with Boeing, Medical Teams International air shipped nearly $500,000 in supplies this morning to help survivors of China’s deadly earthquake. An estimated 55,000 people died in last week’s earthquake—one of the deadliest disasters to hit China in decades. Nearly 5.2008-05-24T18:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7ab7b62b6ceef28231596a317595f2beNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080524183100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXGB6?OpenDocumentMOSCOW, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Nine Russian Air Force transport planes carrying more than 250 tons relief materials took off on Saturday for China's earthquake-affected areas. Eight Il-76 transport planes took off from Russia's Siberian region with 300 tents, more than 3,000 clothes and other items onboard.2008-05-24T18:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-64eb063dfbaf6af47afb04aad8408c70NaturalDisastersHumanitarianAidEchoManMadeDisasters20080524183100http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=46517e86-10ee-4769-bbea-3d62c3cfd35a&MatchID1=50&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=7&MatchType1=5&SeriesID1=1&PrimaryID=50&Headline=Pandas+from+quake-hit+area+flown+to+BeijingEight giant pandas, have been airlifted from Wolong in the earthquake-shattered Sichuan province in southwest China and shifted to the Beijing zoo.2008-05-24T18:28+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-0b7a25d58dcacd12667c3a6cd7334dac20080524182800http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/24/asia/quake.phpSecretary General Ban Ki Moon of the United Nations visited one of the hardest-hit towns as the guest of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, who said the toll may climb to 80,000 or more.2008-05-24T18:25+0200IHTenIHT-9d4a6ff39663936584f5da9fc7b8de08JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524182500http://www.vnagency.com.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/250938/Default.aspx24/05/2008 09:30 PM United Nations’ Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on May 24 visited the epicentre of China's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, said foreign media.2008-05-24T18:03+0200vnagency_enenvnagency_en-5a341f80d34780e053b5c21618467fd1UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524180300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8246181.htmPARIS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese embassy in France on Saturday sent more than 40 tents to China for people rendered homeless by the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan Province. Air China provided free service for the 15 tons of relief to the earthquake victims.2008-05-24T18:01+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6674d7fc8fde4b4313944155cf189a39EchoNaturalDisasters20080524180100http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90801392&ft=1&f=1001The head of China's government said Saturday that the death toll from the May 12 earthquake could climb as high as 80,000, up from the current figure of more than 60,000. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spoke in a devastated town near the epicenter of the quake.2008-05-24T17:35+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-b1231989e185047b3506fc19b21f81adUNSecretaryGeneral20080524173500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8245647.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 60,560 nationwide as of Saturday noon, while 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 people were missing.2008-05-24T17:16+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-503d23d9bc8b8f063f71759e63b3dcc820080524171600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8245679.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The massive earthquake that struck Sichuan Province on May 12 has had little impact on coal production in China, a senior official of the State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) said Saturday. All 294 coal mines affected in the hard-hit southwestern province have....2008-05-24T17:16+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-4cc7051503f4d049a0651cec5040cceaEnergy20080524171600http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_pandasAP - Eight pandas arrived safely in Beijing on Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of last week's China earthquake.2008-05-24T17:14+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-0ea5a29b507bdd4c4ed7cfd1239604b8NaturalDisasters20080524171400http://ptvworldnews.com.pk/world.asphe said this during talks with un chief Ban Ki-Moon who visited the Epicentre of china's huge earthquake. China has already said that over 5.47 million people have been made homeless by the quake and more than 11 million people are expected to be housed in refugee camps as dangerous areas in the quake zone are evacuated.2008-05-24T16:57+0200ptvworldnewsenptvworldnews-03405c8c75c411c852dc269a24fadb92UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersSocietyTerroristAttack20080524165700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX8FV?OpenDocumentThe Orthodox Church in America (OCA) has donated $20,000 of designated charity appeal funds to help further the response of IOCC to the devastating cyclone and earthquake that recently struck Myanmar and China. In Myanmar, according to published news reports, at least 78,000 people were killed and....2008-05-24T16:31+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-fecf7ec377ceeaba4673a206f597a11eNaturalDisasters20080524163100http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/24/rss.htm#30YINGXIU, May 24 (AFP): China warned Saturday the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting...2008-05-24T16:28+0200dawnendawn-d1cce037a2cfbe629f687eacd5d97b15UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524162800http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080524153338946C702557China is warning that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80 000.2008-05-24T16:24+0200StarenStar-8b784cd421e94e03608bd733251b1afcUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524162400http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080524153338946C702557China is warning that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80 000.2008-05-24T16:22+0200ioleniol-8b784cd421e94e03608bd733251b1afcUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524162200http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhmhkfid/rss2/Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China’s earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said today as the government sharply raised the death toll and warned it could exceed 80,000.2008-05-24T16:05+0200irish-newsenirish-news-1f373959209546720f631cb7e0bdc52fUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524160500http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547187,00.htmlEight pandas reached Beijing safely Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the recent earthquake in China. The pandas will spend the next six months at the Beijing Zoo on a special visit, which was planned long before the quake, for the Olympics in August.2008-05-24T15:45+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-de535baf541fda05acaff7751873104b20080524154500http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-24-07-07-18YINGXIU, China (AP) -- Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's' earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's de...2008-05-24T15:42+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-e0de465c2db377d2e1867ff2c10841d5UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524154200http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-24-voa9.cfm?rss=topstoriesU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praises Chinese government for rapid response following earthquake that struck southwestern China's Sichuan Province earlier this month2008-05-24T15:39+0200voanewsenvoanews-25df6cd851e6f21768850d6aed558019EchoUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524153900http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/24/world/main4125207.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4125207Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said as the government sharply raised the death toll and warned it could exceed 80,000.2008-05-24T15:35+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-b76fad90b1e87eb988d1d7d79633add7UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524153500http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080524/108252426.htmlRussia will send nine military planes to China on Saturday carrying equipment for the ongoing relief operation following the May 12 earthquake that has left over 60,000 dead, a defense official said.2008-05-24T15:35+0200topixentopix-c62f55358ca707f712a813de6d65e0f3UNSecretaryGeneral20080524153500http://www.euronews.net/index.php?article=489171&lng=1&option=1UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited the epicentre of China's devastating earthquake.2008-05-24T15:15+0200euronews-eneneuronews-en-a490cfc1b49309f7a501b135fad6143eUNSecretaryGeneral20080524151500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8244258.htmMOSCOW, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Russia's Air Force planes will carryout 12 flights to deliver more humanitarian aid cargoes to China, where a devastating earthquake has claimed more than 60,000 lives, local media reported on Saturday. Those transport planes will send mobile kitchens, tents, blankets,....2008-05-24T15:00+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-ef37f38b3123711498526d8d7a9a5dafEchoNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAid20080524150000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXGB6?OpenDocumentMOSCOW, May 24, 2008 (AFP) - Russia's military on Saturday sent eight planeloads of humanitarian aid including tents, blankets and field kitchens to China for earthquake victims, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported. The cargo planes took off from airports in Siberia and a ninth planeload was to....2008-05-24T14:30+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-337b675727a4054bf7cb0d5baa978b39EchoNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAid20080524143000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXF7P?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 24, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) - The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,820 to 60,560 as of Saturday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-24T14:30+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f9a732810662c95430f0ee0720be3455NaturalDisastersEnergyPublicHealthManMadeDisasters20080524143000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXFPK?OpenDocumentPeriod covered by this Update: Nine days after the launch of the appeal. Appeal target (current) : CHF 20,076,412 (USD 19.3 million or EUR 12.4 million); Appeal coverage: 115% There has been a very generous and quick response to this appeal, and in the nine days since it was launched.2008-05-24T14:30+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-da1006e8941b7579b016d1de8ce7c108EnvironmentNaturalDisastersHealthENVWaterENVHumanitarianAidEchoManMadeDisastersNuclearCommunicableDiseases20080524143000http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=772382AFP CHENGDU, China - The death toll from China's earthquake has topped 60,000 and may surpass 80,000, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday during talks with UN chief Ban Ki-moon. Wen said at least 60,000 people have died in the May 12 earthquake, a sharp increase from the. . . .2008-05-24T14:16+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-3176aa416fa4cd6d08008e03221452a4UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524141600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8244082.htmUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) speaks to reporters during his visit to Yingxiu town of Wenchuan County, epicenter of the May 12 earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 24, 2008.2008-05-24T14:15+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-26f68b5947ccfadd7cea87e50234520dUNSecretaryGeneral20080524141500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8244155.htmIn the monumental rescue efforts following the 8.0-magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province, the international community has demonstrated a highly commendable spirit of humanitarianism by extending helping hands, materials and sympathy.2008-05-24T14:15+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-70320c8226bded6129d4f17e4f20959eNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080524141500http://www.euronews.net/index.php?article=489171&lng=1&option=1UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited the epicentre of China's devastating earthquake.2008-05-24T14:15+0200euronews-eneneuronews-en-32270a0fcd558c643b02bf5764396531UNSecretaryGeneral20080524141500http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's' earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's death toll, warning it could exceed 80,000.2008-05-24T13:34+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-971c2e1bc3c2d0b53e10d1b3996260e8UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentUnitedNationsENVNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524133400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243975.htmBy Sportswriter Zhang Rongfeng SHANGHAI, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The Olympic torch finished its relay in Shanghai on Saturday as cares and concerns over the China's Wenchuan earthquake victims further highlighted the relay. Former world's best female footballer Sun Wen was the first to carry the torch at 7:35 a.2008-05-24T13:30+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-5da1e0536199cfedb43a762cb1d3a67320080524133000http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTYINGXIU, China (AP) -- Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's' earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's death toll, warning it could exceed 80,000....2008-05-24T13:19+0200APenAP-e0de465c2db377d2e1867ff2c10841d5UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVNuclearSafetyWaterENVEnergyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524131900http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297064176/la-fg-china24-2008may24,0,7574687.storyMIANZHU, CHINA -- China's central government Friday ordered its wealthier provinces and cities to give immediate financial and technical aid to communities devastated by last week's earthquake. The order, which pairs cities such as Shanghai and Beijing with less-developed areas in Sichuan province,....2008-05-24T13:09+0200latimesenlatimes-f25cff20c02f72a2e347092967b28a43UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersAgricultureTAXUDManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080524130900http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1f4e1b09-d009-41b2-ac86-c94f28b2b5a2&MatchID1=49&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=5&SeriesID1=1&PrimaryID=49&Headline=China+quake+toll+rises+to+60%252c000The official toll in China's devastating earthquake has risen to 60,000. Premier Wen Jiabao said this during a meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Saturday in Yingxiu town in Sichuan province. Nearly 30,000 people remained missing and around 300,000 people were injured, Wen told Ban Ki-moon.2008-05-24T13:08+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-d61cfd6c52a5b918f0266042ae118e9bUNSecretaryGeneral20080524130800http://www.haveeru.com.mv/beta/english/?page=details&id=23032LONDON - Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan said Friday he wanted to make a film about the massive earthquake which hit China this month to raise money for victims. Chan is best known for blockbusters like the \"Rush Hour\" series and \"Drunken Master\" but said the new project would represent a....2008-05-24T13:08+0200haveeruenhaveeru-e2beb6a63765a97ab496958e5d1d032aNaturalDisasters20080524130800http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-24-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and ...2008-05-24T12:56+0200usaTodayenusaToday-91d88787d4d9d70ac87228746790f141UNSecretaryGeneral20080524125600http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302774.html?nav=rss_print/asectionBEIJING, May 23 -- The official New China News Agency reported the other day that people around the world are suggesting that President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao deserve a Nobel Prize for their handling of the Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-24T12:53+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-c78fb12240b341e7e0ae5cd9d7942fffNaturalDisasters20080524125300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243842.htmBy Rong Jiaojiao BEIJING, Ma y 24 (Xinhua) -- She held hands of her mum and dad on the way to kindergarten, with no idea that she would soon lose her parents to the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Beichuan County in China's southwest Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-24T12:42+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c3a3f252603647fdae756535d62ecbe6NaturalDisasters20080524124200http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/296994248/idUSWRI74404620080524YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid eff...2008-05-24T12:41+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-45d3ddccfc38cd62413893ab429d5d53UNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080524124100http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/05/china-raises-quake-death-toll-to-60-560China's government says the confirmed death toll from this month's massive earthquake has risen to 60,560. A spokesman for the State Council, the Cabinet, told reporters Saturday that aside from the dead, ...2008-05-24T12:35+0200topixentopix-b2d7c8903a4ce1c0dc2b6c4ed72f9e0c20080524123500http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - China's earthquake death toll jumped to more than 60,000 and Premier Wen Jiabao said it could rise to more than 80,000 as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area Saturday.2008-05-24T12:30+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-9e634cd8a91ca6ae693df7e08755b1a0JRCSafeguardsNuclearSafetyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524123000http://www.anspress.com/nid74434.htmlChina has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake.2008-05-24T12:15+0200ans_azenans_az-68b804b1b141cfe4af9c5cca33d36de9JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080524121500http://www.b92.net//eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=05&dd=24&nav_id=50495UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China's huge earthquake on Saturday. He met victims and drew an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighboring Myanmar, Reuters said.2008-05-24T11:44+0200b92net_enenb92net_en-c3159457e1fa03aae1be7af1df6f4fe0UNSecretaryGeneralAgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersResearchENVEuropeAid20080524114400http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=620461Yingxiu, 05/24 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised China`s "extraordinary leadership" in dealing with the recent earthquake in Sichuan. He was speaking in the badly-hit town of Yingxiu, as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the death toll had passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000.2008-05-24T11:41+0200angolapress-enenangolapress-en-6443767c108c18aa458fd8552f4f74b0UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080524114100http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/24/china.chinaearthquake?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfrontBan Ki-moon tours quake epicentre and promises Chinese government help with reconstruction2008-05-24T11:40+0200guardianenguardian-ee377588a0a567f698d899286c16455fUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080524114000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/12116192921.htmMay 22 - Hundreds of displaced children wait to go home in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 40,000 people in China. Volunteers rush to provide temporary care for the children left homeless or separated from their parents by the Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-24T11:39+0200alertnetenalertnet-59ae8b51051fcb1aa6fdc73165a97100NaturalDisasters20080524113900http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922664China earthquake toll surpasses 60,000; Wen says it could be more than 80,000; UN chief visits2008-05-24T11:27+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-43291631dcc82bf022000633b2ffd0c3UNSecretaryGeneral20080524112700http://article.wn.com/view/2008/05/24/China_raises_quake_death_toll_to_60560_y/- China's government says the confirmed death toll from this month's massive earthquake has risen to 60,560. A spokesman for the State Council, the Cabinet, told reporters Saturday that aside from the 2008-05-24 Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | CHENGDU, China (AP) — The confirmed death toll from....2008-05-24T11:24+0200icelandnewsenicelandnews-0c462f0ae4ed175e00f849cd8d050780UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524112400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTYINGXIU, China (AP) -- China's earthquake death toll jumped to more than 60,000 and Premier Wen Jiabao said it could rise to more than 80,000 as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area Saturday....2008-05-24T11:19+0200APenAP-4e1e0ac7853262de3cb85a82bed17addUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNuclearSafetyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524111900http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May242008/foreign2008052469814.asp?section=updatenewsU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar.2008-05-24T11:05+0200topixentopix-02cae45b655343a88cf82dac73d39418UNSecretaryGeneralAgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersResearchENVEuropeAid20080524110500http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - China's earthquake death toll jumped to more than 60,000 and Premier Wen Jiabao said it could rise to more than 80,000 as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area Saturday.2008-05-24T10:50+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-8f2896f34c0289ef6183113b0c4f954dJRCSafeguardsNuclearSafetyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524105000http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254676.htmChina's Premier Wen Jiabao has told the U-N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that the death toll from last week's earthquake is now 60-thousand and may reach 80-thousand. Peter Cave reports from Beijing the two men met near the earthquake's epicentre in Sichuan Province.2008-05-24T10:46+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-ef2abcfa0f0869bb75656b8b4b1d7fbaUNSecretaryGeneral20080524104600http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547128,00.htmlChina's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area. The announcement came as experts searched for 15 radiation sources buried in the rubble and survivors moved out of....2008-05-24T10:42+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-acc98e40e2d1dd8b04028654efedf0a5UNSecretaryGeneral20080524104200http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080524/108255335.htmlMOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Mi-26 helicopter left for China on Saturday carrying two rescue teams to help with the relief operation following the May 12 earthquake that has left over 60,000 dead, the emergencies ministry said. The helicopter took off from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far....2008-05-24T10:42+0200rianenrian-2306c0899766be37417154a06a2dd79cUNSecretaryGeneral20080524104200http://www.khabar.kz/index.cfm?id=58876The Prime Minister Karim Massimov has, during a meeting with the Chinese ambassador Zhang Xiyun, stated that at President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s request the government has passed a resolution to give humanitarian aid to China. The cabinet head expressed condolences about the destructive earthquake,....2008-05-24T10:32+0200khabarenkhabar-c7468ae313cc760d5d2f0043426d72e7Echo20080524103200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243302.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,820 to 60,560 as of Saturday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-24T10:26+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-e3ea08a4956d977ac413b95950e44270NaturalDisasters20080524102600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243341.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- As of Saturday noon, donations from home and abroad to China's quake-hit regions had reached 26.1 billion yuan (3.73 billion U.S. dollars), according to the Information Office of State Council. Out of the figure, 3.68 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas, the office said.2008-05-24T10:26+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2fa7147da260c391670ab6d28ba21bb320080524102600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EXADY?OpenDocumentJAKARTA : Indonesia sent humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Shichuan, China, on Friday using two airplanes from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta. An Air Force' C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 31st transportation squadron is carrying 215 platoon tents weighing some 12,300 kilograms.2008-05-24T10:25+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9cf6029a178f6f9115fd85b6a7eb3c39NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080524102500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX92P?OpenDocumentMyanmar Over 130,000 died when Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3 and officials fear the toll will rise. Two million more of our brothers and sisters have been left homeless and suffer in the aftermath of the storm. China The catastrophic 7.9 earthquake on May 12th in China killed more than 55,000 and injured over 292,000 people.2008-05-24T10:25+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f367c947a7a96922cff2c5695357a56b20080524102500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX9RC?OpenDocumentBy Patrick Worsnip YINGXIU, China, May 24 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar.2008-05-24T10:25+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-0b0afabfe31b460b61e5f2b5185bb1f9UNSecretaryGeneralAgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersEuropeAid20080524102500http://article.wn.com/view/2008/05/24/Chinas_Wen_Earthquake_deaths_more_than_60000_e/(AP) - China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the (AP) -- China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.2008-05-24T10:21+0200icelandnewsenicelandnews-2d3bc992105eef34182ebb6182778cafUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524102100http://article.wn.com/view/2008/05/24/UNs_Ban_visits_China_quake_area_e4/2008-05-24 YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish 2008-05-24 YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter....2008-05-24T10:21+0200icelandnewsenicelandnews-fafc4c8e98c3970f05cf29506f9a7a3bUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524102100http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254676.htmChina's Premier Wen Jiabao has told the U-N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that the death toll from last week's earthquake is now 60-thousand and may reach 80-thousand.2008-05-24T10:05+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-010072e61c56b590464b452a515f005cUNSecretaryGeneral20080524100500http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/china+death+toll+could+reach+80000/2245667?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsUN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has visited the epicentre of China's earthquake to meet victims.2008-05-24T10:04+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-cedf98f983a90c13e1e814452ceaa2f0UNSecretaryGeneralEchoManMadeDisastersEuropeAid20080524100400http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhcwgbsn/rss2/China’s earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said today as he and UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area.2008-05-24T10:00+0200irish-newsenirish-news-2eeb19665c257bb65602c6a91714b104UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524100000http://www.sunstar.com.ph//static/net/2008/05/24/china.quake.death.toll.could.rise.to.80.000.or.more.%283.39.p.m.%29.htmlYINGXIU, China -- China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area. Wen's estimate was a sharp increase over the 55,740 deaths reported earlier by the government from the May 12 quake.2008-05-24T10:00+0200sunstarensunstar-a9d53bbed3848c84c5723a8b32a9dbb2UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524100000http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080524/108252426.htmlMOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will send nine military planes to China on Saturday carrying equipment for the ongoing relief operation following the May 12 earthquake that has left over 60,000 dead, a defense official said. Gen. Vladimir Isakov, a deputy defense minister, said: "Nine planes....2008-05-24T09:42+0200rianenrian-c62f55358ca707f712a813de6d65e0f3UNSecretaryGeneral20080524094200http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/297030790/idUSPEK18638720080524YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicenter of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now look...2008-05-24T09:40+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-68b52321bb25d468c1d752caa36a022620080524094000http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-24-01-49-24YINGXIU, China (AP) -- China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disas...2008-05-24T09:40+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-31495a21f3f43e88c0d97327f18b7d36UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524094000http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=134261185CHENGDU, China - US military planes have been arriving here with high-tech equipment for dealing with the devastation of China's May 12 earthquake, and specialists who are training Chinese soldiers ho...2008-05-24T09:40+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-6aa5452f5ec4e3309f73f94a16d91028NaturalDisastersMaritimeSafetyWorld20080524094000http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/05/chinas-wen-quake-deaths-over-60-000China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area.2008-05-24T09:35+0200topixentopix-31a10181eab22fe27e43284f5c1a4ebdUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524093500http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15270720080524?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsYINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar.2008-05-24T09:31+0200reutersenreuters-ede1428da7b7c349a03e380345add5aaUNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080524093100http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/05/24/u-n-chief-visits-quake-epicentre-as-toll-leaps-89520-20427907/YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar.2008-05-24T09:28+0200themirrorenthemirror-a564013b57ebda01e4052705079f8689UNSecretaryGeneralAgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersResearchENVEuropeAid20080524092800http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/24/i-survived-two-china-quakes-89520-20427584/A worker dubbed China's luckiest earthquake survivor was pulled from the rubble in a bigger quake 30 years ago. Alatanbagan Taoqi, 60, was the only person left alive in his office block when it collapsed on May 12 in Beichuan, Sichuan province. He was buried for 12 hours under tons of concrete before rescuers dug himout.2008-05-24T09:25+0200sundaymirrorensundaymirror-4a07d68a75cd818d2b7e91155999df3aNaturalDisasters20080524092500http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3733701.eceOfficials in China say 60,000 people are now thought to have died in the earthquake that hit nearly two weeks ago.2008-05-24T09:24+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-1179250cb08849a3954fd6540cce178220080524092400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-24T115521Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337465-3&sec=WorldupdatesYINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar.2008-05-24T09:22+0200thestarenthestar-106225d75343da84c2318defc46ca0e2AgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersResearchENVEuropeAid20080524092200http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0524/quake.htmlChinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that the death toll from a massive earthquake on 12 May had passed 60,000 and could reach 80,000 or more. UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited an area devastated by the earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province as international efforts picked up steam to help China shelter and care for millions of homeless.2008-05-24T09:19+0200RTERadioenRTERadio-d0b61b1f232c6886221b3e32302d5956UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524091900http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297064176/la-fg-china24-2008may24,0,7574687.storyMIANZHU, CHINA -- China's central government Friday ordered its wealthier provinces and cities to give immediate financial and technical aid to communities devastated by last week's earthquake. The order, which pairs cities such as Shanghai and Beijing with less-developed areas in Sichuan province,....2008-05-24T09:07+0200latimesenlatimes-a6d352ff306e31f04e2bedc2445f3c3aJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersAgricultureTAXUDManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080524090700http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/China-death-toll-could-reach-80000-428093676.htmlUN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has visited the epicentre of China's earthquake to meet victims.2008-05-24T09:02+0200itvenitv-fa7e347dbc2825c444b10d5a981be85fUNSecretaryGeneralEchoManMadeDisastersEuropeAid20080524090200http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080524?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsYINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighboring Myanmar.2008-05-24T09:00+0200reutersenreuters-45d3ddccfc38cd62413893ab429d5d53UNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080524090000http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/297061286/index.htmlChina's Premier Wen Jiabao said the death toll from this month's earthquake topped 60,000, according to China's state media.2008-05-24T08:58+0200cnnencnn-879d7e0bcf362c34594192be45814a03UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersNuclear20080524085800http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080524/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighboring Myanmar.2008-05-24T08:44+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-81d5debad9591f8e076024ce05bd0752AgricultureEchoManMadeDisastersResearchENVEuropeAid20080524084400http://en.rian.ru/world/20080524/108249633.htmlThe death toll from the May 12 earthquake in China's Sichuan province has risen to more than 60,000 and may hit 80,000 as most of the missing are presumed dead, the country's premier said on Saturday.2008-05-24T08:42+0200rianenrian-559348aa30d8f33baf4133166705fd83UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAid20080524084200http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922664Chinese Premier Wen says earthquake death toll more than 60,000; could rise to 80,000 or more2008-05-24T08:26+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-82a0762430f0921d8ae99db2a60b8017UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524082600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX8LZ?OpenDocumentEpiscopal Relief and Development continues to provide emergency assistance to families impacted by the severe earthquake in China. Over 55,000 people are confirmed dead and 25,000 are still unaccounted for from the massive earthquake that shook southwest China on May 12th. Nearly 300,000 people have been injured.2008-05-24T08:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-d1a4ea7ecd51f1c69ed74ea8d851170bNaturalDisastersEchoCommunicableDiseases20080524082400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX7BW?OpenDocumentHighlights: - Emergency teams continue to provide essential treatment to injured victims and organize the provision of food, blankets, shelter, safe water and essential medicines. - Shifting focus from emergency response to providing basic and essential support and services to affected and displaced....2008-05-24T08:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-bafb507930058724ae560d481b15ad1dNaturalDisastersEnvironmentEchoPublicHealthCommunicableDiseases20080524082400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX83S?OpenDocumentPWS&D Newswire With more than 55,000 reported dead, a looming rainy season and fears of impending disease outbreaks, the Amity Foundation, supported by Presbyterian World Service & Development (PWS&D) and Action by Churches Together International (ACT), continues to provide rapid assistance to....2008-05-24T08:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-616cb35f8966cf130081681969eade11NaturalDisastersEnergyHorizontalMatters20080524082400http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/fears_quake_death_toll_may_top_80000__547647China said at least 60,000 people have been killed in its worst earthquake in a generation and that the death toll could climb past 80,000.2008-05-24T08:19+0200sbsensbs-cadfb6d0067dddc1db2b041ec86d533aUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524081900http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTYINGXIU, China (AP) -- China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area....2008-05-24T08:19+0200APenAP-7026d64c45077feec1b9cbd68f110ad5UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524081900http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218323&Sn=WORL&IssueId=2830BEIJING: China has still to recover 15 hazardous radioactive sources and must focus on the fight to keep drinking water clean and contain chemical spills after May 12th's massive earthquake, a senior official said yesterday. But Wu Xiaoqing, vice environment minister, insisted the situation was....2008-05-24T08:03+0200GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-ee26c0f3282e675eff7c5b455354f551UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVIndustryENVResearchENVNuclear20080524080300http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218316&Sn=WORL&IssueId=2830LONDON: Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan said yesterday he wanted to make a film about the massive earthquake which hit China this month to raise money for victims. Chan is best known for blockbusters like the Rush Hour series and Drunken Master but said the new project would represent a change....2008-05-24T08:03+0200GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-92554cca202b6bb693cf873392a21498NaturalDisasters20080524080300http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK18638720080524?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsYINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.2008-05-24T08:00+0200reutersenreuters-2ff6aab8e4a5086f8687aa68d6b9029e20080524080000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK156997.htmA refugee carries relief food supplies in the earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province May 23, 2008. Picture taken May 23, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA). CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ... URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK156997.htm For our full disclaimer and copyright information please visit http://www.2008-05-24T08:00+0200alertnetenalertnet-0d179fb396e5a129d56b76928f0f16aa20080524080000http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-24-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and ...2008-05-24T07:52+0200usaTodayenusaToday-4324d1090b7356a371e7e33db4ab7721JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524075200http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-24T104340Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337466-1&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 12 percent of those killed in China's southwestern Sichuan province by the massive May 12 earthquake were students and teachers, crushed when their schools collapsed on top of them, the Beijing News reported on Saturday.2008-05-24T07:52+0200thestarenthestar-b8d6ab98606e1b9613a130480633ebe420080524075200http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/05/24/quake-survivors-keep-vigil-over-town-of-death-89520-20427894/YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.2008-05-24T07:52+0200themirrorenthemirror-9bd33c34a3d8426815e450af8011dc3dUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524075200http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.698242d8b8c9a61faa7a561bf1c5aecc.9d1.htmlYINGXIU (AFP) - China said Saturday at least 60,000 people have been killed in its worst earthquake in a generation and that the death toll could climb past 80,000.2008-05-24T07:44+0200afp-englishenafp-english-67bea84ff6833a6736336a6acea87fccUNSecretaryGeneral20080524074400http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080524/ts_afp/chinaquakeAFP - China said Saturday at least 60,000 people have been killed in its worst earthquake in a generation and that the death toll could climb past 80,000.2008-05-24T07:40+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-d26a451043b48b6ff017bc7aad57a2edUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524074000http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080524/ts_nm/quake_survivors_dcReuters - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicenter of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.2008-05-24T07:40+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-ea15c539a55c466dec9dc42e19a06af8UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524074000http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday as he and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area.2008-05-24T07:40+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-6a8c266da72715dcdbd3ffe153e94562JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524074000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK152195.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) - Nearly 12 percent of those killed in China's southwestern Sichuan province by the massive May 12 earthquake were students and teachers, crushed when their schools collapsed on top of them, the Beijing News reported on Saturday.2008-05-24T07:29+0200alertnetenalertnet-e6a5254c8d3b124b96d01df8fc5cfb8220080524072900http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK18638720080524?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsYINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicenter of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.2008-05-24T07:29+0200reutersenreuters-68b52321bb25d468c1d752caa36a022620080524072900http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/24/rss.htm#8YINGXIU, China, May 24 (AP) - Premier Wen Jiabao says China's earthquake death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or...2008-05-24T07:27+0200dawnendawn-b1274df21aac3aac52c2fd8de2aa6f3eUNSecretaryGeneral20080524072700http://www.thedailystar.net/latest/updates.php?pid=65The death toll from China's earthquake has topped 60,000 and may surpass 80,000, Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday during talks with UN chief Ban Ki-moon.2008-05-24T07:26+0200thedailystarBDenthedailystarBD-8fc1c820a3a3936f29753715a2a06b76UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524072600http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922664China says UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives to visit earthquake area amid massive relief effort2008-05-24T07:25+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-d939378f5d2422c2b9126bc1ad00eabfUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524072500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8242258.htmBEIJING, May 24 -- China will intervene in the pricing of building materials when reconstructing those areas damaged by the May 12 earthquake. The government will limit profit margins and set guideline prices on materials such as tents, steel, cement, glass and bricks to secure stable costs, the....2008-05-24T07:24+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6037b06f53b6eb7b1c760399470ecd9320080524072400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTYINGXIU, China (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China on Saturday to visit earthquake relief efforts as experts searched for 15 radiation sources buried in the rubble and survivors moved out of possible danger areas downstream from rivers dammed by landslides....2008-05-24T07:19+0200APenAP-4d9cc0e9cf0806e7bdbb20551eb316b5UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524071900http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/un_offers_support_to_quake_hit_china__547643UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged support to China's earthquake survivors as he toured the devastated southwest region, state media says.2008-05-24T07:19+0200sbsensbs-64e5f3430bf927d2e903074a883054fdUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524071900http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China on Saturday to visit earthquake relief efforts as experts searched for 15 radiation sources buried in the rubble and survivors moved out of possible danger areas downstream from rivers dammed by landslides.2008-05-24T07:10+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-0b3032db9f6db81f1e1f4999c56c4d44JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524071000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417503.htmlUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived at Yingxiu town in China's southwestern Wenchuan County at 11:25 a.m. Saturday by helicopter to express his sympathy for those who suffered from the devastating earthquake on May 12. ...2008-05-24T07:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-b286229f5edbbab892aac57d5c4826b2UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524070700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417501.htmlA plane carrying five tons of aid materials took off here Friday for China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a press release. This was the second batch of emergency aid from Spain to China and ...2008-05-24T07:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-a5dd5207d0af7ea83a334a84642c43f920080524070700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6417508.htmlChina's banking regulator has ordered banks to write off timely bad loans caused by the devastating May 12 earthquake. The move was aimed at reducing debt burden of the survivors and helping the relief and reconstruction efforts in ...2008-05-24T07:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3827e1abfea978dc3196ba7bce038aeaAgriculture20080524070700http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/24/china-quake.html?ref=rssThe death toll from the earthquake in central China could rise as high as 80,000 "or more," Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.2008-05-24T06:59+0200CBCenCBC-15f78c1bb002dc6f7e47b98f39f208acUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyWaterENVNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080524065900http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/24/rss.htm#1CHENGDU, China, May 24 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived Saturday in China for a tour of earthquake-devastated areas and will meet...2008-05-24T06:57+0200dawnendawn-904f83fa5827e23c67b16889f3a5ec7aUNSecretaryGeneral20080524065700http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080524/FOREIGN/102913144/1003A child plays with a paper airplane at an earthquake refugees camp in Mianzhu, China, yesterday. The May 12 quake damaged more than 14 million houses, leaving 5 million people without shelter. (Associated Press) twt-image-container-width> Chinese officials said yesterday the focus of relief work....2008-05-24T06:57+0200washtimesenwashtimes-079f4a2d2fe6d14f1ac183aa785f8a4eNaturalDisasters20080524065700http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-24-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China on Saturday to visit earthquake relief efforts as experts searched for 15 ...2008-05-24T06:51+0200usaTodayenusaToday-9e21b2cc92d4fe17fe0b9f0aabe74f1dJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersTREN-SecurityNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524065100http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254615.htmUN secretary general Ban Ki Moon has arrived in China to see first hand the devastation caused by the earthquake. Official figures put 81 thousand dead, another 25 thousand missing and another 5 million homeless. Meanwhile the quake has also severly damaged China's main Giant Panda research centre.2008-05-24T06:42+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-8de0aec3ce8531d80c39a002245942fdAgriculturalProdOliveHortUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524064200http://www.thedailystar.net/latest/updates.php?pid=60UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrived Saturday in China for a tour of earthquake-devastated areas and will meet with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, a UN official said.2008-05-24T06:41+0200thedailystarBDenthedailystarBD-3c11aab95c5792b2d7491862cacf8bd4UNSecretaryGeneral20080524064100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8242054.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- China's banking regulator has ordered banks to write off timely bad loans caused by the devastating May 12 earthquake. The move was aimed at reducing debt burden of the survivors and helping the relief and reconstruction efforts in the quake-ravaged regions, the China....2008-05-24T06:39+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-f9534a0acd84bea28f78a1dda7103cf3Agriculture20080524063900http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080524/ts_afp/chinaquakeAFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into China Saturday for a first-hand look at the epicentre of the devastating earthquake, which has left more than 80,000 people dead or missing.2008-05-24T06:38+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-e0558156b0ffcf1beceeb81c0d84dc21UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524063800http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/24/157851/Desperate%252Drefugees.htmDesperate survivors of China's devastating earthquake have held up volunteer vehicles bringing in relief supplies, in one case at gunpoint, Chinese and foreign sources in Chengdu said.2008-05-24T06:33+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-9fe7d08542542baf951b861b0b75d1deNaturalDisasters20080524063300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK186387.htmBy Chris Buckley YINGXIU, China May 24 (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.2008-05-24T06:28+0200alertnetenalertnet-ebcf0f3b772d23375cef16a80d2aaaa6UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524062800http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922570A state news agency says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in China to visit earthquake relief efforts. The Xinhua News Agency says Ban arrived in the southwestern city of Chengdu, capital of quake-hit Sichuan province. He was due to travel later Saturday to a town nearer the epicenter....2008-05-24T06:25+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-3739ee1f28ff09dba172e20f78efa2e7UNSecretaryGeneral20080524062500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX5BX?OpenDocumentby Lynne O'Donnell CHENGDU, China, May 24, 2008 (AFP ) - US military planes have been arriving here with high-tech equipment for dealing with the devastation of China's May 12 earthquake, and specialists who are training Chinese soldiers how to use it.2008-05-24T06:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9cd8294b7b596f13840c5a394b9fa40bNaturalDisastersMaritimeSafetyWorld20080524062400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-24T093351Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337463-1&sec=WorldupdatesYINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.2008-05-24T06:20+0200thestarenthestar-f3a534d126e67ea29e0d91494b5b46adUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524062000http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-24T090349Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337462-1&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - China has reopened the last railway line affected by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan after nearly two weeks, state media said on Saturday, smoothing transport of grains and relief supplies in the province.2008-05-24T06:20+0200thestarenthestar-4024ff77b4ab2ab2dcc2a1852a10a155ManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080524062000http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254615.htmUN secretary general Ban Ki Moon has arrived in China to see first hand the devastation caused by the earthquake.2008-05-24T06:12+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-cbdaad9e1d447e871106252e70e756ffAgriculturalProdOliveHortUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524061200http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/296481145/index.htmlU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in China Saturday to observe earthquake relief efforts, China's state-run news agency reported.2008-05-24T05:58+0200cnnencnn-49ea5cb3b95aa7182fc1a47ce1fc1d03NaturalDisasters20080524055800http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK316669.htmBEIJING, May 24 (Reuters) - China has reopened the last railway line affected by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan after nearly two weeks, state media said on Saturday, smoothing transport of grains and relief supplies in the province. Rail services between the provincial capital Chengdu to....2008-05-24T05:56+0200alertnetenalertnet-0495963f503a87462bd5357a6311bc95ManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080524055600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8241990.htmWENCHUAN, Sichuan, May 24 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived at Yingxiu town in China's southwestern Wenchuan County at 11:25 a.m. Saturday by helicopter to express his sympathy for those who suffered from the devastating earthquake on May 12. Yingxiu, in Sichuan Province, is one of the zones worst-stricken by the 8.2008-05-24T05:54+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-f3c724dea1e74fe53f0fa10fa3710ac6UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524055400http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/05/24/157924/China%252Dcommends.htmChina praised Taiwan's contribution to earthquake rescue efforts in a sign of improving cross-strait relations.2008-05-24T05:47+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-61128bca5e84e677cc0f06c1514c773dNaturalDisasters20080524054700http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.698242d8b8c9a61faa7a561bf1c5aecc.901.htmlCHENGDU (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into China Saturday for a first-hand look at the epicentre of the devastating earthquake, which has left more than 80,000 people dead or missing.2008-05-24T05:44+0200afp-englishenafp-english-9d70c1172c335b2d32d3ad3e1cd1e34620080524054400http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_quake_unAP - A state news agency says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in China to visit earthquake relief efforts.2008-05-24T05:36+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-8667d47e3d04c5af8496e8080c7aa3e920080524053600http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Emergency crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China's devastating earthquake, the government said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides.2008-05-24T05:36+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-a26c5b45934675b509d7474f69d0285dUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080524053600http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=1ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday ordered immediate dispatch of 21,000 tents to China as relief for the affected people of the earthquake. About 1,000 tents have already been airlifted and the remaining 20,000 are in the process of being dispatched, a government spokesperson said.2008-05-24T05:25+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-371ee4d6fadf5cb413e6622a69b103e020080524052500http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4920092China's deadly earthquake may have turned around Beijing Olympics; mourning mutes criticism2008-05-24T05:24+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-9e5bce08402e73da498b8418bae7f3f1NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080524052400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_QUAKE_UN?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTYINGXIU, China (AP) -- A state news agency says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in China to visit earthquake relief efforts....2008-05-24T05:18+0200APenAP-ac57a6a136455217278209b164d7f15eUNSecretaryGeneral20080524051800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8241672.htmMADRID, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A plane carrying five tons of aid materials took off here Friday for China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a press release. This was the second batch of emergency aid from Spain to China and includes 82 all-weather tents, offering shelter to some 660 homeless people in Sichuan.2008-05-24T05:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0a7bf749189d9833606db36b4eec5cb020080524050900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417421.htmlFollowing are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 55,740 nationwide as of Friday noon, while 292 ...2008-05-24T04:52+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3cc7d6f288d25a058377ec35b3365a7420080524045200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX2BZ?OpenDocumentNOTE: This report is based on information received from the office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the media as well as other partners. Key Summary - More than 3.3 million tents are urgently needed and have been requested by the Government of China to the international community. - Tent Requirements/Sizes: 30 sq.2008-05-24T04:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-0a11bdff83cd434a0cfdf6bdda944043EnvironmentNaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVHealthENVManMadeDisastersWasteENV20080524042400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX3VR?OpenDocument(PORTLAND, ORE—May 23, 2008) Medical Teams International is accepting funds to help thousands of families who have yet to receive aid after last week's deadly earthquake in China. Partnering with relief agency Cedar Fund Hong Kong, Medical Teams International's funds will help local medical....2008-05-24T04:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-af8a3f0467696e865f1c19cf0673e844NaturalDisasters20080524042400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417403.htmlThe Dutch government has pledged to provide additional funding of 500,000 euros (786,000 dollars) to buy and transport tents for victims of the earthquake in China, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Friday. The money, which was provi ...2008-05-24T04:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-e9822522f076daedac9bb2aa6bc566dfEcho20080524040700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417418.htmlOn May 12, a powerful earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province, southwest China, with its tremors felt in most parts of the country and some neighboring nations. Minutes later, the Xinhua News Agency beg ...2008-05-24T04:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3f0e188d48afda1c392fdafe11774519NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080524040700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417410.htmlThe United Nations has increased to 8 million U.S. dollars its emergency grant for earthquake relief efforts in China, a UN spokesperson said Friday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced last Friday that the UN was granting up ...2008-05-24T04:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-730a0cddc2f91723a8a43abfcf74526fUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524040700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417406.htmlIsraeli President Shimon Peres met with Chinese ambassador to Israel Zhao Jun on Friday in the President's residence in Jerusalem to express his condolences to the victims of the disastrous earthquake in China's Sichuan Province. T ...2008-05-24T04:07+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-f1d0a1005cdfd84b94170b8555da765bNaturalDisasters20080524040700http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254529.htmThe United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit the epicentre of China's earthquake zone later today after spending two days in another disaster zone in neighbouring Burma. Peter Cave reports. "Ban Ki-moon will visit Yingxiu, a small town that used to house 10-thousand people but was flattened by the earthquake.2008-05-24T02:35+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-6f05ebb27a600b46cb6ab52e01e4c9c4UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524023500http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254529.htmThe United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit the epicentre of China's earthquake zone later today after spending two days in another disaster zone in neighbouring Burma.2008-05-24T02:11+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-c6ed4e756e0322703941157ff51e411fUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524021100http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/23/eveningnews/main4124897.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4124897In the wake of China's earthquake, the toll is staggering. Now, doctors are dealing with injuries - and amputations. Celia Hatton talks to survivors about the physical, and mental, wounds that have yet to heal.2008-05-24T02:04+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-51480cb39b4f97b94b3eeb98fe7fe40aNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre20080524020400http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/24/story_24-5-2008_pg4_5* Government finds 50 ‘hazardous sources of radiation’ CHENGDU: China will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to rehouse the millions displaced by last week’s earthquake, a task which could take three years, a top provincial official said on Friday. Eleven days after the 7.2008-05-24T01:57+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-8b05b2ecfbc161322cf97cb0d87bce46NaturalDisasters20080524015700http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Quake-zone-radiation-fears.4117413.jpEMERGENCY crews in China yesterday worked to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the wreckage left by the earthquake, the government said, as it planned for a three-yea2008-05-24T01:20+0200TheScotsmanenTheScotsman-f07dff1d886560c8a03bdc0e7eb45e26JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080524012000http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/24/story_24-5-2008_pg7_27ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday ordered an early dispatch of 21,000 tents for China’s earthquake victims. A government spokesperson said that 1,000 tents had already been airlifted and the remaining 20,000 were being dispatched.2008-05-24T01:11+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-05f5cc5d5aa233cc1b361f95a89d1dde20080524011100http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_finds_radiation_after_quake_547619China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday.2008-05-24T00:48+0200sbsensbs-2b247aea1374b4753e918e579e7e0466UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080524004800http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Zinc-prices-set-to-fall-on-surplus-global-inventory/313795/Zinc futures prices are expected to fall further in the short term as there is surplus global inventory supported by resumption of mining operations in China which were closed down due to the recent earthquake.2008-05-24T00:40+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-ffaf736e439fa3fbaef8d04095e55bda20080524004000http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=105391China will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to re-house the millions displaced by last week's earthquake, a task, which could take three years, a top provincial official said on2008-05-24T00:40+0200TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-15ec7647a4bc4d0ac1f5bfc7be92e02eNaturalDisasters20080524004000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8240510.htmUNITED NATIONS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations has increased to 8 million U.S. dollars its emergency grant for earthquake relief efforts in China, a UN spokesperson said Friday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced last Friday that the UN was granting up to 7 million dollars from the....2008-05-24T00:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-1de4192314abd74a5171ddadb85ddfd6UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080524003800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EWPWY?OpenDocumentChristian Aid has approved a grant of $50,000 to our partner the Amity Foundation to respond to the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province and surrounding areas on 12 May. The scale of the disaster is immense with an estimated 5 million homes destroyed, but the Amity Foundation....2008-05-24T00:23+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-8908f7cdcd719e266eeeb5b5bbcce8c1NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080524002300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EWQAU?OpenDocumentUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is rushing to deliver 358 large tents and 1500 quilts to provide emergency shelter for the victims of last week’s devastating earthquake that struck Sichuan province in China’s south-west. This first batch of supplies, which will arrive at quake-affected....2008-05-24T00:23+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-8310f70449a0b604552e29996a7c6242NaturalDisasters20080524002300http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-23-03-32-38PENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from t...2008-05-23T22:37+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-12accee322ee2c15d56f2d48f6dd25d7JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080523223700http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90781875&ft=1&f=1004Melissa Block and Robert Siegel wrap up two weeks of reporting from Chengdu, China. Both hosts and three producers traveled to Chengdu to tell the story of the fast-growing region. Then a massive earthquake struck. Michele Norris talks with them about their impressions as they prepare to return to the United States.2008-05-23T22:32+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-29eb7c1ea64cfc207538e8391dc551a720080523223200http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90284733&ft=1&f=1001At the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, staffers had been trying to foster environmental consciousness in China, one child at a time. After the earthquake, they put those efforts on hold and made healing and rebuilding a priority.2008-05-23T22:32+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-2275d4004c8db1ac6939a29c62bf35b0NaturalDisastersEcologyNatureENVResearchENV20080523223200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EWN7E?OpenDocumentAntara , Jakarta, Fri, 05/23/2008 - Indonesia sent humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Shichuan, China, on Friday using two airplanes from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta. An Air Force' C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the 31st transportation squadron is carrying 215 platoon tents weighing some 12,300 kilograms.2008-05-23T22:23+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ba5c884b393f7ce0f55fb4c148fb26b5EchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523222300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EWMSG?OpenDocumentBy Jamila Trindle Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China, 23 May 2008 - The earthquake in southwestern China displaced five million people, and many families were separated, leaving parents and children still looking for their loved ones. In the chaos, there has been a special outpouring of concern for....2008-05-23T22:23+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9a4bfde6604409540023f20e9954727eNaturalDisasters20080523222300The Chinese government's response to an earthquake that left 55,000 dead included deploying "Jing Jing" and "Cha Cha" -- cartoon characters that pop up on web forums to remind you not to criticize management of the disaster.2008-05-23T22:10+0200wiredenwired-3a41c51fb716f674a360953f69f748bcNaturalDisasters20080523221000http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-24T010151Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337424-2&sec=WorldupdatesCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, although he insisted the situation was under control.2008-05-23T22:04+0200thestarenthestar-37434377899c5c4f10226031afaff5e9UNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080523220400http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/24/stories/2008052454821400.htmSHANGHAI: After a week spent in mourning the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, the city of Shanghai allowed itself a few cheers on Friday as the Olympic torch finally made its way to China’s most prosperous city following a three-day ...2008-05-23T21:44+0200HinduenHindu-dea75323a07b1fe5d1090b02db3ae924NaturalDisastersTREN-Security20080523214400http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-05-23-beijing-olympics_N.htm?csp=34Just a few weeks ago, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge described the games as "in crisis." They were being battered by pro-Tibet protests, health concerns about Beijing's noxious pollution, and calls for boycotts tied to China's support for Sudan. The May 12 earthquake changed everything.2008-05-23T21:40+0200usaTodayenusaToday-b0c2154159f8600c88f996e6a75cc53dNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523214000http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90769057&ft=1&f=1004Rebecca Stormer went to China to teach English at a little college about 30 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. Now she's become something of a relief worker; the college has taken in about 300 refugees from a nearby village – all children, many orphaned in the quake.2008-05-23T21:32+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-99a93c4464c81933826b0f71053e35e0NaturalDisasters20080523213200http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/05/24/2003412820AGENCIES, BEIJING AND CHENGDU, CHINA Saturday, May 24, 2008, Page 1 China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" because of last week's earthquake, a senior official said yesterday, although he insisted the situation was under control.2008-05-23T21:26+0200taipeitimesentaipeitimes-f921fb56ebddc469305a3480a41d7c1dUNSecretaryGeneralJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080523212600http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4920092China's deadly earthquake may have turned around Beijing Olympics; mourning mutes criticism2008-05-23T21:22+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-550a0c07e66606a6b7f1dac9e63f1724NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523212200http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-23T235945Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337424-1&sec=WorldupdatesUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit China on Saturday to show his support for the Chinese people after last week's earthquake, which killed more than 55,000 people, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday.2008-05-23T21:18+0200thestarenthestar-99b5cd5b1ae4387d5cf7aa2530de47b9UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080523211800http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Emergency crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China's devastating earthquake, the government said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides....2008-05-23T21:17+0200APenAP-12accee322ee2c15d56f2d48f6dd25d7JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080523211700http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_OLYMPICS?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTBEIJING (AP) -- China's deadly earthquake may have saved the Beijing Olympics....2008-05-23T21:17+0200APenAP-eb362c5b6a5bb8287e7388ee0b477166NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523211700http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169387Latest facts about the May 12 earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province, the country's worst in 30 years: Magnitude: measured at 7.9 by the U.S. Geological Survey; 8.0 by Chinese officials. Disaster area population: 20 million. Dead: 51,151. Missing: 29,328. Injured: 288,431. Homeless: 5 million.2008-05-23T21:07+0200tehrantimesentehrantimes-8ad7dd999ac5727eb6c16488a7133fa0NaturalDisasters20080523210700http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_olympicsJust a few weeks ago, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge described the games as "in crisis." They were being battered by pro- Tibet protests, health concerns about Beijing 's noxious pollution, and calls for boycotts tied to China's support for Sudan. The May 12 earthquake changed everything.2008-05-23T20:44+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-4ba42e1c739ab1be051a5e3504ca3d70NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523204400http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Emergency crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China's devastating earthquake, the government said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides.2008-05-23T20:44+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-512fed05073ce5bd11116d31c78c92a7JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080523204400http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=nw20080523090254627C116493&setid=1&sectid=3&url=iol&vne=0&csect=WorldBeijing - China said Friday it will impose temporary price controls on building materials in areas devastated by the massive May 12 earthquake as it steps up reconstruction to shelter the homeless. ...2008-05-23T20:37+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-5a60af6344bbea5f21554913f4d0c51fNaturalDisasters20080523203700http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150818U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit China on Saturday to show his support for the Chinese people after last week's earthquake, which killed more than 55,000 people, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday. "He's planning to go there and the program is being worked out by the Chinese authorities," U.2008-05-23T20:25+0200javno-enenjavno-en-c59435e3ba96818270a3b50e2946758dUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080523202500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EWMDD?OpenDocumentGENEVA, May 23, 2008-- With more than 55,000 reported dead, a looming rainy season and fears of impending disease outbreaks, ACT member, Amity Foundation, continues to provide rapid assistance to vulnerable communities devastated by the May 12 earthquake in China.2008-05-23T20:23+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-72069de31e0c951a1cf417262ad38d06NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHortEnergyHorizontalMatters20080523202300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EWMJ9?OpenDocumentMore United Nations supplies arrived today for victims of last week’s devastating earthquake that struck Sichuan province in China’s south-west. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is rushing additional medical supplies to be able to treat 130,000 people.2008-05-23T20:23+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-836e5501621b8a80797a37191f3940e6NaturalDisastersEchoManMadeDisastersUNbodiesCommunicableDiseases20080523202300http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/23/asia/quake.phpThe efforts to protect against leakage from the sources came as officials evacuated thousands of people located downstream from rivers that had been dammed by debris, and which posed a flooding risk.2008-05-23T20:22+0200IHTenIHT-ea078d7b7ca7635f99c9b66c3ccab783ManMadeDisastersNuclear20080523202200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8240091.htmBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 55,740 nationwide as of Friday noon, while 292,481 people were injured and 24,960 people were missing.2008-05-23T20:06+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-a168ad2d965f5c8b59cd50e99e123f5620080523200600http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon will on Saturday visit China's earthquake zone, the government said, as it warned rebuilding the area where more than than 55,000 died would take years.2008-05-23T19:43+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-49d41b7d3fbd43256a0b950dcbeedbb8NaturalDisasters20080523194300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23273570.htmUNITED NATIONS, May 23 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit China on Saturday to show his support for the Chinese people after last week's earthquake, which killed more than 55,000 people, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday. "He's planning to go there and the program is being worked out by the Chinese authorities," U.2008-05-23T19:37+0200alertnetenalertnet-57a3dbc03fa690982a4cef243641d9aeUNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080523193700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239915.htmBRUSSELS, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Dutch government has pledged to provide additional funding of 500,000 euros (786,000 dollars) to buy and transport tents for victims of the earthquake in China, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said Friday. The money, which was provided in response to a special request by....2008-05-23T19:21+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-96163cd9453cd5a89b7922c5e1fbe79cEchoMarket20080523192100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239941.htmJERUSALEM, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres met with Chinese ambassador to Israel Zhao Jun on Friday in the President's residence in Jerusalem to express his condolences to the victims of the disastrous earthquake in China's Sichuan Province. The known death toll from China's major earthquake increased to 55,740 as of Friday noon.2008-05-23T19:21+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-3273fa2e17539d8692fbe747440ddeecNaturalDisasters20080523192100http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080523090254627C116493China will impose temporary price controls one building materials in areas devastated by the massice earthquake.2008-05-23T18:56+0200StarenStar-5a60af6344bbea5f21554913f4d0c51fNaturalDisasters20080523185600http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080523090254627C116493China will impose temporary price controls one building materials in areas devastated by the massice earthquake.2008-05-23T18:42+0200ioleniol-5a60af6344bbea5f21554913f4d0c51fNaturalDisasters20080523184200http://mnweekly.ru/world/20080522/55329988.htmlCHENGDU, China - More schools reopened Wednesday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but rain and a lack of tents underscored the massive task facing the government in sheltering millions left homeless. >>2008-05-23T18:36+0200mnweeklyenmnweekly-f4bb50966d7ec10094bef618dfb8b7cfNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523183600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239800.htmBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Among the leaders who sent messages to Chinese President Hu Jintao to express their condolences are:....2008-05-23T18:35+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b0599bc9d7811e1b5cb304cfc0c7ea4eEchoNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAid20080523183500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8239580.htmBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- More foreign governments and leaders have expressed their condolences and sympathies for the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12. Up to 17:00 Beijing time (0900 GMT) Friday, heads of state and government, parliamentary....2008-05-23T18:35+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c956352334492e1d9515853cf960a9e2NaturalDisasters20080523183500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239830.htmBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- On May 12, a powerful earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province, southwest China, with its tremors felt in most parts of the country and some neighboring nations. Minutes later, the Xinhua News Agency began pouring out stories on the quake,....2008-05-23T18:35+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7bfdcbe12b9044671d2d6baee8e3fef3NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080523183500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EWLPE?OpenDocumentThe FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) are sending more than 1,000 tents to the earthquake-struck region of China. On 12 May 2008, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 rocked China's Sichuan Province, where the official death toll now exceeds 40,000.2008-05-23T18:21+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7a06bdd40ea887de63d1a866620fa938EchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersHumanitarianAid20080523182100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EWKKA?OpenDocumentMinister of Foreign Affairs, Rohitha Bogollagama, convened a high-level meeting on 21st May 2008 consisting of senior officials and CEOs of leading garment and tea corporates, Board of Investment, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Sri Lanka Tea Board and the SriLankan Airlines as well as Secretary and....2008-05-23T18:21+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-854c9fc280c0e3383d8dcb719b7d7b0dNaturalDisasters20080523182100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EWGPX?OpenDocumentGENEVA/BEIJING, 23 May 2008 - Chinese authorities have reported a number of cases of gas gangrene among patients with injuries sustained in the May 12 earthquake. Gas gangrene generally occurs at the site of trauma - typically for injuries where body parts have been starved of blood supply.2008-05-23T18:21+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-889a74428ceae9375d2b92fef9225ad1EnergyNaturalDisasters20080523182100http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Emergency crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China's devastating earthquake, the government said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides....2008-05-23T18:16+0200APenAP-8bbe0774153981f56310e7b0bdc18c17JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080523181600http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42485BEIJING, May 23 (IPS) - The outpouring of global sympathy in the aftermath of the deadly Sichuan earthquake has shifted the focus away from China’s role and influence in cyclone-stricken Burma, quieting critics.2008-05-23T18:08+0200ipsnewsenipsnews-9abbd48f13d1cb9dbf91c7d84cc1cd83NaturalDisastersSocietyHumanitarianAidSecurityCouncil20080523180800http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150772Nearly two weeks after China's devastating earthquake, remarkable stories of survival continue to emerge. Li Xiaolan is 100 years old, and was pulled from the wreckage of her house in Pingtong, a mountainous town in Sichuan province. With nowhere to stay and her home destroyed, Li was carried to....2008-05-23T18:03+0200javno-enenjavno-en-27ecef87ffda48898d51df8dbb0803b0NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523180300http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Emergency crews worked Friday to secure 15 sources of radiation buried in the rubble of China's devastating earthquake, the government said as it evacuated thousands of survivors downstream from rivers dammed by landslides.2008-05-23T17:53+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-74e915dc77d199d3b20c02d0931d6c76JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080523175300http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24789413/PENGZHOU, China - Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated Friday for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding. The death toll rose to more ...2008-05-23T17:40+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-279f11cc1350b0a79c88ae78629cdc48JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersAirENVHealthENVWaterENVAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080523174000http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/296510671/index.htmlOfficials appeal for millions of tents to shelter 5 million people made homeless Death toll from May 12 earthquake in China jumps to 55,740 Central government announces it will allocate $10B for recon...2008-05-23T17:40+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-203dcdda24dbdadc850fef74c953ab99NaturalDisasters20080523174000http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-23-03-32-38PENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from t...2008-05-23T17:40+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-8bbe0774153981f56310e7b0bdc18c17JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersWaterENVManMadeDisastersWasteENVResearchENVNuclear20080523174000http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/China-quake-56-000-dead-rebuilding-to-take-3-yrs/313635/China said it would take 3 yrs to rebuild towns and villages pulverised by the earthquake in southwest Sichuan province.2008-05-23T17:28+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-645dc06c6cfd5c6b5fb02525c1bef82220080523172800http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/3-nuclear-facilities-under-rubble-12-inaccessible-in-China/313621/15 radiation 'sources' are still inaccessible in the earthquake ravaged southwest China, no news of leaks yet.2008-05-23T17:28+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-6f8eda03b270fa8024cfc9000cfffe03JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningResearchENVNuclear20080523172800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EWFYB?OpenDocumentThis is the latest update as of May 22nd in regard to AMDA’s emergency relief activities for the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake. 1.AMDA Taiwan Emergency Medical Mission in Sichuan On May 21st Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences has officially requested AMDA Coordinator, Mr. Nithian Veeravagu, for additional medical personnel.2008-05-23T17:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-bd423f36a143cebdad9d4625a7a62485PublicHealthNaturalDisasters20080523172700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EWHM3?OpenDocumentWenchuan Earthquake - Impact on agriculture, livestock and food security in affected areas, and implications for China An earthquake of magnitude 7.9 on May 12 rocked the south-western province of Sichuan in China, the worst the nation has experienced in 30 years.2008-05-23T17:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-24f668d7fa868188f350e99bd8d6bb56NaturalDisastersEnvironmentAgriculturalTechnologyAgriculturalProdAnimalAgricultureManMadeDisastersFoodSafetyUNbodiesAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibreFoodSecurityFoodAid20080523172700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWHUS?OpenDocumentThe Cabinet today has decided to contribute USD 1.5 million due to the catastrophic earthquake in the People's Republic of China. This contribution is made in solidarity between the Government of Malaysia and the Government of the People's Republic of China and out of concern of the catastrophic....2008-05-23T17:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-61b03feb3c4bc67275b82e9ed1be3459NaturalDisasters20080523172700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWGE2?OpenDocumentRome 22 May 2008- A third humanitarian flight arranged by Foreign Minister Franco Frattini to bring help to the victims of the tragic earthquake that devastated the region of Sichuan left Italy this morning. The flight, carrying 825,000 euros worth of aid, was organised jointly by the Foreign Ministry and the Civil Protection Department.2008-05-23T17:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-88fe588956b3258497e36dc4bb534202EchoNaturalDisasters20080523172700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EWGF5?OpenDocumentKUALA LUMPUR, May 23, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) announced here on Friday that it donates 1,895 tents to China's earthquake-hit Sichuan Province. The largest Malaysian Chinese political party said that the tents worth 200,000 ringgit (62,300 U.S.2008-05-23T17:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-5b9dd380d3a51ae4aac110d65693e41920080523172700http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWHRU?OpenDocumentThe Dutch government has reserved €500,000 to buy and transport tents for victims of the earthquake in China. Development minister Bert Koenders decided to provide this additional funding in response to a special request by the Chinese government. ‘Right now there is a desperate shortage of tents....2008-05-23T17:27+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-aa4f6dcf3c31603577e49831f634e5beEcho20080523172700http://www.vnagency.com.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/250845/Default.aspx23/05/2008 09:45 PM It will take up to three years to rebuild the earthquake-hit zone in China’s Sichuan province, the provincial Vice Governor Li Chengyun said on May 23.2008-05-23T16:53+0200vnagency_enenvnagency_en-a74309d115958ffd0d0ff62eb47ebcbf20080523165300http://en.rian.ru/world/20080523/108218654.htmlUNITED NATIONS, May 23 (RIA Novosti) - The United Nations said on Friday it would grant $8 million for the relief operation following last week's earthquake in China that claimed over 55,000 lives and has left 25,000 people missing. The quake, measuring 7.2008-05-23T16:40+0200rianenrian-bc786b122a68c1d0e11a175017206d38NaturalDisasters20080523164000http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page15604.aspInterfaith issues, relations with China, human rights and the earthquake in Sichuan were on the agenda as the PM met with the Dalai Lama today in Lambeth Palace.2008-05-23T16:32+0200number-10ennumber-10-20f68da2f9a3b30bae299d6974035dccNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080523163200http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.285d5f0e9571355d9601307b1d9562e6.4c1.htmlDUJIANGYAN (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon will on Saturday visit China's earthquake zone, the government said, as it warned rebuilding the area where more than than 55,000 died would take years.2008-05-23T16:30+0200afp-englishenafp-english-3d6209942adfffa9cd79d427dee4ed11NaturalDisasters20080523163000http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/sc_afp/chinaquakeanimalspandasAFP - Six rare giant pandas were evacuated Friday from the famed Wolong breeding centre in southwest China due to food shortages and damage caused by last week's earthquake, staff said.2008-05-23T16:21+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-43065032950c20adfd500b335852f50aAgriculturalProdOliveHort20080523162100http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-566755/Pictured-The-moment-Chinese-earthquake-wrecked-church--middle-couples-wedding.htmlDazed and plastered in dust, a bride and groom stand moments after China's earthquake in the shattered ruin of the church where they had been having their wedding photos taken. This is the latest picture to emerge from the disaster that has killed up to 50,000 - as survivors fled in their thousands....2008-05-23T16:06+0200dailymailendailymail-f61a58b06746c5e6234b7ccaf896426eNaturalDisasters20080523160600http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39143&Itemid=39LONDON, May 23, (APP)-Famous film actor Jackie Chan has said the people of China were resilient and would soon recover from the tragedy of Sichuan earthquake and his next movie will focus on the human side of the natural disaster. Addressing a press conference at the Foreign Press Association on....2008-05-23T15:35+0200app-enenapp-en-ea78ff3fa2bc336678d9ecde7978bb65OHIMNaturalDisastersEcho20080523153500http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23749512-23109,00.htmlHONG Kong action hero Jackie Chan says he wants to make a film about the massive earthquake which hit China earlier this month to raise money for victims. 10:59pm (AEST)2008-05-23T15:28+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-597a9d5b2610cd98db4699e2c5a4e344NaturalDisasters20080523152800http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23749381-23109,00.htmlUN chief Ban Ki-moon will tomorrow visit China's earthquake zone, the government said, as it warned rebuilding the area where more than than 55,000 died would take years. 10:16pm (AEST)2008-05-23T15:28+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-8dd0a2fb25299d68b4165d0c0d7cb672NaturalDisasters20080523152800http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=772079United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will visit the quake-hit Sichuan province in China AFP BEIJING - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will travel to the epicentre of China's earthquake tomorrow, the Chinese foreign ministry said. "Tomorrow morning UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will go to Yingxiu for a visit," a foreign ministry spokeswoman told.2008-05-23T15:16+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-0f99589fc70b4bc7a5100b76327ff8acUNSecretaryGeneral20080523151600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237916.htmHONG KONG, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The 22-member fourth batch of healthcare professionals left for southwest China's earthquake-devastated Sichuan Province Friday to support the medical rescue operation in Chengdu, the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong said.2008-05-23T15:16+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7edc0a0503a5786a635bafd09fb07ddcNaturalDisasters20080523151600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237906.htmBy Xinhua writer Qiu Lin BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- When a video clip surfaced on YouTube showing Zhang Ya cursing Wenchuan earthquake victims with lots of profane words, a small earthquake was triggered in China's Internet community. Millions of Chinese Internet users posted furious condemnation....2008-05-23T15:16+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-af98604a094ac8a5c9ca7d828e816741NaturalDisastersAirENVTAXUDEchoManMadeDisastersResearchENV20080523151600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP298190.htm(Writes through) By Emma Graham-Harrison BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - China has still to recover 15 hazardous radioactive sources and must focus on the fight to keep drinking water clean and contain chemical spills after May 12's massive earthquake, a senior official said on Friday.2008-05-23T15:10+0200alertnetenalertnet-8709c8ac1a073cc3c6b90b2d59e6a491JRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNuclearSafetyAirENVWaterENVManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningWasteENVIndustryENVResearchENVNuclear20080523151000http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080523/108209892.htmlMOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - China's deadly earthquake in the Sichuan province has again showed that ground-based earthquake prediction methods and systems are not reliable. Traditional seismology does its best, sometimes succeeding, but more often only saying something like, "California will be destroyed in the next 30 years.2008-05-23T15:09+0200rianenrian-21a88b4720561c8bdb5dececb7d75142NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523150900http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39145&Itemid=38ISLAMABAD, May 23 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Friday ordered immediate dispatch of 21,000 tents to China as relief for the affected people of the earthquake. About 1,000 tents have already been airlifted and the remaining 20,000 are in the process of being dispatched, a government spokesperson said.2008-05-23T15:05+0200app-enenapp-en-59a35f5eae1906112e15d304c2e716ea20080523150500http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=339981&referrer=RSSChina has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, though he insisted the situation was under control. But Wu Xiaoqing, deputy environment minister, said there had been no accidental releases of radiation.2008-05-23T15:04+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-49d4d59d3fdbcbb5163040794bb49238JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080523150400http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90755781&ft=1&f=1001NPR's Melissa Block was in Chengdu, China, when last week's massive earthquake struck. Since then, she has reported from the scene of the devastation, where families have lost homes and loved ones. Host Renee Montagne talks with Block about what it's been like to watch the story unfold, and what she'll remember most after she returns home.2008-05-23T14:47+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-bdcaba18ee13005473531a406f0cdf3520080523144700http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3730913.eceA 60-year-old man who survived the 1976 earthquake that killed nearly a quarter of a million in China has been rescued alive from the rubble of last week's quake in Sichuan province.2008-05-23T14:44+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-a74e9a716ce314bf75aff68294c9d516NaturalDisasters20080523144400http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/23/indonesia-sends-humanitarian-aid-china.htmlIndonesia sent humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Shichuan, China, on Friday using two airplanes from the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in East Jakarta. read more2008-05-23T14:40+0200JakartaPostenJakartaPost-a7be80ab2cd9421a28bd627b2010022fEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080523144000http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-23-04-33-28PENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the d...2008-05-23T14:39+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-4a918b731c14c2603a27812d13b580a0JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersAirENVHealthENVWaterENVAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080523143900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237630.htmTOKYO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Heads of seven well-known Japanese groups engaged in promoting Japan-China relations released on Thursday a joint statement over the May 12 earthquake which strongly jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province, conveying condolences and sympathy to the victims, according to related materials reaching Xinhua Friday.2008-05-23T14:31+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-e5bb202dcd1d263a62e843150947f39020080523143100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237715.htmKUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) announced here on Friday that it donates 1,895 tents to China's earthquake-hit Sichuan Province. The largest Malaysian Chinese political party said that the tents worth 200,000 ring it (62,300 U.S.2008-05-23T14:31+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0f602f237644fad5380a7e1e7db60e7920080523143100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237626.htmBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid for the deadly earthquake that jolted southwestern China. Malian President Amadou Toumany Toure went to the Chinese embassy in Mali Thursday to pay tribute to victims....2008-05-23T14:31+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-dbd31caadf797ea19fef30146e11f908NaturalDisasters20080523143100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237828.htmBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The strongest earthquake to hit China in three decades has sent the nation into an abyss of grief. As of noon on Friday, the quake that hit southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12 was known to have killed 55,740 people and injured 292,481 others.2008-05-23T14:31+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-484e46ad8f14012a1065acceb8c3e57620080523143100http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, though he insisted the situation was under control.2008-05-23T14:21+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-c30d4db74f10253d318b9cd31961f24bJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080523142100http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/China-quake-toll-crosses-55-000/313530/Death toll in the devastating earthquake in southwest China crossed 55,000 with nearly 25,000 people still missing.2008-05-23T14:20+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-8b29773433989bdf27e89923a49802db20080523142000http://www.thestar.com/article/429269PENGZHOUEarthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated Friday for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding.2008-05-23T14:13+0200topixentopix-e0ab7ff389f2539067a7164bc8530418JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersAirENVHealthENVWaterENVAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080523141300http://www.euronews.net/index.php?article=488861&lng=1&option=1Victims of China's devastating earthquake are remembered as the Olympic Torch continues its journey to Beijing.2008-05-23T14:12+0200euronews-eneneuronews-en-d64f6524a4168c373a14281862a0cbc1NaturalDisasters20080523141200http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, though he insisted the situation was under control.2008-05-23T14:12+0200reutersenreuters-554c078d0188b14b260d41c8a0306e36NaturalDisasters20080523141200http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China has found what it termed 50 "hazardous sources of radiation" due to last week's earthquake, a senior official said on Friday, though he insisted the situation was under control.2008-05-23T14:12+0200reutersenreuters-1cdc05e54c0dc29a320023da95d296e4JRCSafeguardsManMadeDisastersResearchENVNuclear20080523141200http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-says-quake-rebuild-to-take-3-years-833184.html?r=RSSChina will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to rehouse the millions displaced by last week's earthquake, a task which could take three years, a top provincial official said today.2008-05-23T14:12+0200independentenindependent-8157bac5e2a7b43711241fc78d864305NaturalDisastersWaterENV20080523141200http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/23/china-waterworry.html?ref=rssThe death toll in this month's massive earthquake in China rose to 55,740 Friday as fears grew about possible flooding from dozens of lakes formed by landslides in the mountains above badly affected cities.2008-05-23T14:11+0200CBCenCBC-519ec5ff6fcbd3a9bc6617d6ce5b3eccNaturalDisasters20080523141100http://ptvworldnews.com.pk/world.aspMedical teams are working round the clock to save thousands of seriously injured survivors. The toll of dead and missing stood at more than eighty thousand with a further two hundred eighty eight thousand injured. Some five million people have been left homeless by the quake.2008-05-23T14:03+0200ptvworldnewsenptvworldnews-f0d52888d5be89be8c4f28eceb7c716420080523140300http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150696The Olympic torch relay reaches China`s financial hub after a three day pause for mourning for the thousands dead in China`s earthquake.2008-05-23T14:01+0200javno-enenjavno-en-76c9a6ad67c037489ac4786ecb2475d7NaturalDisasters20080523140100http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/296510671/index.htmlChina's government has appealed for more than 2 million tents to shelter the estimated 5 million people made homeless by the huge earthquake as the death toll continued to rise.2008-05-23T13:53+0200cnnencnn-46911e16406cc82ccba391e1cd75bf09NaturalDisasters20080523135300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237535.htmHONG KONG, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) deployed a Government Flying Service (GFS) Super Puma helicopter to the earthquake-devastated area in southwest China's Sichuan Province Friday to provide assistance in the rescue and quarantine work.2008-05-23T13:46+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-ae1e0b1de6d4fed2a1f4a767ed3856b5TREN-Security20080523134600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237528.htmHONG KONG, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The Australian community in Hong Kong and several artists of the Process-Journey Exhibition, an Australian-China art exchange, have raised funds jointly for earthquake relief efforts in southwestern China. Australian Consul-General Les Luck, together with....2008-05-23T13:46+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-5af6790e0371609c9158b7b6511d05a5UNbodies20080523134600http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/23/china.chinaearthquake1?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfrontA 60-year-old Chinese man who was buried for 10 days in the devastating 1976 earthquake has been hailed as the luckiest of survivors after being pulled out alive again from the Sichuan quake. According to the Nanjing Morning Post, Alatanbagen Taoqi was the only survivor from an office building in....2008-05-23T13:43+0200guardianenguardian-f11ed7923fc8ea9a1310560d823eab9dNaturalDisasters20080523134300http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=nw20080523090739992C567245&setid=1&sectid=3&url=iol&vne=0&csect=WorldPengzhou, China - Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes formed during the upheaveal of China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, as the death toll from the quake rose on Frid...2008-05-23T13:39+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-2d0fb9c3f5a861f319f9aef7af883fffAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523133900http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa7.cfm?rss=topstoriesImmediately after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma and after the earthquake in China, countries around Asia geared up rescue teams and shipments of emergency supplies. The death toll from the two disasters already exceeds 100,000 people. More than five million people in China are homeless and two million people in Burma still need aid.2008-05-23T13:32+0200voanewsenvoanews-66e84301fd90c1292fb187347d8fb4aaEchoNaturalDisasters20080523133200http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150687Hundreds of displaced children wait to go home in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 40,000 people in China.2008-05-23T13:31+0200javno-enenjavno-en-885de3722867cee1517ebc03a600d9ef20080523133100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EWD7D?OpenDocumentSG/SM/11589 IHA/1261 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is pleased to announce a grant of up to $8 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) following the earthquake that struck Sichuan, China, on 12 May.2008-05-23T13:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-d877139e03aa6f2c2f5f9b02b72ad7f8UNSecretaryGeneralNaturalDisasters20080523132400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EWDAY?OpenDocumentWith 80,000 people now dead or missing in Sichuan, Chinese Christians have been among the first in the relief effort, working with traumatised families and helping to bury the dead The true scale of China’s earthquake tragedy is now being revealed, with the official death toll rising to more than 51,000.2008-05-23T13:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7c5857b52ff1f58993dbe92cef5501d4NaturalDisasters20080523132400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EWC2M?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,589 to 55,740 as of Friday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. Source: Xinhua Economic News Date: May 23, 2008 May 23, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- And 292,481 people were injured and 24,960 missing in the 8.2008-05-23T13:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-60b87bb8c3f24b07a5dc803c2e9b403dEnergyNaturalDisasters20080523132400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWCZK?OpenDocumentISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): To express solidarity and support for the people of China, Pakistan has dispatched large quantity of relief goods including tents, medicines and other daily commodities for the victims of the devasting May 12 earthquake. According to a press release issued here, the....2008-05-23T13:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-766c7090edea3d1b8dc46bc44a53f4e8NaturalDisasters20080523132400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EWCM5?OpenDocument(extract) Red Cross Action The Hong Kong Red Cross medical professional volunteer team of 6 had finished the initial stage medical supporting work at disaster areas frontline level, and is now conducting further need assessment in the areas of medical facilities, drinking water and rehabilitation.2008-05-23T13:24+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-09c790222b08706b9a7298ddb52b3155EchoManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080523132400http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_re_as/china_russiaAP - Chinese President Hu Jintao thanked Russia's new president for offering speedy aid after last week's powerful earthquake, as the two began meetings Friday to bolster their partnership with expanded nuclear cooperation.2008-05-23T13:20+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-d047a1c8fd4eec4adad6570117645dc5JRCSafeguardsEnergyManMadeDisastersNuclear20080523132000http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/296481145/index.htmlChina's government has appealed for more than 2 million tents to shelter the estimated 5 million people made homeless by the huge earthquake as the death toll continued to rise.2008-05-23T13:08+0200cnnencnn-0049abf123ec3df6d2401a69fa87d3e4NaturalDisasters20080523130800http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_RUSSIA?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTBEIJING (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao thanked Russia's new president for offering speedy aid after last week's powerful earthquake, as the two began meetings Friday to bolster their partnership with expanded nuclear cooperation....2008-05-23T13:07+0200APenAP-bdbaa002d68a319ebc2efbb9f0499d2aJRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastersNuclear20080523130700http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/May/world/085C7C281.htmlFriday, May 23, 2008 - Web posted at 10:39:22 GMT China needs help BEIJING - China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80 000, while the government appealed yesterday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-23T13:03+0200namibianennamibian-4db70be1d918375960011b68eaca91f820080523130300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237412.htmCHENGDU, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Six pandas left Friday a major panda base in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, because of damaged shelters and food shortages after the May 12 earthquake, a local forestry official said. The pandas were taken by trucks from China Giant Panda Protection and....2008-05-23T13:01+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-a6f11134f872e211f27306a4b4c49ff7AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080523130100http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa6.cfm?rss=topstoriesEarthquake in southwestern China displaced five million people, and many families were separated, leaving parents and children still looking for their loved ones2008-05-23T12:53+0200voanewsenvoanews-5567e24dc1b7a716044995c872d4c647NaturalDisasters20080523125300http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated Friday for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding. The death toll rose to more than 55,000 and nearly 25,000 people remain missing.2008-05-23T12:50+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-c50bb0ab00a87c81291ddf8d0025a746JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersAirENVHealthENVWaterENVAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080523125000http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - China will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to rehouse the millions displaced by last week's earthquake, a task which could take three years, a top provincial official said on Friday.2008-05-23T12:50+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-41f07df33929294d810344659dc9f0d2NaturalDisastersWaterENV20080523125000http://www.b92.net//eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2008&mm=05&dd=23&nav_id=50473China says it will take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake zone as the death toll from the nation's worst disaster in a generation surpassed 55,000. The government also warned that millions of survivors were at a growing risk of disease, but there was positive news with another dramatic....2008-05-23T12:45+0200b92net_enenb92net_en-1897b41ae9da41c783cc14d8276658f5NaturalDisasters20080523124500http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca114350-288e-11dd-96ce-000077b07658.htmlChina will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to rehouse the millions displaced by last week’s earthquake, a task which could take three years, a top provincial official said on Friday. Eleven days after the 7.9 magnitude quake shook the mountainous province of Sichuan, hundreds....2008-05-23T12:42+0200ftenft-b0b30673a9116de51c95efe319fd046320080523124200http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=142719Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes formed during the upheaveal of China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, as the death toll from the quake rose Friday to more than 55,000. ...2008-05-23T12:40+0200topixentopix-4f31877299ee12e411bcdbbe875dc9acAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523124000http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.285d5f0e9571355d9601307b1d9562e6.4c1.htmlDUJIANGYAN (AFP) - China said Friday it would take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake zone as the death toll from the nation's worst disaster in a generation surpassed 55,000.2008-05-23T12:29+0200afp-englishenafp-english-fd7221e142f86204ede821ea391c9baaNaturalDisasters20080523122900http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23748018-23109,00.htmlTHE national death toll from China's earthquake rose to 55,740, with another 24,960 missing, a government spokesman said today. 7:48pm (AEST)2008-05-23T12:21+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-e1a5135f7f8649884149c4fe5441dbce20080523122100http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - China said Friday it would take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake zone as the death toll from the nation's worst disaster in a generation surpassed 55,000.2008-05-23T12:19+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-5644a274dc0504c82ee6e1b09bb49ea9NaturalDisasters20080523121900http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/23/china.chinaearthquake?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnewsGrim news comes as Save the Children says quake is the biggest disaster for the world's children in seven years2008-05-23T12:08+0200guardianenguardian-d52013f61f18e88976dab21b4c49f082NaturalDisasters20080523120800http://www.vnagency.com.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/250754/Default.aspxVietnamese Ambassador to China Tran Van Luat went to the Chinese Foreign Ministry on May 23 to present donation to help victims of an earthquake that hit southwestern Sichuan province on May 122008-05-23T11:52+0200vnagency_enenvnagency_en-55758795910dc950c517f0c77a3c0bbf20080523115200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6417247.htmlThe Wall Street Journal Asia Edition (U.S.), the Globe and Mail (Canada), the Guardian (U.K.), among other foreign news agencies, have recently published articles on China's earthquake relief. They have all lauded the earthquake relief effo ...2008-05-23T11:38+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-779d8920629fff446b02b79f4bdecfe0NaturalDisasters20080523113800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6417238.htmlRogge said on May 20, in Lausanne, that the Olympic Movement stands in solidarity with Chinese quake victims; and expressed his heartfelt condolences to those affected by the earthquake which struck China's Sichuan Province. He also offered ...2008-05-23T11:38+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-ca428085b8227a2eb3b3a6cfa41a5c7d20080523113800http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-23-03-32-38PENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from t...2008-05-23T11:38+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-ae90cde1d69b5fc9d6c45d5bc90083beNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisasters20080523113800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417255.htmlThe death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,589 to 55,740 as of Friday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 292,481 people were injured and 24,960 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that ...2008-05-23T11:38+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-2ebe5ae6a52fce486b377ca2ec9161ddEnergyNaturalDisasters20080523113800http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/international/China39s-toll-of-missing-and.4115042.jpChina said yesterday the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake had jumped to more than 80,000 while the government appealed for millions of tents t2008-05-23T11:33+0200YorkshirePostenYorkshirePost-6e93744a659e073123a59394b82e99b420080523113300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EW9R7?OpenDocument(Adds another scuffle, paragraph 7) CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - Desperate survivors of China's devastating earthquake have held up volunteer vehicles bringing in relief supplies, in one case at gunpoint, Chinese and foreign sources in Chengdu said. Most relief teams now travel in convoys.2008-05-23T11:22+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-42c460a285e5ff264fd11c7ac812fa8eNaturalDisasters20080523112200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EW67Q?OpenDocumentMay 23, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Li told a press conference in Beijing that the provincial government planned to build new villages, townships and cities in the quake-ravaged province in those three years. He said infrastructure facilities in eight mountainous counties worst hit in the earthquake were destroyed.2008-05-23T11:22+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-1fc8da2800c43066ddf8ea228675b557NaturalDisasters20080523112200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EW95H?OpenDocumentToday New Zealand Red Cross has pledged $150,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ appeal for the China earthquake victims. The money comes from generous Kiwis who have donated the money in the past week through the New Zealand Red Cross website and at New Zealand Red Cross offices around the country.2008-05-23T11:22+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-eeb7a4280835f1a3c00f1469dac1a964EchoNaturalDisasters20080523112200http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_quake_recovery_to_take_three_years_547585China says it will take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake disaster zone.2008-05-23T11:12+0200sbsensbs-40229ba4079bdcc3c1318634be5b4fe4NaturalDisasters20080523111200http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=620134PENGZHOU, 05/23 - Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China`s earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the quake rose Friday to more than 55,000. Hardest-hit Sichuan province also announced plans to rebuild....2008-05-23T11:10+0200angolapress-enenangolapress-en-6c91af961221be9b621eab6ea1e14506NaturalDisasters20080523111000http://www.kcbs.com/Earthquake-Death-Toll-in-China-Tops-55-000/2239541An official in China's central province of Sichuan says the death toll in last week's earthquake has risen to more than 55,000. A vice governor told a news conference in Beijing that the toll had reached ...2008-05-23T11:07+0200topixentopix-946c26ed1fae64f500fba293424e2f10NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080523110700http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the disaster rose Friday to more than 55,000....2008-05-23T11:05+0200APenAP-ae90cde1d69b5fc9d6c45d5bc90083beNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisasters20080523110500http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-23-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could ...2008-05-23T11:04+0200usaTodayenusaToday-85a568a16abfadb387cb4b50da9b2b17AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523110400http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808822,00.html?xid=rss-topstoriesEarthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the disaster rose Friday to more than 55,0002008-05-23T10:51+0200timeentime-a39cf61ed78c8571cc28c62519138c8aAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523105100http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417191.htmlA total of six pandas were taken away on Friday from a major panda base in Wolong of southwest China's Sichuan Province because of damaged shelters and food shortage after the earthquake, a local forestry official said. The pandas w ...2008-05-23T10:50+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3d3176370b67e0280156a72cc02fccefAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimalFoodSecurityFoodAid20080523105000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417189.htmlEritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Thursday spoke highly of China's relief efforts in the devastating earthquake that hit its Sichuan Province early last week. "I commend the Chinese leadership, the people in China and the author ...2008-05-23T10:50+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-7d415bd287cb77b6eba9acc555e87c15NaturalDisasters20080523105000http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3546931,00.htmlEarthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could unleash flooding, as the death toll from the disaster rose Friday to more than 55,000. Hardest-hit Sichuan province also announced plans to rebuild within three years, as....2008-05-23T10:49+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-e25ec2a09b56e0a07b4b111b10f32ab0NaturalDisasters20080523104900http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080523090739992C567245Experts have monitored dozens of lakes formed during the upheaveal of China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding.2008-05-23T10:48+0200ioleniol-2d0fb9c3f5a861f319f9aef7af883fffAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523104800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8236645.htmHuang Yan, deputy general engineer of the center, observes a pregnant Panda at the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 23, 2008. The May 12 earthquake killed five staff at the Wolong-based China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center.2008-05-23T10:44+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-75f5ed2caaa0585de0872013aaeeaab120080523104400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8236649.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 4,589 to 55,740 as Friday noon, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 292,481 people were injured and 24,960 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-23T10:44+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-fa2c211b65ad09a93f8285771b4c722eNaturalDisasters20080523104400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8236528.htmChinese Premier Wen Jiabao listens to Lang Zheng, a boy injured in last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake, at NO. 404 hospital in Mianyang, the quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 23, 2008.2008-05-23T10:44+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-095751b599f9e4e6919ce0881b63d13c20080523104400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8236619.htmJAKARTA, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A military C-130 transporter and Boeing 727-200 cargo plane of Megantara Airlines carrying about 36 tons of logistic, medical and other materials donated by Indonesian government took off from Jakarta Halim military airport on Friday to earthquake-hit Sichuan Province, China.2008-05-23T10:44+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-80f84c61c9c9fa70b18641546bc28827CommunicableDiseases20080523104400http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to rehouse the millions displaced by last week's earthquake, a task which could take three years, a top provincial official said on Friday.2008-05-23T10:41+0200reutersenreuters-14098c00b513e66ab61d2dbf8caf5245NaturalDisasters20080523104100http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080523090739992C567245Experts have monitored dozens of lakes formed during the upheaveal of China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding.2008-05-23T10:34+0200StarenStar-2d0fb9c3f5a861f319f9aef7af883fffAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523103400http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0523/quake.htmlRebuilding China's devastated towns and villages to rehouse millions of people after the earthquake could take three years. Some towns in the earthquake zone in southwestern China will need to be relocated altogether because the terrain is not safe. The known death toll from the quake already....2008-05-23T10:25+0200RTERadioenRTERadio-b4958ab125d70a15f89da6742dda1cb2NaturalDisasters20080523102500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK151976.htm* At least 55,000 dead * Three years to reconstruct Sichuan province * Peak period for disease outbreak (Adds details) By Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - China will need to rebuild whole towns and villages from scratch to rehouse the millions displaced by last week's earthquake, a....2008-05-23T10:25+0200alertnetenalertnet-cc3e305cd3e66b04a586f516c98ab876NaturalDisasters20080523102500http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/china+quake+death+toll+still+rising/2240947?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsThe Sichuan provincial government says the region's death toll from last week's earthquake in China has passed the 55,000 mark, with nearly 25,000 others still missing. But the province's vice-governor Li Chengyun said the main priority was still on trying to save anyone trapped in the rubble, even....2008-05-23T10:09+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-35340ec88f0047a61423f723536b9cb520080523100900http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23746848-23109,00.htmlCHINA said it would take up to three years to rebuild its earthquake disaster zone and warned that millions of people made homeless faced a growing health risk from disease. 5:48pm (AEST)2008-05-23T10:01+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-58dbc6d95bb9b50d9118d76deace51e2NaturalDisasters20080523100100http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the quake rose Friday to more than 55,000....2008-05-23T10:01+0200APenAP-b9110772692af8e9aab99d66bb04935cNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdOliveHortManMadeDisasters20080523100100http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080523/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the quake rose Friday to more than 55,000.2008-05-23T09:48+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-199ebc010c84dc8a68f3f5c05a3cf849AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523094800http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7416035.stmThe death toll from the massive earthquake in south-west China rose again, as an official said more than five million buildings had collapsed. Vice-Governor of Sichuan province Li Chengyun said 55,...2008-05-23T09:38+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-608f2e2d2c42d2e6a7d7ddc9d3c601f6NaturalDisasters20080523093800http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhkfeygb/rss2/The Sichuan provincial government says the region’s death toll from last week’s earthquake in China has passed the 55,000 mark, with nearly 25,000 others still missing.2008-05-23T09:34+0200irish-newsenirish-news-a3afa32fa62e79db94e2ccf8dc78b117NaturalDisasters20080523093400http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080523.WORLDREPORT23-1/TPStory/TPInternational/?page=rss&id=GAM.20080523.WORLDREPORT23-1China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed yesterday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-23T09:34+0200theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-77419f25a3d5b55d8f93b09062b9301e20080523093400http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080523.RTICKER23B-3/TPStory/TPBusiness/?page=rss&id=GAM.20080523.RTICKER23B-3China's commerce minister took the unusual step of thanking foreign firms on national TV yesterday for earthquake aid donations, dismissing accusations spread on Chinese websites that they were doing too little and were ''international misers.'' Chen Deming told a news conference: ''We have seen the....2008-05-23T09:34+0200theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-6d544b812a866ddea2ae4ac7ffc5f61020080523093400http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/23/our-fright-wedding-89520-20426266/Wedding nerves took on a new meaning as the bride and groom posed for pictures during China's devastating earthquake. The photographer had just started taking shots when the ground began to shake and the 100-year-old deserted Catholic seminary behind the wedding party crashed to the ground.2008-05-23T09:34+0200sundaymirrorensundaymirror-3e4105d3b87d3a798221bafe4cf3737e20080523093400http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK176914.htmBy Lucy Hornby SANDAOYAN, China, May 23 (Reuters) - The emergency water unit being loaded on to a truck in Sandaoyan can't come fast enough for earthquake refugees in Xiang'e, 30 km and one nightmare away. The 5 million people left homeless after Sichuan's 7.2008-05-23T09:22+0200alertnetenalertnet-b601091f7dfd659dc4556475cf5115cdAgriculturalProdOliveHortEchoCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCases20080523092200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EW3SS?OpenDocumentBy Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous 'quake lakes' and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades. The 7.9 magnitude tremor of May 12 and thousands of aftershocks changed the landscape....2008-05-23T09:20+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-85c6fc692eae6abe4cf29de2eea8ce1bNaturalDisasters20080523092000http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T122631Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337309-1&sec=WorldupdatesCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Desperate survivors of China's devastating earthquake have held up volunteer vehicles bringing relief supplies, in one case at gunpoint, Chinese and foreign sources in Chengdu said.2008-05-23T09:16+0200thestarenthestar-d1d7f1d78c1b14fc535a5f4ca4aa02e6NaturalDisasters20080523091600http://www.thetimes.co.za/Business/BusinessTimes/Article.aspx?id=771953AFP Beijing - China said Friday it will impose temporary price controls on building materials in areas devastated by the massive May 12 earthquake as it steps up reconstruction to shelter the homeless. Prices of goods including steel products, cement, glass as well as tents will. . . .2008-05-23T09:12+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-cb3e3703068479a02e969149d0c37c15NaturalDisasters20080523091200http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254062.htmThe vice-governor of China's Sichuan province says the death toll from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,000. He says 25,000 people are missing and 280,000 were injured. Meanwhile the Chinese government has ordered the immediate construction of one million small homes to provide shelter for earthquake survivors for up to five years.2008-05-23T08:50+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-7516451379c211a7a30a5a766c696e9eNaturalDisasters20080523085000http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.285d5f0e9571355d9601307b1d9562e6.331.htmlDUJIANGYAN (AFP) - High above the world's oldest operating irrigation system, Zhang Shuanggun, a local villager, stands on an observation platform cracked by China's massive earthquake last week.2008-05-23T08:29+0200afp-englishenafp-english-8fd84b1f28eef69281db4fe74eb67a0bAgriculturalTechnology20080523082900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8235623.htmASMARA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki on Thursday spoke highly of China's relief efforts in the devastating earthquake that hit its Sichuan Province early last week. "I commend the Chinese leadership, the people in China and the authorities in Sichuan and areas hit by this earthquake," he told Xinhua.2008-05-23T08:29+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0fffd4a8aa2a4d5359f4c40269f9207fNaturalDisasters20080523082900http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca114350-288e-11dd-96ce-000077b07658.htmlThe onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous ”quake lakes” and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China’s worst earthquake in decades. The 7.9 magnitude tremor of May 12 and thousands of aftershocks changed the landscape of northern Sichuan province forever, blocking....2008-05-23T08:21+0200ftenft-02be484237913c161db08018112d6a8020080523082100http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254062.htmThe vice-governor of China's Sichuan province says the death toll from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,000.2008-05-23T08:12+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-e61d9b7986309b777cd43f8365880b87NaturalDisasters20080523081200http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=9b3e7e51-554c-437e-be8b-1e855f3f267e&&Headline=China+to+launch+quake-relief+lottery%253a+reportAccording to report, China will launch a national lottery to raise money for earthquake relief and rescue work.2008-05-23T08:00+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-e952847f8483cbcd6dfe8ac4495879e1NaturalDisasters20080523080000http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_quake_zone_faces_39grim39_health_situation_official_547580The health situation in areas affected by China's earthquake is "extremely grim" as the peak summer period for disease outbreaks begins, a top official from worst-hit Sichuan province said today.2008-05-23T07:58+0200sbsensbs-daccd4e7d2c1b61c25d3d187e5977a28NaturalDisastersTAXUDCommunicableDiseases20080523075800http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/rats_disease_threaten_quake_victims_547579The health situation in areas affected by China's earthquake is "extremely grim" as the peak summer period for disease outbreaks begins, a top official says.2008-05-23T07:58+0200sbsensbs-b27aac8886006f56345e1dcc1b99679bTAXUDCommunicableDiseases20080523075800http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0523/breaking2.htmThe onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous "quake lakes" and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T07:48+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-cf2d0eda7d10cbd83e3e97aabbcefb9eNaturalDisastersFlooding20080523074800http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T103245Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337289-1&sec=WorldupdatesMIANZHU, China (Reuters) - Historic churches in steep mountain towns are among the casualties of the earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province last week, leaving their poor and rural Catholic congregations with little but faith.2008-05-23T07:46+0200thestarenthestar-560d6e11eb0e46168cc2dc9f918c7012NaturalDisasters20080523074600http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T102856Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337263-3&sec=WorldupdatesCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous "quake lakes" and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T07:46+0200thestarenthestar-1915cd7800a68203111fdcdb3120f83520080523074600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234920.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China Authorities in China's quake-hit province of Sichuan vowed to severely punish those who impropriate rescue tents, which are urgently needed for sheltering 5 million homeless quake victims, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday.2008-05-23T07:43+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-56a65681ee2ffa84d79950aa69a1620b20080523074300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8235200.htmCHENGDU, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of six pandas were taken away on Friday from a major panda base in Wolong of southwest China's Sichuan Province because of damaged shelters and food shortage after the earthquake, a local forestry official said. The pandas were taken by trucks from China Giant....2008-05-23T07:43+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7bcd6deeecc7ba7252643d0305d34ccfAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimalFoodSecurityFoodAid20080523074300http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052204306.html?nav=rss_world/asiaMIANZHU, China -- The day the earthquake hit was supposed to be a special one for Ding Yao. Her hair done up in pigtails, she was sitting in the front of a fourth-grade classroom, waiting for the teacher to hand out prizes to students who had the highest scores on a math test. She wasn't sure, but...2008-05-23T07:34+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-745584484ddb9374647571f17eb6054eEchoEuropeAid20080523073400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EW3SS?OpenDocumentBy Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous 'quake lakes' and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades. The 7.9 magnitude tremor of May 12 and thousands of aftershocks changed the landscape....2008-05-23T07:19+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-dd2eb740267af1937e5c48587c6b2ea3NaturalDisasters20080523071900http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12708244&PageNum=0BEIJING, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - The death toll of a devastating earthquake that his China's south-western Sichuan province has risen to 55,239, the Xinhua news agency reported. It quoted Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan, as saying here on Friday that about 83,988 people have been rescued.2008-05-23T07:17+0200itartass_enenitartass_en-467e1bf5dc48219cb52f87d80d2729e1NaturalDisasters20080523071700http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - The onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous "quake lakes" and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T07:16+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-a5eb3dc8eb6ea7b23f3da9da633def4120080523071600http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/23/rss.htm#3BEIJING, May 23 (AFP): The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing,...2008-05-23T07:11+0200dawnendawn-77d75e9803cd7a5df59e0efa3d6133ba20080523071100http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous "quake lakes" and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T07:09+0200reutersenreuters-7f73a80e17e0e53c843afbc4686f405920080523070900http://www.thedailystar.net/latest/updates.php?pid=70The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing, a senior government official said here Friday.2008-05-23T06:55+0200thedailystarBDenthedailystarBD-8b51fabb17aa24d3ce3ae6c258495b64NaturalDisasters20080523065500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK151976.htm(Adds quotes, details throughout) By Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous "quake lakes" and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades. The 7.2008-05-23T06:44+0200alertnetenalertnet-60ad9b543e3f7bc65d213976addd4410NaturalDisasters20080523064400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417039.htmlA government official pledged Friday that authorities in earthquake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China would use all relief cash and supplies in a transparent way by publishing the detailed information about how they are used on the In ...2008-05-23T06:37+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-36ee4379ffc2fe41c724c1b0b56a476f20080523063700http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=2755e135-7952-433e-b703-45383278dd16&&Headline=China+quake+death+toll+rises+to+55%252c239The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing, a senior government official said in Beijing on Friday.2008-05-23T06:29+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-da381fae3c280adbe69a8b061cfcebf220080523062900http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T091036Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337263-2&sec=WorldupdatesCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T06:16+0200thestarenthestar-0d560eaaaf996c1ffb35c749fc9fb86420080523061600http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7416035.stmThe Sichuan earthquake death toll passes 55,000, as concern grows over lakes created by landslides.2008-05-23T06:13+0200bbcenbbc-dee00d16034be7efbb8090c87edec85bNaturalDisasters20080523061300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234920.htmSpecial report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in China's quake-hit province of Sichuan vowed to severely punish those who impropriated rescue tents, which are urgently needed for sheltering 5 million homeless quake victims, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday.2008-05-23T06:13+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0a68edb2c2b23637ba776522c6b2538e20080523061300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234808.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- A government official pledged Friday that authorities in earthquake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China would use all relief cash and supplies in a transparent way by publishing the detailed information about how they are used on the Internet.2008-05-23T06:13+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-9893982d3583d419210549d29d99b09420080523061300http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T06:08+0200reutersenreuters-6862a9eea5132e4f289df132fbb3d9beNaturalDisasters20080523060800http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169205MIANYANG, China (Reuters) - First they survived a calamitous earthquake. Now they must survive the trauma. In a country where mental health issues have traditionally been hidden away and not talked about, teams are rushing to the earthquake-struck southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan to provide help to traumatized survivors.2008-05-23T06:00+0200tehrantimesentehrantimes-c0575ce0c2dae36ac4dfa842726b1b3720080523060000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417022.htmlChina's post-earthquake reconstruction work will take three years of time, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan in Beijing on Friday. Source:Xinhua ...2008-05-23T05:50+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-b44ee569ff4a30ec33c45d779e21a41f20080523055000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417018.htmlRescuing survivors remains the top priority in Sichuan Province in southwest China, vice governor Li Chengyun said in Beijing Friday, 11 days after the worst earthquake hit the country since the founding of New China in 1949. Sou ...2008-05-23T05:50+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-361322a728450a2ce716a654297a73e520080523055000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417024.htmlThirty-three roads in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province remained blocked after the May 12 earthquake, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan in Beijing on Friday. Source:Xinhua ...2008-05-23T05:50+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-33f30e3ccb090ab762d0f63f6a560799NaturalDisasters20080523055000http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/article.php?news_id=8051HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Cuban President Raul Castro on Wednesday sent "most heartfelt condolences" to the victims of the earthquake in China on behalf of himself and that of his brother Fidel, the former president. He signed in the name "of the Cuban people and comrade Fidel Castro Ruiz," his convalescing older brother.2008-05-23T05:49+0200caribbeannetnewsencaribbeannetnews-ddc653be68eea4a86d06590912ef2a43NaturalDisasters20080523054900http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/23/157681/80000%252Ddead.htmChina said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-23T05:41+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-a17dd8a2e776076e8b3e3004d68dfc55Agriculture20080523054100http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/05/23/157694/Taiwan%252Doffers.htmPremier Liu Chao-shiuan pledged yesterday to strengthen Taiwan's assistance to China to help it reconstruct and rehabilitate areas affected by a powerful earthquake which hit its southwestern province of Sichuan last week.2008-05-23T05:41+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-d71b74fd27951dcdd147bcc90cb046cfNaturalDisasters20080523054100http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=10BEIJING, May 22 (APP) China said Thursday it highly appreciate the relief supplies from Pakistan for the affectees of the earthquake that hit Sichuan province on May 12. "I know Pakistan is sending ten thousand tents which are very much needed for people of those areas who are living without their....2008-05-23T05:38+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-bf5cbac0ccd435e7e92333ef6ef800ccNaturalDisasters20080523053800http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=8ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): To express solidarity and support for the people of China, Pakistan has dispatched large quantity of relief goods including tents, medicines and other daily commodities for the victims of the devasting May 12 earthquake. According to a press release issued here, the....2008-05-23T05:38+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-09b6b680054f493715ab16c8608535e0NaturalDisasters20080523053800http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T05:38+0200reutersenreuters-ff26c69c4cf1bb3ab8f422abadc84f99NaturalDisasters20080523053800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234598.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-three roads in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province remained blocked after the May 12 earthquake, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday.2008-05-23T05:28+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-13a0d9feec06a35f519c3373bce9167eNaturalDisasters20080523052800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234763.htmSpecial report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- More than 7,000 aftershocks have hit Sichuan after the May 12 8.0 magnitude quake, with the greatest of them measuring 6.1 magnitude, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan on Friday.2008-05-23T05:28+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-a7283fea4a5606c33243ae264e57786c20080523052800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234497.htmSpecial report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China's post-earthquake reconstruction work will take three years of time, said Li Chengyun, vice governor of Sichuan here on Friday.2008-05-23T05:28+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-40a4a793169bf06f771b8cef2371ea3320080523052800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EW2K5?OpenDocumentNOTE: This report is based on information received from the office of United Nations Resident Coordinator, the media as well as other partners. Key Summary - More than 3.3 million tents are urgently needed and have been requested by the Government of China to the international community.2008-05-23T05:18+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-e179e44aed99827fcf9952b67be80df8MEPJRCSafeguardsEnvironmentNaturalDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNuclear20080523051800http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T05:15+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-bc5a91c57286ff7d3ffd8076255725b7NaturalDisastersFlooding20080523051500http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK151976.htm(Updates death toll, adds Wen quote) By Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades. The 7.2008-05-23T05:10+0200alertnetenalertnet-c6db2668ee33fce2aa82faeb24b47fcaNaturalDisasters20080523051000http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/22/china-tents.html?ref=rssThe death toll from this month's earthquake in central China rose to more than 55,000 Thursday, as officials appealed for international help to provide shelter for millions of people.2008-05-23T05:08+0200CBCenCBC-cf0ef56fc0f9062140339029f98ef58eCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseases20080523050800http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=world-qqqm=world-qqqa=world-qqqid=63417-qqqx=1.aspCHINA said the toll of dead and missing from last week's earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed yesterday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-23T05:04+0200topixentopix-b53c33e3ba95572a75125af0dbaecc4d20080523050400http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.285d5f0e9571355d9601307b1d9562e6.91.htmlBEIJING (AFP) - The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing, a senior government official said here Friday.2008-05-23T04:59+0200afp-englishenafp-english-89fd820966172b76063d7972406ef31aNaturalDisasters20080523045900http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-22-china_N.htm?csp=34For the 3 million children inside the widespread earthquake zone in China, the disaster has meant the loss of everything that ...2008-05-23T04:56+0200usaTodayenusaToday-62cd7f5560af70a58ec4b73bb1be279bNaturalDisasters20080523045600http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080523/wl_asia_afp/chinaquaketollsichuanAFP - The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing, a senior government official said here Friday.2008-05-23T04:45+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-e4aaa4a9e0ce68110b53db116f6ec172NaturalDisasters20080523044500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8233860.htmTIANJIN, China, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Vladimir Petrovic, head coach of the Chinese national team, said that his players, encouraged by the spirit of the Chinese people in battling the earthquake in Sichuan, will win the two upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Iraq and Qatar.2008-05-23T04:42+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-666a9e6b022e6c14877874df257ada7aNaturalDisasters20080523044200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234304.htmSpecial report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Rescuing survivors remains the top priority in Sichuan Province in southwest China, vice governor Li Chengyun said here Friday, 11 days after the worst earthquake hit the country since the founding of New China in 1949.2008-05-23T04:42+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-62c314f4e3cf73da25ac35f14241e8e4NaturalDisasters20080523044200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8234425.htmSoldiers of the Armed Police carry giant pandas before transporting them to the Ya'an preservation zone, in the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center based in Wolong which is only 30 kilometers from the epicenter of last week's 8.0-magnitude earthquake on Richter scale, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 23, 2008.2008-05-23T04:42+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b5d7bb465aa800d1446cd7fe133a6e22ResearchENV20080523044200http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK155571.htmChina's Premier Wen Jiabao (C) gives the Young Pioneer's salute to students who survived the earthquake during his inspection of a temporary school set up inside a tent in Mianyang, Sichuan ... URL: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK155571.htm For our full disclaimer and copyright information please visit http://www.2008-05-23T04:38+0200alertnetenalertnet-8fffdedddee0707c5914dc599093697e20080523043800http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll in China's worst earthquake in decades has risen to 55,239, Sichuan's vice governor Li Chengyun told a news conference in Beijing on Friday.2008-05-23T04:37+0200reutersenreuters-4e31f56b5c94fac81b8c9837d71266c520080523043700http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll in China's worst earthquake in decades has risen to 55,239, Sichuan's vice governor Li Chengyun told a news conference in Beijing on Friday.2008-05-23T04:37+0200reutersenreuters-122a5383e171255d9ad61a0ece42a033NaturalDisasters20080523043700http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/foreign/display.var.2291742.0.Tent_plea_after_China_toll_jumps_to_80_000.phpAUDRA ANG BEICHUAN China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed yesterday for millions of tents to she...2008-05-23T04:36+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-6c682db709fa64701098d090a8556b9920080523043600http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200805230058.htmlAs painful as it may be to think about, the fact remains that many people are still buried under rubble in China's Sichuan province, struck by a massive earthquake on May 12. Some could still be alive, breathing faintly, awaiting help. But time does not stop. As each moment passes, their chances of survival grow slimmer.2008-05-23T04:12+0200asahienasahi-73312f6f20fdd32dcb6434d169b6372020080523041200http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T064725Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337263-1&sec=WorldupdatesCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T04:01+0200thestarenthestar-573336bfcc4a3db0aa071aaded43cd4320080523040100http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T070254Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337260-1&sec=WorldupdatesXIANG'E, China (Reuters) - School has not restarted in some towns devastated by last week's earthquake in Sichuan province, because too few children are left to attend.2008-05-23T04:01+0200thestarenthestar-9db6f51ed46efdb3bc30dafc5b52e209NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080523040100http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/362343/cs/1/Aftershocks, avalanches, and flooding are of concern to China's Lands Ministry, which has warned of further threats to earthquake hit areas.2008-05-23T03:34+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-e506d96584afe933fe77c33153288a4cNaturalDisastersFlooding20080523033400http://www.indianexpress.com/story/313204.htmlWelcomes international assistance, asks for millions of tents to house quake victims BEICHUAN, MAY 22: China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, ...2008-05-23T03:33+0200topixentopix-4ef94b3a5c6ee97a8b49f01355cc650520080523033300http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?i=ecc2f232cb0db0cca671f0431c30ad52Since the disastrous earthquake occurred in Sichuan, China last Monday, the U.S. business community has already donated to China's earthquake-stricken area a total of 30 million U.S. dollars. At noon on the 20th, led by Chairman of the US-China Business Council, Mr.2008-05-23T03:29+0200watchingamericaenwatchingamerica-e7a02517c4734c9fcd896812dc8f7ddcNaturalDisasters20080523032900http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052200476.html?nav=rss_world/asiaBEIJING, May 22 -- Landslides caused by last week's earthquake in central China have backed up rivers into more than 30 new lakes, threatening to flood downstream communities if the mud gives way under building pressure, Chinese officials warned Thursday.2008-05-23T03:29+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-a8ecc750a844b958832c1b2cc8ea9aa1NaturalDisastersWaterENVResearchENV20080523032900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416497.htmlChina's commercial enterprises lost more than 25 billion yuan (3.57 billion U.S. dollars) as a result of the May 12 earthquake, said the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Thursday. The quake damaged 51,429 local businesses, including shops ...2008-05-23T03:16+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-c6154a8a9a25842e4191814f6523219220080523031600http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416496.htmlCommerce minister Chen Deming said on Thursday that the 8.0-magnitude earthquake had no major impact on exports or movement of commodities, except some disaster relief materials such as tents. Chen said China had more room for maneu ...2008-05-23T03:16+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-707d5016143de2467dd205893ef571ceNaturalDisastersUNbodies20080523031600http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416624.htmlThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has deployed 100 satellite terminals in China to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of the severe earthquake that hit on May 12, the UN agency said on Thursday. Th ...2008-05-23T03:16+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-fb85cebe26e7b5cc8c919ac69136f193ManMadeDisasters20080523031600http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6416639.htmlChina's insurance companies are expecting to pay out about 300 million yuan ($43 million) in claims relating to the earthquake, the insurance regulator said yesterday. "As reconstruction work gets under way in Sichuan, the number of insu ...2008-05-23T03:16+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-84063fef59a568105fce9ca79b08abf6NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080523031600http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080523?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T03:06+0200reutersenreuters-c74062a52c01c203813769111d54609b20080523030600http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK151976.htmBy Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 23 (Reuters) - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades. The 7.9 magnitude tremor of May 12 and thousands of aftershocks changed the landscape....2008-05-23T03:00+0200alertnetenalertnet-4900a27dd4af4f2f4c33478391dc3ad6NaturalDisasters20080523030000http://bangkokpost.net/News/23May2008_news24.phpAs the Dalai Lama toured European capitals this week, the British prime minister closed the door to 10 Downing St and agreed to meet him only as part of an ''interfaith dialogue''. In Germany, most government officials declined to talk with him at all.2008-05-23T02:49+0200BangkokPostenBangkokPost-432f505fd878242ae30b768263d08d76OHIMNaturalDisastersSociety20080523024900http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - The onset of the rainy season is swelling dangerous "quake lakes" and compounding the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.2008-05-23T02:44+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-a528230a24358b8b8372dbe2a1808e5920080523024400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416520.htmlThe European Parliament passed here on Thursday a resolution on the devastating earthquake in China, voicing sincere condolences and solidarity to the people of China and welcoming the "prompt response to the disaster by the Chinese authori ...2008-05-23T02:30+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-df7e43fe1631f2072d0d509d5ed1dcb3NaturalDisastersEuropeanParliament20080523023000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/6416546.htmlThe World Health Organization (WHO) is rushing additional medical supplies to China's earthquake-hit areas, said the UN agency's regional office in Manila on Thursday. The supplies will be able to treat 130,000 people, WHO Regional ...2008-05-23T02:30+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-4eb081ad57614a4c99430f466eeba409NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080523023000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416526.htmlPakistan has decided to donate an additional 10,000 tents for the earthquake-affected areas in China, a Chinese embassy official told Xinhua on Thursday. Deputy of the Chinese mission Yao Jing said that up to now Pakistan's donation ...2008-05-23T02:30+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-6d8dd704bd788abd82d073652258094720080523023000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6416524.htmlZhang Lianwei, China's most famous golfer, announced that he will donate RMB100,000 (14,200 U.S. dollars) to help in the relief efforts for the Sichuan earthquake. The Guangdong-based 42-year-old made a statement at a press conferen ...2008-05-23T02:30+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-0400197449e949ad09bd630bb6122e51NaturalDisasters20080523023000http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK143499.htmBy Lucy Hornby XIANG'E, China, May 23 (Reuters) - School has not restarted in some towns devastated by last week's earthquake in Sichuan province, because too few children are left to attend. In Xiang'e, the two remaining streets are eerily empty, after almost all the children died when the schools collapsed.2008-05-23T02:28+0200alertnetenalertnet-39f659e3cf749d962a164890e5a8c977NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080523022800http://www.moscowtimes.ru/articles/detail.php?ID=367662China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-23T02:26+0200MoscowTimesenMoscowTimes-c6fe914e4acce358913867c645e3024120080523022600http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/23/story_23-5-2008_pg5_39Beijing: China on Thursday defended foreign companies from criticism by some Chinese that they have been stingy in helping out after the earthquake, despite profiting from doing business in the country. “The so-called 'international misers' theory is totally unfounded,” Commerce Minister Chen Deming told reporters.2008-05-23T02:19+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-15f1fc1216dab3a71515d32870f178aeNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080523021900http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/23/story_23-5-2008_pg4_4MIANYANG: More than 5,000 health workers have fanned out to disinfect China’s earthquake-hit villages, and doctors and nurses are stationed round the clock in refugee camps to try to prevent survivors from falling sick. At a sports stadium in Mianyang, housing more than 20,000 survivors, an old man....2008-05-23T02:19+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-e6a25c16383ef50efca26a5efad6661720080523021900http://www.examiner.ie/story/World/gbmheykfql/rss2/CHINA said the toll of dead and missing from last week’s earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed yesterday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-23T02:10+0200examinerenexaminer-51f994fcff081b75640f2405138c657120080523021000http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=114332HONG KONG: The former Hong Kong home of kung fu legend Bruce Lee is to be sold to raise money for China’s earthquake relief effort, a news report said2008-05-23T02:09+0200NewsJang-enenNewsJang-en-b4d703d22125c5571c215d15e6db451c20080523020900http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=105278Aftershocks, avalanches and flooding could bring more geological disasters to China's mountainous southwest following last week's devastating earthquake, a senior government official said2008-05-23T01:52+0200TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-10a79e53449b52957371493387f32588NaturalDisasters20080523015200http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/business/21322710&sec=businessPETALING JAYA: OCBC Bank will donate RMB1mil to victims of the Sichuan earthquake. The donation, it said in a statement, would go towards the rebuilding of schools and homes in the Sichuan province. Group chief executive officer David Conner said the donation was a natural extension of its commitment to China.2008-05-23T01:44+0200thestarenthestar-9fc29c4d42ab4838c2db2527c437696820080523014400http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/295681520/index.htmlThe death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwestern China has leaped to 51,151 -- an increase of almost 10,000 -- government officials reported on Thursday.2008-05-23T00:53+0200cnnencnn-24c0c003818f06652f7f95affd63d7dfNaturalDisastersEnergy20080523005300http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-22-voa69.cfm?rss=asiaKuang Weilin, deputy consul-general of the Chinese Consulate in New York, praised the Chinese and international communities for their quick response to the devastating earthquake. "[In] this time, I think that not only the people in China united but also the whole world.2008-05-23T00:21+0200voanewsenvoanews-31f4ed436815d05aea12445633e0eab9NaturalDisasters20080523002100http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169187AN XIAN, China (AP) -- China is grappling with the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake — how to shelter the 5 million people left homeless. Many were living Tuesday in tent cities like one at the base of Qianfo mountain in the disaster zone, offering some stability — along with food....2008-05-23T00:11+0200tehrantimesentehrantimes-7c2cdc75c9352822ae5d7e1029c52c9dEchoManMadeDisasters20080523001100http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10512028&ref=rssYINGXIU - More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday, as concerns rose that disease, the rainy season and aftershocks could bring yet more pain. Previously,...2008-05-22T23:54+0200nzheraldennzherald-5935308f73f2de76a7f1eb7d2dca1d2dCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseases20080522235400http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779086/Many Chinese are expressing an interest in adopting children orphaned by the earthquake. The high interest is another sign of China's post-quake outpouring of sympathy, buoyed by rising prosperity.2008-05-22T23:28+0200msnbcenmsnbc-485380444d2d6ab80997a58bd9b60f60NaturalDisasters20080522232800http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24769516/China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T23:28+0200msnbcenmsnbc-7aabb44df15d451991161b848174eff0NaturalDisasters20080522232800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8232222.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More foreign governments and leaders have expressed their sympathies for the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12. Up to 22:00 Beijing time (1400 GMT) Thursday, heads of state and government, parliamentary leaders,....2008-05-22T23:25+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-70e2ae2d9c573e7ed3a0cb9147a75786NaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVEnergyENV20080522232500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8232243.htmGENEVA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has deployed 100 satellite terminals in China to help restore vital communication links in the aftermath of the severe earthquake that hit on May 12, the UN agency said on Thursday. The 8.2008-05-22T23:25+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-dab3487959a68e135dfa313eeac462bcManMadeDisasters20080522232500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQRY?OpenDocumentMIANYANG, China, May 22 (Reuters) - More than 5,000 health workers have fanned out to disinfect China's earthquake-hit villages, and doctors and nurses are stationed round the clock in refugee camps to try to prevent survivors from falling sick. At the Jiujiang Sports Stadium in Mianyang, housing....2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-9e3a91270e3ae23299f557b1a05e24c7CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksEnvironmentAgriculturalTechnologyCommunicableDiseaseCasesPesticidesENVHealthENVWaterENVPublicHealthCommunicableDiseases20080522230600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQ9Y?OpenDocumentBy Lucy Hornby GUANGYUAN COUNTY, China, May 22 (Reuters) - Five million Chinese displaced by last week's earthquake will be in temporary homes for months as devastated Sichuan province shifts from emergency response to housing refugees for the long term. Local officials say their most pressing issue now is housing.2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-8e68fa347f31863c0cc26d78a6b37e4eTAXUDEchoManMadeDisasters20080522230600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVPZT?OpenDocumentGUANZHUANG, China, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese engineers are starting to make headway against lakes that have formed behind landslides, threatening yet more devastation on the earthquake-stricken valleys downstream. Last week's big tremor changed the landscape of northern Sichuan province, as....2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-bcf0d69b6107c5ca8431b4fa5c9785d9NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522230600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EVRC7?OpenDocumentCatholic Relief Services (CRS) is supporting the emergency response of our partner Caritas Hong Kong in the wake of the powerful May 12 earthquake in China that has claimed more than 40,000 lives. In and around the capital city of Sichuan, Caritas Hong Kong has assessment teams on the ground....2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-2e195f9e11496b1cc9517f591912146aEchoNaturalDisasters20080522230600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQ82?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - China on Thursday warned that it would come down hard on anyone who stole, misappropriated or misused the billions of yuan in aid that has flowed to the southwest of the country following a deadly earthquake. Last week's 7.9 magnitude quake, which centred on populous but....2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-d5486f920e1b2b094cf91d28bea7c5c5NaturalDisastersTAXUD20080522230600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQN3?OpenDocumentBy John Ruwitch HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Within 20 minutes of the earthquake in southwestern China, the People's Liberation Army had activated its emergency response and started to mobilise. Within hours, Premier Wen Jiabao was on a plane to the disaster zone in Sichuan province to direct the relief effort.2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-b997bf35235daf997a0fcb9d79fc37b1NaturalDisastersEchoEuropeAid20080522230600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVPMV?OpenDocument- More than 51,000 dead, 29,000 missing - 3 million tents needed - Disease, rainy season, aftershocks are main concerns (Adds details from state leaders) By Chris Buckley YINGXIU, China, May 22 (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the....2008-05-22T23:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-1183abd8afc6f241bae0eedf958df9fbUNSecretaryGeneralCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522230600http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_makes_urgent_global_tent_appeal_547535China has made an urgent global appeal for millions of tents to shelter survivors of its worst earthquake in a generation, as the death toll shot past 50,000.2008-05-22T22:48+0200sbsensbs-a15cc03dc27adc9334e11c27f4c9f3c4NaturalDisastersPublicHealth20080522224800http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=400329May 21, 2008 The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety today expressed his deep sadness towards the human suffering caused by the recent earthquake that struck China’s Sichuan province. Minister Day conveyed his sincere regret while signing a book of condolence at the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver.2008-05-22T22:41+0200gcengc-05ff15407568beaca2eda55b28dddcfcNaturalDisasters20080522224100http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90258411&ft=1&f=1001Found only in China, the giant panda is threatened by extinction, and researchers in southwestern China have devoted themselves to saving the species. The May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province has exacerbated the challenges facing the already fragile population.2008-05-22T22:08+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-48d523c3ebeac9263d01687cdf0d08f4NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522220800http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90728507&ft=1&f=1007In China's earthquake-damaged Sichuan province, 39,000 medical personnel are now working to provide care, according to provincial authorities. Many are working out of tents, but doctors say supplies are reaching the millions who are displaced.2008-05-22T22:08+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-69eb4d574fb9ba3a572edc28d7f49987PublicHealthNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre20080522220800http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90728507&ft=1&f=1001In China's earthquake-damaged Sichuan province, 39,000 medical personnel are now working to provide care, according to provincial authorities. Many are working out of tents, but doctors say supplies are reaching the millions who are displaced.2008-05-22T22:08+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-aac25169aabb6664615891dfbe7e4ef0PublicHealthNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre20080522220800http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/05/mil-080522-voa04.htmBy Stephanie Ho Beijing 22 May 2008 The official number of people dead from a powerful earthquake in southwestern China has risen to more than 51,000. With more than 30,000 people still missing, the casualty numbers are expected to continue climbing. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing.2008-05-22T21:44+0200globalsecurityenglobalsecurity-0e3d9d93d011806cd8ab78e1378f8d84NaturalDisasters20080522214400http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805230003.htmlThe official number of people dead from a powerful earthquake in southwestern China has risen to more than 51,000. With more than 30,000 people still missing, the casualty numbers are expected to continue climbing. Stephanie Ho reports from Beijing. Chinese officials originally said they thought the....2008-05-22T21:24+0200chosunenchosun-dedda09c9593f07877a5970104ff630eNaturalDisasters20080522212400http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/23/stories/2008052355940100.htmNINGBO (China): The march towards the Beijing Olympics got back on track here on Thursday with a minute of silence, followed by the resumption of the torch relay. This comes on top of a three-day mourning period for thousands of earthquake ...2008-05-22T21:14+0200HinduenHindu-a3e6cb5763fcf2319b751628ccd44caf20080522211400http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/23/content_8231878.htmATHENS, May 22 (Xinhua) - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis visited the Chinese Embassy in Athens at noon on Thursday, and signed the Book of Condolences for the victims of the deadly earthquake that struck the Sichuan province in China on May 12.2008-05-22T21:08+0200phantisenphantis-c55b3897ec10a82e1bd4b2e5095532b1NaturalDisasters20080522210800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-7EVP5M?OpenDocumentQ: Recently, some foreign countries have offered to send medical teams to assist relief work. How will China respond? A: After the massive earthquake hit Wenchun in Sichuan Province, some countries and Red Cross societies have offered to send medical teams to support relief work in China, to which....2008-05-22T21:04+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-37b064dd027975f79b624b5337c18e4d20080522210400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-7EVPRC?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) - Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: - The death toll from the quake rose to 51,151 nationwide as of 10 a.m. Thursday, while 288,431 people were injured and 29,328 people were missing.2008-05-22T21:04+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-8956e452c9054d196b6b2bfe191743e1AgriculturalProdOliveHort20080522210400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EVN77?OpenDocumentHighlights: - Search and rescue operations are in final stages. Emergency teams continue to provide essential treatment to injured victims and organize the provision of food, blankets, shelter, safe water and essential medicines. - WHO obtaining medical supplies requested by the Ministry of Health....2008-05-22T21:04+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-cc51fcaf043708493a76c5146dd56408NaturalDisastersEchoCommunicableDiseases20080522210400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EVNSV?OpenDocumentEmergency health kits capable of providing assistance to 30,000 people for up to one month have been rushed into the quake-affected areas of Sichuan province in China by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). One hundred satellite terminals have been deployed to provide accurate....2008-05-22T21:04+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-cf7bf739b5599f960c3f0bfa1bd00a9fEchoUNbodiesCommunicableDiseasesSpace20080522210400http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2253262.htmThe Olympic torch relay through China has resumed after a three day period of mourning and it will now move through the epicentre of last week's earthquake immediately prior to the start of the games in August.2008-05-22T20:52+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-519f6550e301d074f897853c633911efNaturalDisasters20080522205200http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10511971&ref=rssChina ended a three-day national mourning period for the victims of last week's deadly earthquake, but was left with the tasks of searching for bodies and caring for survivors. The end of the mourning period came as China's leaders...2008-05-22T20:52+0200nzheraldennzherald-76cc2c538c89551cc2db7eb3f4ddeda6NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522205200http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2253262.htmThe Olympic torch relay through China has resumed after a three day period of mourning and it will now move through the epicentre of last week's earthquake immediately prior to the start of the games in August. As Peter Cave reports from Beijing, the torch resumed its sometimes troubled journey to Beijing in eastern city on Ningbo this morning.2008-05-22T20:41+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-499ad3d225e8e6767bd0b65affcd0addNaturalDisasters20080522204100http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/asia/quake.phpChina's leaders moved to contain the political fallout from the deadly earthquake, promising a $10 billion reconstruction fund, reining in the media and trying to keep despair from turning to anger in the disaster zone.2008-05-22T20:25+0200IHTenIHT-7632a6b8a6e0083715bc8815265380dbNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522202500http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2253259.htmThe survivors of last week's earthquake in Southwest China have been warned that they will face further heavy losses from aftershocks, avalanches and flooding as a result of geological instability caused by the massive quake. Peter Cave reports from Beijing that the warning has come from China's Ministry of Land and Resources.2008-05-22T19:39+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-2da2f160f519a513a69dcf44b19be6ddNaturalDisasters20080522193900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8232118.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Vanuatu's President Kalkot Mataskelekele and Chairwoman of the U.S.2008-05-22T19:39+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-3e672201d30865ffcaab40a90645e7e1NaturalDisasters20080522193900http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/22/rss.htm#48YINGXIU, May 22 (Reuters): More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday,...2008-05-22T19:37+0200dawnendawn-adce50629a5a68c70604c1ccb50c436420080522193700http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11409357SOME 200 survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in more than 30 years line up for a handout of food. It looks good. There is rice gruel, braised diced pork, courgettes and hot steamed buns. There are also no officials. The Communist Party likes to be seen as society's main benefactor, but this is private aid.2008-05-22T19:11+0200economisteneconomist-e83abb8adc82d9ba1cba702a376bd3f6NaturalDisastersTAXUDEchoManMadeDisasters20080522191100http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2253259.htmThe survivors of last week's earthquake in Southwest China have been warned that they will face further heavy losses from aftershocks, avalanches and flooding as a result of geological instability caused by the massive quake.2008-05-22T19:06+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-e4c0d253ff5f5ea7f767d2fe806ec0f9NaturalDisasters20080522190600http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39087&Itemid=39BEIJING, May 22 (APP)- Pakistan is vigorously taking part in relief efforts for the affected people of May 12 devastated earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province when it dispatched another batch of relief goods on eight trucks carrying 6000 tents by road from Islamabad to China on Wednesday.2008-05-22T18:55+0200app-enenapp-en-316dae7e5b87ae8edcb6d25e27dfac38NaturalDisasters20080522185500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8231878.htmATHENS, May 22 (Xinhua) - Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis visited the Chinese Embassy in Athens at noon on Thursday, and signed the Book of Condolences for the victims of the deadly earthquake that struck the Sichuan province in China on May 12.2008-05-22T18:54+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c55b3897ec10a82e1bd4b2e5095532b1NaturalDisasters20080522185400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVKPH?OpenDocumentCHENGDU, May 22, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- More than 50,000 people have been confirmed dead in the May 12 earthquake and another 277,028 people injured in Sichuan Province alone as of 4 p.m. Thursday. Sichuan's death toll from the earthquake rose sharply to 50,651 from Wednesday's....2008-05-22T18:53+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ead47696fc7ee40d1996c3d6ace29f46NaturalDisasters20080522185300http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/22/china?gusrc=rss&feed=worldnewsThe Sichuan earthquake is the biggest disaster for the world's children in seven years, says Save the Children, as the overall death toll jumped above 51,0002008-05-22T18:43+0200guardianenguardian-2794053650a26982134b1717c0b93094NaturalDisastersEcho20080522184300http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-22-08-08-04BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter...2008-05-22T18:20+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-9a278d9d9a848936b137a9eb6aa9e239NaturalDisastersAgriculture20080522182000http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/295926411/index.htmlA Chinese policewoman is being hailed as a hero after taking it upon herself to breast-feed several infants who were separated from their mothers or orphaned by China's devastating earthquake.2008-05-22T18:16+0200cnnencnn-1411998448f2a97f1c30512683e7398620080522181600http://allafrica.com/stories/200805220804.htmlThe president and his vice Wednesday paid tributes to the deceased Chinese citizens after an earthquake struck Sichuan province in China.2008-05-22T18:10+0200allafricaenallafrica-eb9f6eb0f932cdd5b744df434c073854NaturalDisasters20080522181000http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/Columns/2246224/Article/index_html"They miss the massive democratisation of the human spirit that is taking place in China." At a time when the Chinese people have mobilised themselves to cope with the May 12 earthquake, with untold numbers volunteering to give blood, to donate money and to travel to devastated towns and villages to....2008-05-22T18:10+0200nstennst-86371b2b3e8b8eccfc9319064d519115ManMadeDisasters20080522181000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8231702.htmby Xinhua writer Fu Shuangqi MIANYANG, Sichuan, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Ten days after the devastating earthquake in southwest China, six days after he returned to Beijing, Premier Wen Jiabao was back on the front lines of quake relief. He flew to Mianyang in Sichuan Province, one of the worst hit cities, on Thursday afternoon.2008-05-22T18:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-8824e99072cf8b8cece557260ecebe1eNaturalDisastersAgricultureENVAgriculturalProdAnimalAgricultureIndustryENV20080522180900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8231582.htmby Li Jianmin, Ding Jing and Liu Jin BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of families across China, eager to show their love, have overwhelmed local civil affairs authorities with telephone calls asking to adopt those orphaned by the worst earthquake since the founding of New China in 1949.2008-05-22T18:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2a95553ffda2cd711526b3fde807f3b9NaturalDisasters20080522180900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8231610.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 51,151 nationwide as of 10 a.m. Thursday, while 288,431 people were injured and 29,328 people were missing.2008-05-22T18:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-3f07f1b4198c902b156b6342be835558AgriculturalProdOliveHort20080522180900http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/opinion/edkristof.phpThe Sichuan earthquake may be remembered as a milestone in the peaceful evolution of China toward capitalism and democracy.2008-05-22T17:23+0200IHTenIHT-bda3362261fc00756585080135ec8e5cNaturalDisasters20080522172300http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/sc_nm/quake_pandas_dcReuters - China has sent emergency bamboo-shoot rations to pandas at a reserve in the Sichuan earthquake zone because no one there is collecting it for them, state media said on Thursday.2008-05-22T17:09+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-09040ab440ca5c12c21b2cf6e343ba26AgriculturalProdOliveHortAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522170900http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052200476.html?nav=rss_worldBEIJING, May 22 -- Landslides caused by last week's earthquake in central China have backed up rivers into more than 30 new lakes, threatening to flood downstream communities if the mud gives way under building pressure, Chinese officials warned Thursday.2008-05-22T16:49+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-84759ff24446fe145e91eaf1bf5fdad6NaturalDisastersWaterENVResearchENV20080522164900http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/05/china-thanks-foreign-earthquake-donorsChina's commerce minister has thanked foreign companies for donating earthquake aid, rejecting criticism spread on Chinese Web sites that they are failing to do enough.2008-05-22T16:49+0200topixentopix-dd6371b422d66e43b0d400a34f52227cNaturalDisasters20080522164900http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/wl_asia_afp/britainchinatibetpoliticsAFP - China's response to its earthquake disaster is an encouraging sign of openness but Beijing lacks the moral authority of a true superpower, the Dalai Lama said Thursday, amid protests against his trip here.2008-05-22T16:39+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-5e9c7730fb0bbd12d25c9e7e798d168eNaturalDisasters20080522163900http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=771456AFP LONDON - China's response to its earthquake disaster is an encouraging sign of openness but Beijing lacks the moral authority of a true superpower, the Dalai Lama said today, amid protests against his trip here. On the third day of a visit here, the exiled Tibetan. . . .2008-05-22T16:34+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-5d5fc69e6ce35476299ae0dee909df7dNaturalDisasters20080522163400http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/More-than-80-000-dead-or-missing-in-China-quake/313167/More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said.2008-05-22T16:32+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-756642586a9924fcb78b34d8ae25bc6aUNSecretaryGeneralCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522163200http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK82423.htmBy Ben Blanchard BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people are now confirmed dead or missing after China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday. Previously, authorities had said they expected the final death toll to exceed 50,000.2008-05-22T16:32+0200alertnetenalertnet-448f34abe2ee7dc90c33528f7ebe18efUNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080522163200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EVGSD?OpenDocumentISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Pakistan on Wednesday dispatched another consignment of relief goods comprising tents for the earthquake victims of China by special aircraft. The consignment was sent on the directives of the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani soon after his arrival from Egypt.2008-05-22T16:16+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-b2a8aaeacd52eae2d33cba8ebb923975NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculture20080522161600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EVJ3Q?OpenDocumentPeriod covered by this Update : Seven days after the launch of the appeal Appeal target (current) : CHF 20,076,412 (USD 19.3 million or EUR 12.4 million); Appeal coverage: There has been a very generous and quick response to this appeal, and in the seven days since it was launched.2008-05-22T16:16+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-dc0152b855c3faa7e89bc37f483508cdEchoNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersHumanitarianAid20080522161600http://unian.net/eng/news/news-252467.htmlAs of midday Thursday, domestic and international donations to China`s earthquake zone had reached $3 billion, or 21.4 billion yuan, according to State Council officials. So far, 1.9 billion yuan has been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas, the office said.2008-05-22T16:13+0200unianenunian-3aea31696de7ad1f35cb3c92b59ef388NaturalDisastersEnergy20080522161300http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/22/1051723.aspxBEIJING – While most U.S. media have cut back coverage of China’s earthquake , and the mainland Chinese press is trying to remain upbeat about the disaster, the largest Chinese-language paper distributed worldwide is bringing its readers the epic tragedy in epic proportions.2008-05-22T16:11+0200msnbcenmsnbc-419743452ad83765a51195d29f1279c9NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522161100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8230519.htmMANILA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is rushing additional medical supplies to China's earthquake-hit areas, said the UN agency's regional office in Manila on Thursday. The supplies will be able to treat 130,000 people, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific said in a press release.2008-05-22T16:11+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-a6e3a47d041d4e64b1c39d2536d469f7NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522161100http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-moves-to-contain-quake-unrest/2008/05/22/1211183001363.html?s_cid=rss_worldCHINA moved to contain some of the political fallout from last week's devastating earthquake with the announcement of a big spending program amid growing refugee impatience and a tightening of media control.2008-05-22T16:06+0200smhensmh-15339930b808bfc34b5fb71f69212fe6NaturalDisasters20080522160600http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-22-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government ...2008-05-22T16:03+0200usaTodayenusaToday-aa5cb8d0f2ec9a4fe552af16d90ebf86NaturalDisasters20080522160300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK350422.htmBy Lucy Hornby GUANGYUAN COUNTY, China, May 22 (Reuters) - Five million Chinese displaced by last week's earthquake will be in temporary homes for months as devastated Sichuan province shifts from emergency response to housing refugees for the long term. Local officials say their most pressing issue now is housing.2008-05-22T15:52+0200alertnetenalertnet-e9cda97b974144ab02146e5ba5d7f0a6EchoManMadeDisastersTAXUD20080522155200http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK174058.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - China on Thursday warned that it would come down hard on anyone who stole, misappropriated or misused the billions of yuan in aid that has flowed to the southwest of the country following a deadly earthquake. Last week's 7.9 magnitude quake, which centred on populous but....2008-05-22T15:52+0200alertnetenalertnet-42c96d3e1cc12054def01aba0e6d0a7fNaturalDisastersTAXUD20080522155200http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-05-22-07-15-19BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter...2008-05-22T15:39+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-6251d26a128a8e0dd6d378a7501982acNaturalDisasters20080522153900http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article64366Nigeria has donated US$2 million to China for the victims of the earthquake which rocked the country last 12 May, the Special Adviser to the Nigerian President on Media, Mr Olusegun Adeniyi, told journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. Special Adviser Adeniyi said President Umaru Yar'adua announced the....2008-05-22T15:36+0200apanews-enenapanews-en-e25f0b9a1f5f5567a3735fa2dcb4f0b5NaturalDisasters20080522153600http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhauojcw/rss2/China said today the toll of dead and missing from last week’s powerful earthquake had jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T15:26+0200irish-newsenirish-news-cb265b0a3b279535565d6994a6362275NaturalDisasters20080522152600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8230138.htmISLAMABAD, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has decided to donate an additional 10,000 tents for the earthquake-affected areas in China, a Chinese embassy official told Xinhua here Thursday. Deputy of the Chinese mission Yao Jing said that up to now Pakistan's donation of tents to China reached a total amount of 22,260.2008-05-22T15:26+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-62a7b5c40976a7ae5a7317fd1c5d36c520080522152600http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhauojey/rss2/China’s commerce minister took the unusual step of thanking foreign companies on national television today for donating earthquake aid, dismissing accusations spread on Chinese websites that they were doing too little.2008-05-22T15:26+0200irish-newsenirish-news-b7ab9993340d23b268e91e0337c84fabHumanitarianAid20080522152600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8230020.htmNANJING, Southeast China, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Lianwei, China's most famous golfer, announced that he will donate RMB100,000 (14,200 U.S. dollars) to help in the relief efforts for the Sichuan earthquake. The Guangdong-based 42-year-old made a statement at a press conference on Thursday morning....2008-05-22T15:26+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-1466d2b38def02ebf2880e86d8b4436bNaturalDisasters20080522152600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8228676.htm"I want to deliver my deep condolences to the Chinese people suffering from an unprecedented earthquake disaster. We wish for swift rescue and recovery operations in China," Lee told Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Ning Fukui after paying respect to the earthquake victims in front of an altar installed at the embassy.2008-05-22T15:26+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2737165b7bf9bda2720b32264804c695NaturalDisasters20080522152600http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-22-voa7.cfm?rss=topstoriesChina has appealed to international community for more than three million tents to house survivors of last week's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province2008-05-22T15:22+0200voanewsenvoanews-9d1e7999ded6da1c62d828fe248abefeNaturalDisasters20080522152200http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - China made an urgent global appeal Thursday for millions of tents to shelter destitute survivors of its worst earthquake in a generation, as the confirmed death toll shot up past 50,000.2008-05-22T15:21+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-610b2227004eb298df21df82b1c6170aNaturalDisastersPublicHealth20080522152100http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/14/AR2008051400784.html?nav=rss_world/asiaFUXIN, China, May 14 -- The Chinese government accelerated its massive rescue-and-recovery operation Wednesday, dispatching hundreds of busloads of civilian rescue teams, paramilitary police and youthful volunteers toward earthquake-ravaged regions in a vivid demonstration of the Communist Party's...2008-05-22T15:17+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-8397db815f9439bf671372015670187620080522151700http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/FOREIGN/250835580/1001twt-image-container-width> BEICHUAN, China (AP) – China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed today for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors. The confirmed number of dead rose nearly 10,000 from the....2008-05-22T15:13+0200washtimesenwashtimes-b0b9ec709d5c51b0a16ce05870e56835NaturalDisasters20080522151300http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051301299.html?nav=rss_world/asiaBEIJING, May 13 -- The Olympic torch will be carried through quake-ravaged Sichuan province on schedule next month, but China is scaling back celebrations along the route out of respect for earthquake victims and will observe a minute of silence each morning before the torch relay proceeds, offic...2008-05-22T15:01+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-76583f96691b242cb4de4528ffb7dc1aNaturalDisasters20080522150100http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/asia/tibet.phpThe Dalai Lama's cool welcome in European capitals reflects the sudden shift in attitudes toward Tibet since the Sichuan earthquake turned China from victimizer to victim overnight.2008-05-22T14:46+0200IHTenIHT-27e7b79bec43bda90c9febc6d87e0ad3Society20080522144600http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/19/AR2008051900232.html?nav=rss_world/asiaMIANYANG, China, May 19 -- China observed three minutes of silence Monday to mourn the tens of thousands of people who died in last week's earthquake, as state media reported that more than 200 rescue workers had been buried in mudslides.2008-05-22T14:45+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-bd33c5283a56b8d993e1a423a786a812EchoManMadeDisasters20080522144500http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/china.earthquake/index.htmlThe 7.9-magnitude quake injured 288,431 people, with another 29,328 missing, authorities said. As of midday Thursday, domestic and international donations to China's earthquake zone had reached $3 billion, or 21.4 billion yuan, according to State Council officials. So far, 1.2008-05-22T14:42+0200phantisenphantis-dbcfd08e71702524aa82027af596b669NaturalDisastersEnergy20080522144200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229906.htmSpecial report: STRASBOURG, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The European Parliament passed here on Thursday a resolution on the devastating earthquake in China, voicing sincere condolences and solidarity to the people of China and welcoming the "prompt response to the disaster by the Chinese authorities by means of their emergency operation.2008-05-22T14:41+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-cd9fe5d1e5c7c9b02ce88f9596423e37NaturalDisastersEuropeanParliament20080522144100http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/362185/cs/1/China's ministry of housing and urban-rural development has asked authorities in the areas hit by the May 12th earthquake to build one million temporary homes for the victims.2008-05-22T14:39+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-74d280122c2fe875ae99ef4eb0315288NaturalDisasters20080522143900http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052200476.html?nav=rss_worldBEICHUAN, China -- China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T14:30+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-f5b4744eb70e757f79640b7d9e54cb1320080522143000http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90714689&ft=1&f=1001China is mounting its largest-ever counseling operation for survivors of last week's massive earthquake. It's unprecedented in a country where mental health problems are generally seen as a source of shame. Experts say the psychological damage from the quake is extensive and could be long-lasting.2008-05-22T14:27+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-e145d09c083e8cb3c50e60febf931a97NaturalDisasters20080522142700http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/295737064/index.htmlThe death toll from last week's China earthquake has risen to 51,151, government officials reported today. The 7.9-magnitude quake injured 288,431 people, with another 29,328 missing, authorities said.2008-05-22T14:26+0200cnnencnn-dbcfd08e71702524aa82027af596b669NaturalDisastersEnergy20080522142600http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3546594,00.htmlChina said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors. The confirmed number of dead rose nearly 10,000 from the day before to 51,151, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a news conference.2008-05-22T14:23+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-d8b529c89da989c8ac67cfe50bdea6a120080522142300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EVFWA?OpenDocumentA team of 20 Chinese medical workers left Beijing for southwestern Sichuan Province on Thursday to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services to the disabled earthquake survivors. Head of the team and director of China Rehabilitation Research Center Li Jianjun said they were organized by the China Disabled Persons' Federation.2008-05-22T14:13+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-5c12f6d0db2326e6b42ef6fa45fcf71dNaturalDisasters20080522141300http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0522/breaking29.htmMore than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said today, as concerns rose that disease, the rainy season and aftershocks could bring yet more pain.2008-05-22T14:12+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-e872a10f3bcc90de6293deb69d1c020fUNSecretaryGeneralCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522141200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229549.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Commerce minister Chen Deming said on Thursday that the 8.0-magnitude earthquake had no major impact on exports or movement of commodities, except some disaster relief materials such as tents. Chen said China had more room for maneuvering as it's a big country.2008-05-22T13:56+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-842ae4821229878d1a9efe6742e4dc05NaturalDisastersUNbodies20080522135600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229583.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- China's commercial enterprises lost more than 25 billion yuan (3.57 billion U.S. dollars) as a result of the May 12 earthquake, said the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) Thursday. The quake damaged 51,429 local businesses, including shops and markets, in the southwestern Sichuan Province.2008-05-22T13:56+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-01886ba6f21643f971e78aee34639f9920080522135600http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/tibetan_olympics_kicks_off_547526A mock "Olympics" by Tibetan exiles kicked off in northern India despite calls to halt anti-China protests as a mark of respect for earthquake victims.2008-05-22T13:50+0200sbsensbs-5c72d7ccb974a3cb2356744c7d3cc92cNaturalDisasters20080522135000http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23743649-23109,00.htmlA MOCK "Olympics" organised by Tibetan exiles kicked off in northern India today despite calls to halt anti-China protests as a mark of respect for earthquake victims. 8:41pm (AEST)2008-05-22T13:37+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-26de74ceffb7b4486c843f30479c262e20080522133700http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/NEWS25/805220371/-1/RSS02L&L Hawaiian Barbecue locations from Kailua to 'Ewa Beach, Honolulu to Lihu'e and beyond are collecting donations until May 31 to help American Red Cross efforts to aid earthquake victims in China.2008-05-22T13:35+0200HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-8fd550cd17c14a7c63ad5b89b1e3c33bNaturalDisasters20080522133500http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/22/china-tents.html?ref=rssThe death toll from this month's earthquake in central China rose to more than 51,000 Thursday, as officials appealed for international help to provide shelter for millions of people who lost their homes.2008-05-22T13:30+0200CBCenCBC-5fa51ecfb679da65799b4f23b95e6bd1CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseases20080522133000http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12705841&PageNum=0MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The airmobile hospital of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations that has been set up in China has received 42 people injured in a devastating earthquake that hit the country’s Sichuan province, the ministry’s information department told Itar-Tass.2008-05-22T13:29+0200itartass_enenitartass_en-fe3237c125b7e52879105c6e768177ceNaturalDisastersAgricultureHealthENVHumanitarianAidEnergyEchoTransportENVManMadeDisasters20080522132900http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Deaths-in-China-earthquake-now.4110764.jpCHINA said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake has jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed today for millions of tents to shelter homeles2008-05-22T13:08+0200TheScotsmanenTheScotsman-7b4563162297ca83e48f00b2663b0123NaturalDisasters20080522130800http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/22/china_earthquake_trojan/Unscrupulous virus writers have inevitably latched onto the Chinese earthquake disaster, which killed more than 50,000, to punt malware. The Trojan-laced email attacks follow earlier phishing scams themed around the Sichuan province disaster. Emails with infected Word attachments contaminated by....2008-05-22T13:03+0200registerenregister-85954f9be5db26fa5bf369b2bb32a796NaturalDisastersTerroristAttack20080522130300http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150418More than 5,000 health workers have fanned out to disinfect China's earthquake-hit villages, and doctors and nurses are stationed round the clock in refugee camps to try to prevent survivors from falling sick. At a sports stadium in Mianyang, housing more than 20,000 survivors, an old man watches....2008-05-22T12:59+0200javno-enenjavno-en-f905e8c0f9d684d738856e6722ba5d97CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksEnvironmentAgriculturalTechnologyCommunicableDiseaseCasesPesticidesENVCommunicableDiseaseEndemicsHealthENVWaterENVPublicHealthCommunicableDiseases20080522125900http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-22-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government ...2008-05-22T12:56+0200usaTodayenusaToday-2f4510ffdc321e84d1c255d0845a2b54NaturalDisasters20080522125600http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3725868.eceThe number of people killed in China's devastating earthquake has risen to over 51,000.2008-05-22T12:49+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-99875878efe45d69da9becb23e34c4b620080522124900http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_quake_death_toll_passes_50000_547518China made an urgent global appeal for millions of tents to shelter destitute earthquake survivors, as the official death toll shot up past 50,000.2008-05-22T12:49+0200sbsensbs-61ce851a1e528fe803e59cda33d7b379NaturalDisastersPublicHealth20080522124900http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/22/panda_supplies/China has sent emergency relief to its Wolong Conservation and Research Centre for the Giant Panda in the Sichuan earthquake zone - home to 53 of the endangered creatures. The centre lies north of the provincial capital Chengdu, and just 30km from the epicentre of the devastating 12 May quake which....2008-05-22T12:33+0200registerenregister-819ad1b3e6848e5ebe6c86e1a00a024bAgriculturalProdOliveHortAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522123300http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=2087816With the recent events in Tibet, the devastating earthquake and the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, China is firmly in the focus of the Swedish media. But are we getting the whole picture? Many of Stockholms museums don’t think so and have set up a series of exhibitions highlighting China’s past present and future.2008-05-22T12:31+0200SR-InternationalenSR-International-bb8a1e93f90b6ee80acffd4fe6a8edd2TREN-SecurityNuclear20080522123100http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/22/news/China-Earthquake.phpChina said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T12:30+0200IHTenIHT-4760bb1a32b06e46a0b797691d5291beNaturalDisasters20080522123000http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/22/asia/AS-GEN-China-Earthquake-Torch.phpThe Olympic torch resumed its journey through China after a minute of silence Thursday following a three-day mourning period for victims of the earthquake.2008-05-22T12:30+0200IHTenIHT-9301cde87010493831792875aba6a19dNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522123000http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150402Earthquake victims in China move into tents and temporary houses to avoid aftershocks and rainy weather but many say they long for home.2008-05-22T12:29+0200javno-enenjavno-en-87fdb9fa4a83e00d2a4b66918a3c2755NaturalDisasters20080522122900http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0522/quake.htmlIt said more than 288,000 people were injured by the 7.9-magnitude quake in Sichuan province in southwest China on 12 May. The Dalai Lama has said that China's response to the earthquake disaster shows encouraging signs of openness. However, he said that Beijing still lacks the moral authority of a true superpower.2008-05-22T12:28+0200RTERadioenRTERadio-89a1d8ecccf96431cba8a7f237d088d420080522122800http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/worldupdates/2008-05-22T144811Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337119-1&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people are now confirmed dead or missing after China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday.2008-05-22T12:28+0200thestarenthestar-b0ce1839b9fb5e7dba8e8029dd244277UNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080522122800http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK14408820080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - China reacted coolly on Thursday to a suggestion from the Dalai Lama that he would be happy to attend the Beijing Olympics, and suggested talks with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader's envoys may be delayed by the Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-22T12:27+0200reutersenreuters-eadaf24decb982bba28d60bd509ea737NaturalDisasters20080522122700http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/294936097/index.htmlA woman who survived nine days trapped in debris Wednesday became the latest in a series of against-the-odds rescues in China, where the official death toll from last week's massive earthquake has risen to 41,353.2008-05-22T12:26+0200cnnencnn-c9afbee19047e7a2daf73a8f8c0c0076Energy20080522122600http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/ts_nm/china_tibet_dcReuters - China reacted coolly on Thursday to a suggestion from the Dalai Lama that he would be happy to attend the Beijing Olympics, and suggested talks with Tibet's exiled spiritual leader's envoys may be delayed by the Sichuan earthquake.2008-05-22T12:19+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-133a23f6849ea823300919699e74650dNaturalDisasters20080522121900http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1211434078974The confirmed number of dead rose to 51,151 - a jump of almost 10,000 from the day before, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a news conference. Another 29,328 people remained missing and nearly 300,000 were hurt in the May 12 quake centered in Sichuan province, he said.2008-05-22T12:15+0200jpostenjpost-ff5245be474bd3929c3111570db64b32NaturalDisasters20080522121500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EVCFS?OpenDocumentFaith Press 21st May 2008: Jinde Charities – Chengdu The Jinde Team, headed by Bishop Joseph Li Liangui of Xianxian and Vice-Chairman of Jinde Charities, together with Fr. Han Qingping, Jinde vice-director and two representatives of Caritas Germany, Mr. Wolfgang Gerstner and Ms.2008-05-22T12:12+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-e3454c0590a9498467602630ca757e34TAXUD20080522121200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EVCWD?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 22, 2008 (AFP) - Aftershocks, avalanches and flooding will likely cause more heavy losses in China's mountainous southwest following last week's devastating earthquake, a senior government official said Thursday. The 8.0-magnitude earthquake has increased geological risks along China's....2008-05-22T12:12+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-3a711ae802bfd0395eb274375278e305NaturalDisastersWaterENV20080522121200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EVB4Z?OpenDocumentHighlights: - Search and rescue efforts continue in the affected area. Emergency teams are working around the clock to search for survivors in the rubble, provide essential first-aid to injured victims, clear roads and organize the provision of food, blankets, shelter, safe water and essential medicines.2008-05-22T12:12+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-5793c0df0915e5789d8087b58cf6c4d0EnvironmentNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesEchoSancoFoodSafetyCommunicableDiseases20080522121200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EVBWW?OpenDocumentBeijing/Manila, 22 May 2008 —The World Health Organization (WHO) is rushing additional medical supplies to the People's Republic of China. The supplies will be able to treat 130 000 people. WHO is also sending an expert team to collaborate with the government on rebuilding its health infrastructure following the devastating May 12 earthquake.2008-05-22T12:12+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-efe6f5921510aad7c42464a91ad3a24eNaturalDisastersEnvironmentEchoExternalAffairsCommunicableDiseases20080522121200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EVC8M?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 22, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 9,798 to 51,151 as 10:00 a.m. Thursday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 288,431 people were injured and 29,328 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-22T12:12+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-2268a04cd064204c55a1c81d8df6df95EnergyNaturalDisasters20080522121200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EVBS7?OpenDocumentThis morning, Amity staff visited Penghua Village and Wolong village to distribute more emergency relief supplies, including 6.8 tons of oil and 1700 quilts. Other materials, like rice and waterproof cloth, are being purchased. Dear friends, Up to May 21, 12:00 pm, death toll: 41,353, injured: 274,683; total missing: 32,666.2008-05-22T12:12+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-eb5178e0a3137ff888ba88ba846d8f0aEnergyManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522121200http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-22-voa7.cfm?rss=topstoriesChina has appealed to the international community for more than three million tents to house survivors of last week's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, as the official death toll now exceeds 51,0002008-05-22T12:10+0200voanewsenvoanews-66c8873964f21fc3fb9d49577afc984720080522121000http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/china+quake+death+toll+tops+51000/2236257?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsChina said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake has jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors. The confirmed number of dead rose to 51,151 - a jump of almost 10,000 from the day before.2008-05-22T11:58+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-5e424413ed3f38faa4a11da18669657dNaturalDisasters20080522115800http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39026&Itemid=38ISLAMABAD, May 22 (APP): The government of Azad Kashmir including President and Prime Minister and 80,000 employees would donate their one-day salary to China earthquake victims. People of Pakistan, China and AJK were tied in deep and eternal ties that were higher that Himalayas and deeper than oceans.2008-05-22T11:49+0200app-enenapp-en-fa7f29f30e752605172fec4daf40f4aaNaturalDisasters20080522114900http://en.rian.ru/world/20080522/108087123.htmlBEIJING, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The earthquake that hit southwest China on May 12, has claimed over 51,000 lives with nearly 30,000 people still missing, the country's officials said on Thursday. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, affected eight provinces, with Sichuan suffering the bulk of the devastation.2008-05-22T11:46+0200rianenrian-64bb14ad7560ad2e92499e277aeaa640NaturalDisasters20080522114600http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,554712,00.htmlThe Sichuan earthquake may be remembered as a milestone in the peaceful evolution of China toward capitalism and democracy.2008-05-22T11:44+0200spiegel-enenspiegel-en-10437d5af24fd7e05bfba8bca12242adNaturalDisasters20080522114400http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/worldupdates/2008-05-22T140940Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337108-1&sec=WorldupdatesHONG KONG (Reuters) - Within 20 minutes of the earthquake in southwestern China, the People's Liberation Army had activated its emergency response and started to mobilise.2008-05-22T11:43+0200thestarenthestar-374bedfc371b1732da8043e1bcf4d9dcNaturalDisastersEchoEuropeAid20080522114300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229236.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said Thursday that it had requested local authorities in earthquake-hit areas to build 1 million temporary homes by Aug. 10 to accommodate quake victims of the May 12 earthquake.2008-05-22T11:41+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-f15d5648b6b46abd07c4d2aef1901846NaturalDisasters20080522114100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229163.htmJIAXING, Southeast China, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Former Olympic table tennis champion Lu Lin, the last torchbearer in the Olympic torch relay in southeast China's Zhejiang province, said on Thursday that the relay delivers love and compassion to the earthquake victims.2008-05-22T11:41+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-67a99c123a7f27591fd7fe6e3f4027dfNaturalDisasters20080522114100http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2253152.htmThe death toll from last week's earthquake in southwest China has risen to more than 51,000, with nearly 30,000 others still missing. A spokesman for China's State Council, or Cabinet, says another 288,431 people were injured in the May 12 quake. The confirmed death toll shows a rise of nearly 9,800 from Wednesday.2008-05-22T11:39+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-a37d783843fc15db63ee1f691d0b5054NaturalDisasters20080522113900http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLYMPIC_TORCH?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTNINGBO, China (AP) -- Victims of China's devastating earthquake were remembered with a moment of silence Thursday as the Olympic torch's march to Beijing restarted its journey....2008-05-22T11:38+0200APenAP-40ba0685a0c366d1f4298ca26599736dNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522113800http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4907187China says death toll from earthquake exceeds 51,000; appeals for more tents for homeless2008-05-22T11:37+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-75a06d423c29d96fcce9850674b8fe8e20080522113700http://allafrica.com/stories/200805220279.htmlCrude yesterday rose above $130 a barrel for the first time on the New York Mercantile Exchange, amid concerns that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not boost output in the coming months to rein in prices, and that China will increase its oil imports in the wake of its earthquake.2008-05-22T11:36+0200allafricaenallafrica-a4d74b53691e0657bbfba685e9459771EnergyOHIM20080522113600http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=339826&referrer=RSSMore than 80 000 people are now confirmed dead or missing after China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday. State Council Information Office figures showed that the number of dead now exceeded 51 000, an increase of 10 000 on the previous day's toll. It said more than 29 000 were still missing.2008-05-22T11:33+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-25c80a0b2a737df0633473a93bdd46b6UNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080522113300http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=771336GRIEF STRICKEN: A woman mourns for her loved ones killed by China's earthquake as the death toll from the disaster climbs steadily. AFP BEIJING - The death toll from last week's earthquake in southwest China has risen to 51,151, with 29,328 others still missing, the government said today.2008-05-22T11:30+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-347d6a76249b7137727badd329db5209NaturalDisastersHorizontalMattersFoodSecurityFoodAid20080522113000http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0522/quake.htmlChina has said the death toll from the most devastating earthquake in three decades had reached 51,151, with 29,328 still missing. Authorities had previously expected the final death toll to exceed 50,000. State Council Information office figures released today show that the number of dead had increased by nearly 10,000 from the previous day.2008-05-22T11:28+0200RTERadioenRTERadio-a4f536dd226112504e12475a4015a59620080522112800http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/22/chinaearthquake.china1?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfrontConfirmed death toll rises sharply as authorities appeal for 3m tents to shelter the homeless2008-05-22T11:28+0200guardianenguardian-30dc7ca634707582cc66bfb1558be803NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522112800http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2253152.htmThe death toll from last week's earthquake in southwest China has risen to more than 51,000, with nearly 30,000 others still missing.2008-05-22T11:27+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-92d432d3d6b15a3650ed16caf5594cb7NaturalDisasters20080522112700http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsBEIJING/YINGXIU (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people are confirmed dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday.2008-05-22T11:27+0200reutersenreuters-30d46ef993b4ce1d2305b76b571624daUNSecretaryGeneral20080522112700http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=619860BEIJING, 05/22- The Dalai Lama has said that he believes China is changing and that this could lead to a "more transparent" attitude over Tibet. In an interview with the Radio 4 Today Programme he said China`s reaction to the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province was one sign of change.2008-05-22T11:26+0200angolapress-enenangolapress-en-4fc83b685fc3ea02ba8975c3b81f177fNaturalDisasters20080522112600http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24769516/China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T11:25+0200msnbcenmsnbc-daad4e16f97188260c56afbed0787e48NaturalDisasters20080522112500http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39019&Itemid=39BEIJING, May 22 (APP) China said Thursday it highly appreciate the relief supplies from Pakistan for the affectees of the earthquake that hit Sichuan province on May 12. “I know Pakistan is sending ten thousand tents which are very much needed for people of those areas who are living without their....2008-05-22T11:19+0200app-enenapp-en-b4c50235b568813093927fd1e87ec7e8NaturalDisasters20080522111900http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39020&Itemid=38MUZAFFARABAD, May 22 (APP): The AJK cabinet has expressed deep grief over the massive human and financial loss following the recent devastated earthquake in China that took thousands of human lives. The AJK cabinet met here on Wednesday with AJK Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan in the chair.2008-05-22T11:19+0200app-enenapp-en-3b88ca75fe43d52446590a6edb0ea6d9NaturalDisastersTAXUD20080522111900http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - More than 80,000 people are confirmed dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday.2008-05-22T11:19+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-f996800cc52906ad7fc99c0096ff32c4UNSecretaryGeneralManMadeDisasters20080522111900http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23741972-23109,00.htmlTHE death toll from last week's earthquake in southwest China has risen to 51,151, with 29,328 others still missing, the Government said today. 6:26pm (AEST)2008-05-22T11:17+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-b32e731dcb38139e651a9b73f3e8eea020080522111700http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808480,00.html?xid=rss-topstoriesChina said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors2008-05-22T11:16+0200timeentime-810d1aa9d3930b6c45dc69ceb4fc9392NaturalDisasters20080522111600http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/22/world/main4117776.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4117776China's government has raised the death toll from the devastating May 12 earthquake to more than 51,000 people. An official says almost 30,000 are still missing, and millions of tents are desperately needed to house the survivors.2008-05-22T11:06+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-21d7ae9ccb70560ee279ffc7ca499436NaturalDisasters20080522110600http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/295681520/index.htmlThe death toll from last week's earthquake in southwestern China has risen to 51,151, government officials reported on Thursday.2008-05-22T11:03+0200cnnencnn-db981f37b6c8c2c5205b021c0c6431a720080522110300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8228676.htmSEOUL, May 22 (X inhua) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Thursday visited the Chinese Embassy to South Korea to deliver condolences over earthquake victims in China. "I want to deliver my deep condolences to the Chinese people suffering from an unprecedented earthquake disaster.2008-05-22T10:56+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6c2075640fe54748bd577160a430441bNaturalDisasters20080522105600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8228817.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Overseas Chinese around the world continued mourning the victims of the deadly earthquake that jolted southwestern China on May 12. In Copenhagen, nearly 500 Chinese in Denmark held a candlelight vigil for the victims at a downtown square on Wednesday night. They also read a poem to express their condolences.2008-05-22T10:56+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-c2cdc014e65881366217a4425056d8c3NaturalDisasters20080522105600http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhauauey/rss2/China said the death toll from last week’s powerful earthquake has jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed today for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T10:54+0200irish-newsenirish-news-15489e79d1962e25c92faa6b8a7005caNaturalDisasters20080522105400http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-22-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions ...2008-05-22T10:53+0200usaTodayenusaToday-e44651d99d5f1e77d711ada913535cfaNaturalDisasters20080522105300http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080522/world-news/china-says-quake-death-toll-more-than-51-000China said the death toll from the most devastating earthquake in three decades had reached 51,151 with 29,328 still missing.2008-05-22T10:51+0200timesofmaltaentimesofmalta-4c869e82a5fcd86b60f9dec51f48827820080522105100http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T10:48+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-2af07ddbe3b906a6f4fd563c881e99f5NaturalDisasters20080522104800http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/22/rss.htm#17BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters): China said on Thursday the death toll from the most devastating earthquake in three decades had reached 51,151, with...2008-05-22T10:47+0200dawnendawn-80c797c4179792fe9c0cb9bbb0cbe20320080522104700http://www.thestar.com/article/428507China's national anthem struck up and 200 young students bellowed along inside a huge tent at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors.2008-05-22T10:43+0200TorontoStarenTorontoStar-bc3660d9bb70933e1bba2679798f620dManMadeDisasters20080522104300http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24769516/China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.2008-05-22T10:39+0200msnbcenmsnbc-ecf33155706ac996e171e1e613684ba5NaturalDisasters20080522103900http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0522/breaking29.htmChina said today the death toll from the most devastating earthquake in three decades had reached 51,151 with 29,328 still missing.2008-05-22T10:38+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-a22ded407e3b07d8da95288c4682a3e9CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksCommunicableDiseaseCases20080522103800http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTBEICHUAN, China (AP) -- China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors....2008-05-22T10:37+0200APenAP-9ed2c14ac196e14bb14db9aa0a6baca3NaturalDisasters20080522103700http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Chinese-crackdown-on-shoddy-schools-74079942.htmlChina said the death toll from its earthquake has topped 51.000 with more than 29,000 still missing.2008-05-22T10:34+0200itvenitv-eaaaa83b5399bf5aaa44df61380ed8f2NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522103400http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK35750220080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - China said the death toll from the most devastating earthquake in three decades had reached 51,151 with 29,328 still missing.2008-05-22T10:27+0200reutersenreuters-46a91612b8b1df9ceae1670a1725f60b20080522102700http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080522.RTICKERB22-1/TPStory/TPBusiness/?page=rss&id=GAM.20080522.RTICKERB22-1The earthquake that devastated Sichuan last week has created new economic uncertainties, but inflation remains the country's most pressing economic problem, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday. In remarks to a meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, Mr.2008-05-22T10:14+0200theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-cf3db319aad8a322cb0b8cc1608757dbTAXUD20080522101400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8228367.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The earthquake impact on China's national banks would be far more manageable than that on the smaller institutions in the affected regions, according a report by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. Banks are also likely to suffer more from corporate loans than mortgages, said the report released on Wednesday.2008-05-22T10:11+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-fa18e3937410479e744f348149f1d406NaturalDisasters20080522101100http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/worldupdates/2008-05-22T120954Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337087-1&sec=WorldupdatesYINHUA, China (Reuters) - In China's devastated earthquake zone survivors are patching together lives defined by a diet of instant noodles and daily stress, worries over an uncertain future and searing but often subdued grief.2008-05-22T09:28+0200thestarenthestar-8e19bcb63b2cd1b981eea44a8f823067AgriculturalProdOliveHortEnergyManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre20080522092800http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15864520080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsMIANYANG, China (Reuters) - More than 5,000 health workers have fanned out to disinfect China's earthquake-hit villages, and doctors and nurses are stationed round the clock in refugee camps to try to prevent survivors from falling sick.2008-05-22T09:26+0200reutersenreuters-605b1405416db06ed5b2c38700f89358CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksCommunicableDiseaseCases20080522092600http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbcwsnidoj/rss2/The Olympic torch relay has resumed its run through China as the country ended a three-day national mourning period for the victims of last week’s deadly earthquake.2008-05-22T09:23+0200irish-newsenirish-news-785a0f9a5699d1997c514cd7ed44d14c20080522092300http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=17278&ccid=11e reported in the last 24 hours. The woman was found in a water diversion tunnel at the Jinhe Hydropower Plant in Hongbai town in Sichuan province, the Xinhua News Agency reported. The woman, identified as Zeng Changhui, whose age was not known, was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital, Xinhua reported.2008-05-22T08:58+0200arabtimesenarabtimes-38ac522a2c1b5e552ae89ad35c7947a4NaturalDisastersTAXUDEnergyManMadeDisasters20080522085800http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/sc_nm/quake_pandas_dcReuters - China has sent emergency bamboo-shoot rations to pandas at a reserve in the Sichuan earthquake zone because no one there is collecting it for them, state media said on Thursday.2008-05-22T08:48+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-26107c20a04f7983c4cc63f3812fde2bAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522084800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8227113.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from China's devastating earthquake rose by 1,278 to 41,353 as of noon on Wednesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. Another 274,683 people were injured and there were still 32,666 missing in the aftermath of the 8.2008-05-22T08:40+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6c527bbe208f507cfdb7662d5c13e2daNaturalDisasters20080522084000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8227074.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More leaders and senior officials from foreign countries went to Chinese embassies Wednesday to offer condolences to the China quake victims and their families. Cuban leader Raul Castro Ruz on Wednesday paid tribute to tens of thousands of victims of the earthquake that....2008-05-22T08:40+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-e1e784fa69e96e61a35f37ffee90055bNaturalDisasters20080522084000http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/more_than_4000_quake_orphans_official_547504Last week's deadly earthquake in China has created more than 4,000 orphans, a Chinese official says.2008-05-22T08:39+0200sbsensbs-977757cfa20cd5e7cde3afd894d41919NaturalDisasters20080522083900http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/media/news/viewnews.cgi?category=2&id=1211446010Mwanawasa mourns Chinese earth quake victims By REBECA CHILESHE PRESIDENT Mwanawasa says Zambia shares the pain of the loss of the more than 40,000 people who died in an earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008. The President said this after signing a book of condolences at the Chinese Embassy in Lusaka yesterday.2008-05-22T08:36+0200dailymail-zmendailymail-zm-acb17e704f9f8561f3e5e8c8d7404d90NaturalDisasters20080522083600http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6416277.htmlA team of 20 Chinese medical workers left Beijing for southwestern Sichuan Province on Thursday to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services to the disabled earthquake survivors. Head of the team and director of China Rehabilit ...2008-05-22T08:34+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-575a89ca0a47e9a2c8de9a8eebb86c08NaturalDisasters20080522083400http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=339812&referrer=RSSChina stepped up the fight on Thursday to stave off disease among over five million earthquake homeless as it tried to boost morale with plans to bring the Olympic flame through the disaster zone. Ten days after the quake, China was faced with the challenge of how to reconstruct shattered....2008-05-22T08:32+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-e379e727e4962abf8f6da1b88bbf2391NaturalDisastersSocietyPublicHealthManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522083200http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_TORCH?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTNINGBO, China (AP) -- The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake....2008-05-22T08:31+0200APenAP-b5050fda8861cb00edec848372877bafNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522083100http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=ff03df65-8a74-4e65-8c90-925db05d1cf5&&Headline=Olympic+torch+relay+resumes+after+mourningThe Olympic torch resumes its journey through China after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake.2008-05-22T08:19+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-a6d4b21ca3d99fee1561903539d0f75bNaturalDisasters20080522081900http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Olympic-torch-relay-resumes-after-mourning-period/313038/The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China after a minute of silence on Thursday and a three-day mourning period for victims of the earthquake that killed more than 40,000.2008-05-22T08:14+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-a89305cca312e4ef831a86b1e8162150NaturalDisasters20080522081400http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080522072627819C702685Two men have been detained for spreading a rumour about an earthquake, which caused panic at a school in China, Xinhua news agency said.2008-05-22T08:13+0200StarenStar-7d0e141a9cff3995a9fd42062f4d21a8NaturalDisasters20080522081300http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_becoming_more_open_dalai_lama_547495China's response to the earthquake disaster shows signs of openness but Beijing still lacks the moral authority of a true superpower, the Dalai Lama says.2008-05-22T08:09+0200sbsensbs-b4ed5de1bb8bd38bd1c8e0a86b725d79NaturalDisastersSocietyConflict20080522080900http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_pledges_billions_for_quake_aid_547497China is stepping up the fight to stave off disease among over five million earthquake homeless.2008-05-22T08:09+0200sbsensbs-a897c0aef927b6eb986ff4c1ba1ac096NaturalDisastersPublicHealthManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522080900http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EV4TZ?OpenDocumentBANGKOK/NEW YORK —UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is mobilizing life-saving reproductive health supplies to help China respond to the deadly earthquake in Sichuan Province. UNFPA has made available $550,000 of its own funds and secured an additional $114,000 from UN emergency funds to....2008-05-22T08:08+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-faf50d43d423e49f739a088b976cccc8NaturalDisastersSocietyCommunicableDiseases20080522080800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EV7AZ?OpenDocumentMore countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Timor L'este President Jose Ramos-Horta sent a message to Chinese President Hu Jintao to express his condolences.2008-05-22T08:08+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-42be292f0daf6b23cb7a8e8ad3ab344fOHIMNaturalDisasters20080522080800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EV7D6?OpenDocumentMore countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Valdis Zatlers, President of the Republic of Latvia, Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia and the United Nations....2008-05-22T08:08+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-34f6738fe8b2fca4d86a7344a4730332WTONaturalDisastersEchoUNbodiesTrade20080522080800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EV5F6?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Malaysian Supreme Head of State Mizan Zainal Abidin and Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean sent....2008-05-22T08:08+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7ab30bed97082847f066d29ed3c3bf3bNaturalDisastersSecurityCouncilUNbodies20080522080800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EV4P7?OpenDocumentAuthorities are facing an arduous task to restore water supplies to areas hit by last Monday's earthquake, an official has said. Shao Yisheng, general secretary of the China Urban Water Association, said 7,800 km water pipes were damaged in the quake, although supplies in the worst-hit areas have been 'basically' restored.2008-05-22T08:08+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ec7ddb56f73b01e0d746b4cdf0cd383720080522080800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EV4TA?OpenDocumentWater resources officials working in China's quake-stricken areas said Wednesday they have made plans to repair damage to a river that threatens to burst. The upper stream of the Qianjiang River near Beichuan County was damaged in the May 12 earthquake, forming 'quake lakes' as water was shoved from....2008-05-22T08:08+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-65dea55539c47c36d376d79e9d66a8a1NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522080800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8226902.htmBEIJING, May 22 -- The earthquake charity concert aired on China Central Television on Sunday received an overwhelming response from China and abroad. The concert provided encouragement for the nation to fight against natural disasters and rebuild their homeland.2008-05-22T07:55+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-971f5f4225c628a7cd73f3d1f6d5c488NaturalDisasters20080522075500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8226920.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- A team of 20 Chinese medical workers left Beijing for southwestern Sichuan Province on Thursday to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services to the disabled earthquake survivors. Head of the team and director of China Rehabilitation Research Center Li Jianjun said....2008-05-22T07:55+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-920d7451d04968ab23205e1284fd20e4NaturalDisasters20080522075500http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080522072627819C702685Two men have been detained for spreading a rumour about an earthquake, which caused panic at a school in China, Xinhua news agency said.2008-05-22T07:50+0200ioleniol-7d0e141a9cff3995a9fd42062f4d21a8NaturalDisasters20080522075000http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6416190.htmlOver 200 Romanian politicians and members of diplomatic corps in Bucharest signed the book of condolences opened at the Chinese Embassy in memory of the victims of last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province. "I t ...2008-05-22T07:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-59290c9cefab9b922e5ff163e5978b1aNaturalDisasters20080522074900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6416189.htmlDutch Queen Beatrix praised the Chinese government on Wednesday for its rescue efforts after a devastating earthquake hit southwest China on May 12. The queen made the comment in The Hague while receiving credentials from the newly- ...2008-05-22T07:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-e328078c6d30470b6852388e0b1e73e1NaturalDisasters20080522074900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6416187.htmlMore world organizations extended condolences to China over tens of thousands of earthquake victims as all Chinese were observing a three-day mourning period from Monday through Wednesday to pay respect to the dead. Rogelio Pfirter, ...2008-05-22T07:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3b0cf8910dd62a92307e92670d9f0691OHIMNaturalDisastersSocietyEchoManMadeDisastersScientificStrategy20080522074900http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_torchAP - The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake.2008-05-22T07:48+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-1eca179a2cd68508a9663c19ab958c86NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522074800http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218125&Sn=WORL&IssueId=2828SHIFANG: A woman was rescued yesterday after spending nine days in the tunnel of a power plant after China's devastating earthquake, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. Cui Changhui had been stuck in the water tunnel of the Shifang area hydropower plant since the 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck on May 12.2008-05-22T07:38+0200GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-44f81dcceacb835ddb164b963606badeNaturalDisasters20080522073800http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=84843da7-0ff0-4503-8165-8cb342a96b98&&Headline=Bruce+Lee%27s+home+to+be+sold+for%2526nbsp%253bquake+victimsThe two-storey house in the city's exclusive Kowloon Tong residential district, where Lee spent his final years before his death in 1973, is to be sold to raise money for China's earthquake relief effort.2008-05-22T07:34+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-943ea828166cdd696e1b98b6c8771730NaturalDisasters20080522073400http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080521/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - China vowed on Wednesday to deal severely with anyone found responsible for shoddy state building work, as parents demanded to know why last week's earthquake destroyed so many schools, killing thousands of children.2008-05-22T07:18+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-28f87c689cf5ec75fa3c141504a8b0bbNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522071800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8226817.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- More world organizations extended condolences to China over tens of thousands of earthquake victims as all Chinese were observing a three-day mourning period from Monday through Wednesday to pay respect to the dead. Rogelio Pfirter, director general of the Organization....2008-05-22T07:10+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-ebe709fb3067968249db73574fc514dbOHIMNaturalDisastersSocietyEchoManMadeDisastersScientificStrategy20080522071000http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.89b223dc9a3c9c5ca47e40f233396997.4b1.htmlTOKYO (AFP) - Southwest China's massive earthquake is unlikely to have a big impact on the country's strong economic growth, a senior official at the International Monetary Fund said.2008-05-22T06:44+0200afp-englishenafp-english-12429db381cb6c52ba76cf33e7317381NaturalDisasters20080522064400http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/295550855/la-fg-china22-2008may22,0,6001819.storyDUJIANGYAN, CHINA -- China moved to contain some of the political fallout of last week's devastating earthquake with the launch of a major spending program Wednesday amid growing refugee impatience and a tightening of media control. Beijing ordered state agencies to cut their budgets by 5% to help....2008-05-22T06:41+0200latimesenlatimes-ba025203d019c6cf5775278572ef8125NaturalDisastersEchoManMadeDisastersHorizontalMattersFoodSecurityFoodAid20080522064100http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=11ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Pakistan on Wednesday dispatched another consignment of relief goods comprising tents for the earthquake victims of China by special aircraft. The consignment was sent on the directives of the Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani soon after his arrival from Egypt.2008-05-22T06:27+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-3069672807200e81c4c0d51307d85e0dNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculture20080522062700http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2252534.htmThe massive earthquake that struck south-west China last week may have orphaned thousands of children. The Chinese government now has to decide how to care for these children, with state media reporting that until order is restored, the local government will be responsible for the orphans.2008-05-22T06:26+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-ba4df18da14b2f3fb54427bafafb4bc3NaturalDisasters20080522062600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8226735.htmBy Shi Chundong and Cao Jianjie CHENGDU, Southwest China, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The earthquake-devastated Sichuan province is sending its athletes to all over China to resume training, Sichuan sports chief said on Thursday. Sports director Zhu Ling told Xinhua that many provinces and municipalities have offered to host Sichuan athletes after the 8.2008-05-22T06:25+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-3e000250fb4246696d3a5b3fff71b44dNaturalDisasters20080522062500http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national%20news/2008/05/22/157532/Public%252Dwarned.htmThe police cautioned members of the public yesterday to be on guard against potential scams involving the collection of donations for earthquake relief efforts in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan.2008-05-22T06:19+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-f23c0e5a5a0d9e1dcc742e00b997582bNaturalDisastersTAXUD20080522061900http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2008/05/22/157600/China%252Dquake.htmChina's strongest earthquake in 58 years is more likely to fan inflation than cool economic growth, economists said.2008-05-22T06:19+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-512b13df185f70738a8f413837badc6b20080522061900http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/local%20news/tibet/2008/05/22/157536/Tibet%252Dgov%2527t.htmThe Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday called for a temporary halt to protests against China as a mark of respect to earthquake victims.2008-05-22T06:19+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-c4cfb54b51e1ac66902a4eee25bc8c2d20080522061900http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EV4DU?OpenDocumentTOKYO, May 22, 2008 (AFP) - Japan said Thursday it was giving another 1.7 million dollars in aid to China following the devastating earthquake in the southwest of the country. Japan will provide the aid through the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) in relief supplies such as blankets and food, the government said in a statement.2008-05-22T06:07+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-1bc725dfe50766c8fb96b265be2ce951NaturalDisasters20080522060700http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23740453-23109,00.htmlCHINA has sent emergency bamboo-shoot rations to pandas at a reserve in the Sichuan earthquake zone because no one there is collecting it for them. 1:04pm (AEST)2008-05-22T05:46+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-4c24c849b7956cf9d2465d2d4e9fdbacAgriculturalProdOliveHortAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522054600http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/worldupdates/2008-05-22T082123Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337028-1&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent emergency bamboo-shoot rations to pandas at a reserve in the Sichuan earthquake zone because no one there is collecting it for them, state media said on Thursday.2008-05-22T05:43+0200thestarenthestar-602f3a983723e8593d045cc1f6dd4433AgriculturalProdOliveHortAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522054300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8225847.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) decided on Thursday to adjust the route of the Olympic torch relay because of the May 12 earthquake. The relay in the quake-hit Sichuan Province, which was scheduled between June 15 and 18, was postponed to....2008-05-22T05:40+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2a566fe094bdb6e88cb3b83a342730a3NaturalDisasters20080522054000http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_TORCH?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTNINGBO, China (AP) -- The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake....2008-05-22T05:29+0200APenAP-62c0ba201e2c6f634abedfc013636873NaturalDisasters20080522052900http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/olympic_torch_relay_resumes_547476The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day mourning period for victims of the earthquake that killed more than 40,000.2008-05-22T05:07+0200sbsensbs-66eb02e6e6cadba18483ce33f3fc324aNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522050700http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSPEK13160220080522?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNewsBEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent emergency bamboo-shoot rations to pandas at a reserve in the Sichuan earthquake zone because no one there is collecting it for them, state media said on Thursday.2008-05-22T04:55+0200reutersenreuters-7859bc542e177102209422921acee7caAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522045500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8226069.htmBUCHAREST, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Over 200 Romanian politicians and members of diplomatic corps in Bucharest signed the book of condolences opened at the Chinese Embassy in memory of the victims of last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province.2008-05-22T04:55+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-78f9fa15a92531f1d4e8b9c11c79cc79NaturalDisasters20080522045500http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90884/6416105.htmlFood prices have remained stable throughout China despite the devastation of the 8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sichuan province on May 12, official figures show. Statistics from the Xinhua News Agency's price monitoring system show ...2008-05-22T04:48+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-de1d675e18cc68a6eb7e8d36144f6ab2EnergyNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimalAgricultureFoodSafetyAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre20080522044800http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/sc_nm/quake_pandas_dcReuters - China has sent emergency bamboo-shoot rations to pandas at a reserve in the Sichuan earthquake zone because no one there is collecting it for them, state media said on Thursday.2008-05-22T04:47+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-88029583cfd037e12e20a9dea6b3aba4AgriculturalProdOliveHortAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522044700http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080522/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_torchAP - The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake.2008-05-22T04:47+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-78102317d67a3ef86906e33e3c8c3497NaturalDisasters20080522044700http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/asia/22nuke.phpThe finding supports reassurances by China and the United States that the giant earthquake of May 12 resulted in no nuclear releases.2008-05-22T04:46+0200IHTenIHT-9c55971ee3141a06b8fe17e0187e29b4JRCSafeguardsNaturalDisastersNuclearSafetyPRESSNuclear20080522044600http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2252534.htmThe massive earthquake that struck south-west China last week may have orphaned thousands of children.2008-05-22T04:46+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-28351655f0182fee60d3d0f988f04df2NaturalDisasters20080522044600http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/21/AR2008052102630.html?nav=rss_worldFEISHUI, China -- Clad in a candy-striped shirt and red hiking boots, Li Xiaotang sat cross-legged on a matching red yoga mat in the middle of a mountain village near the epicenter of last week's earthquake.2008-05-22T04:30+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-7fc19cc1fa3bcde0006af3172b1a9ab1EMF_Health20080522043000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8225847.htmBEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) decided on Thursday to adjust the route of the Olympic torch relay due to the May 12th earthquake. The relay in Sichuan, scheduled between June 15th to 18th, was postponed to August 3rd to 5th before the....2008-05-22T04:10+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-abd7fd952565e42dc332bac1c2bd7453NaturalDisasters20080522041000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8225409.htmBRUSSELS, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Dutch Queen Beatrix praised the Chinese government on Wednesday for its rescue efforts after a devastating earthquake hit southwest China on May 12. The queen made the comment in The Hague while receiving credentials from the newly-appointed Chinese ambassador to the Netherlands, Zhang Jun.2008-05-22T04:10+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b94c067fe24283c18d6d87c06d495264NaturalDisasters20080522041000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EUUYB?OpenDocumentBy World Vision staff More than 4.8 million people were made homeless after an earthquake destroyed homes and flattened schools, shattering the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in south-western Sichuan, China. Children made homeless after natural disasters are particularly vulnerable.2008-05-22T04:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-8c1a1bf4a21a91bbc03bed60f73b69b7EchoNaturalDisasters20080522040600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/TUJA-7EV2DA?OpenDocumentWithin days of the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that shook China's Sichuan Basin, floods became a hazard. The earthquake and its aftershocks sent earth and rock tumbling down mountains into rivers, creating natural dams behind which lakes quickly built up. As of May 19, 2008, 21 lakes had formed throughout the basin, said China Daily.2008-05-22T04:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ba9cdfe440f437343698c337d1790e76NaturalDisasters20080522040600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EV3RQ?OpenDocumentMIANYANG CITY, China, 21 May 2008 — Wang Yue, a fourth-grade primary school student can't think about the events of last week's earthquake in Sichuan province without crying. 'When the earthquake happened, I had just finished my work in the vegetable garden and planned to watch TV. In less than a minute, the earth started to quake.2008-05-22T04:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f8686818ae8c01a29c27fd33ea9c4d41NaturalDisastersUNbodies20080522040600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EV2J5?OpenDocumentHighlights: - Search and rescue efforts continue in the affected area. Emergency teams are working round the clock to search for survivors in the rubble, provide essential first-aid to injured victims, clear roads and organize the provision of food, blankets, shelter, safe water and essential medicines.2008-05-22T04:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ba85cbf568bc593f927c081819629cccNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080522040600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EUUWH?OpenDocumentOn Monday, May the 12th at 2:28 pm Beijing time, the earthquake of 7.9 degree struck China’s Sichuan Province. The affected areas follow a fault line along a mountain range that runs southwest to northeast across the province. Many remote mountain villages and farm communities had not yet been reached by aid workers.2008-05-22T04:06+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f2e2319df922d310ff2b6646d86c1d3cNaturalDisasters20080522040600http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415852.htmlNirj Deva, Chairman of the EU-China Friendship Group in the European Parliament, highly praised the rescue efforts by China after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province. The rescue efforts by the Chinese government are going ...2008-05-22T03:18+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-9213a2afde46d20e6e933805c3bf5b05ECnewsNaturalDisastersEuropeanParliament20080522031800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/6415885.htmlChina appreciates all foreign aid sent to earthquake-hit areas of Sichuan province and will respond positively to relief offers from foreign militaries, the defense ministry's spokesman said yesterday. "We appreciate the aid and support ...2008-05-22T03:18+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-03b66a550ec77a2f35d52fe2bdd11087NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080522031800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415858.htmlMore countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Malaysian Supreme Head of State Mizan Zainal Abidin and Canada's Go ...2008-05-22T03:18+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-8f32e641b4c2cf1691cd7b9237153dc6NaturalDisastersUNbodies20080522031800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415871.htmlMore than 100 UN member states and international bodies have sent their representatives to the residence of China's UN mission to mourn Chinese earthquake victims, the Chinese mission announced Wednesday. They included ambassadors o ...2008-05-22T03:18+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-8983f1e4db00a8d9c2c332d5f90be483UNSecretaryGeneralUNbodies20080522031800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415866.htmlMore foreign governments and leaders have expressed their sympathies for the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12. Up to 20:00 Beijing time (1200 GMT) Wednesday, heads of state and g ...2008-05-22T03:18+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-0e9cec5b573d9e301ab8a1e5a5dce995WTONaturalDisastersAgriculture20080522031800http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/21/business/yuan.phpThe scale of rebuilding after last week's earthquake will be huge, but ultimately, the impact on China's economy will be small and on the global economy, negligible.2008-05-22T02:45+0200IHTenIHT-06d8cbde475dce94fa2caa7b315940b6NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersTAXUD20080522024500http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415723.htmlHuge quantities of bamboo plants, apples and drugs have been sent to hungry pandas in the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center based in Wolong, which is only 30 kilometers from the epicenter of last week's massive earthquake. ...2008-05-22T02:32+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-af2dbb39b12165444ac9fba25a60b2c5AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522023200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415722.htmlZhang Youlu was nine years old when his parents died in the devastating earthquake in Tangshan, in north China's Hebei Province, in 1976. Zhang grew up in a government-run boarding school for quake orphans in the provincial capital ...2008-05-22T02:32+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-223aa000d55b2fdf82a586b12937267aNaturalDisasters20080522023200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415713.htmlThe United Nations refugee agency announced on Wednesday it would donate 11,000 tents to China to help its resettlement efforts in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake. The tents, valued at nearly 3 million U.S. dollars, will be t ...2008-05-22T02:32+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-2f9c9f1a687d1b4ea62ceece9a808853NaturalDisastersUNbodies20080522023200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415730.htmlSince large quantities of tents are still needed to shelter earthquake survivors, China once again called on the international community to make such donations a priority, the Foreign Ministry said here on Wednesday. Foreign Ministr ...2008-05-22T02:32+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-6a8ad28a50df365889bf41c03817bc8120080522023200http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10511790&ref=rssNZ teacher stays in quake zone CHENGDU - China vowed on Wednesday to deal severely with anyone found responsible for shoddy state building work, as parents demanded to know why last week's earthquake ...2008-05-22T02:31+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-24c8c56667b9c19356f16be3be839b70ManMadeDisasters20080522023100http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2252123.htmAs the search for survivors winds down, China is counting the cost of rebuilding areas destroyed by last week's massive earthquake. Our correspondent in Beijing, Peter Cave, reports 74,000 people are thought to have died. At a cabinet meeting, chaired by the prime minister, Wen Jiabao, China's government allocated $US3.2008-05-22T02:25+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-3fd8b0d1a9025d27a1487a2408038960NaturalDisasters20080522022500http://www.examiner.ie/story/World/gbmhmheymh/rss2/A WOMAN emerged alive yesterday after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China’s earthquake, as the government ordered budget cuts to fund a multi-billion-dollar relief package.2008-05-22T02:23+0200examinerenexaminer-63151427ce1b355dadf8e5dd45dabfefNaturalDisasters20080522022300http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/22/chinaearthquake.china?gusrc=rss&feed=newsZhang Yuankui had harvested his rapeseed; now he fretted over whether he could plant rice in time for September's crop. It was nine days since his wife died, killed by falling rubble as they fled their house during China's earthquake. After burying her, he left the quake zone with other survivors, only to return three days later.2008-05-22T02:19+0200guardianenguardian-b576684ca2ffb0daa8e50180516fd6c220080522021900http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24732245/China is grappling with the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake — how to shelter the 5 million people left homeless.2008-05-22T01:38+0200msnbcenmsnbc-29bb6ade911e8d4622298e5de913329520080522013800http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3967283.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093The town hit hardest by China’s earthquake, will never live again; at least not in the valley where its ruins cover the hillside.2008-05-22T01:35+0200thetimesenthetimes-7f0f0f7a1087da4ce53eb8bbb02bd42d20080522013500http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=113989BEIJING: China announced on Wednesday it would spend more than $13 billion on relief and reconstruction work following last week’s earthquake disaster2008-05-22T01:32+0200NewsJang-enenNewsJang-en-4f86520a7894d204da0adcc54b5703c0NaturalDisasters20080522013200http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/22/story_22-5-2008_pg4_15DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama’s Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday called for a temporary halt to protests against China as a mark of respect to earthquake victims. The India-based movement urged refugees to organise prayer meetings and even set up friendship groups in response to the May 12....2008-05-22T01:11+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-cedd813568e47d806fba210705b0461420080522011100http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/22/story_22-5-2008_pg5_46Beijing: China announced Wednesday it would spend more than 13 billion dollars on relief and reconstruction work following last week's earthquake disaster, slashing its budget by five percent to free up cash. In a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao Wednesday, the government ordered 25 billion yuan (3.2008-05-22T01:11+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-398adbd03ace3d9aa8db46ca63d39f6fNaturalDisasters20080522011100http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/22/story_22-5-2008_pg4_9* UN refugee agency gives 11,000 tents to Chinese earthquake victims MIANZHU: China scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week’s earthquake, as international aid began to flow in.2008-05-22T01:11+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-7e271b1417e8bc4d652abaa566bed476NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesEchoUNbodiesCommunicableDiseases20080522011100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8223969.htmUNITED NATIONS, May 21 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 UN member states and international bodies have sent their representatives to the residence of China's UN mission to mourn Chinese earthquake victims, the Chinese mission announced Wednesday. They included ambassadors or representatives from more than....2008-05-22T01:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7bbb80bbd7d4f98549f63869601c3ccbUNSecretaryGeneralUNbodies20080522010900http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/woman_found_alive_after_9_days__547456A woman's emerged alive after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's earthquake as the government ordered budget cuts to fund a multi-billion-dollar relief package.2008-05-22T01:05+0200sbsensbs-12361cae503bb2580366d5b8073e95e2NaturalDisasters20080522010500http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2252123.htmAs the search for survivors winds down, China is counting the cost of rebuilding areas destroyed by last week's massive earthquake.2008-05-22T00:32+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-7ddc61363c30c7bf3c54312c8376d669NaturalDisasters20080522003200http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/22/story_22-5-2008_pg7_35ISLAMABAD: The government is considering dispatching more relief items to earthquake victims in China, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday. Chairing a federal cabinet meeting, he said Pakistan shared grief and sorrow of the victims and stood by China in this difficult time. He said China was Pakistan’s time-tested friend.2008-05-22T00:26+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-0607d9f8bb5a4187d6c1ad2ff9f43f59NaturalDisasters20080522002600http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/22/story_22-5-2008_pg7_25ISLAMABAD: Pakistan dispatched a third consignment of relief goods to the victims of China’s earthquake on Wednesday. The relief package included water, food and medicines and was sent by the Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) Nazar Muhammad Gondal from Chaklala Air Base.2008-05-22T00:26+0200dailytimesPKendailytimesPK-7104059ffd0366dd93a35a6104ec315bNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculture20080522002600http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EUSFR?OpenDocumentMCC and Mennonite Partners in China are jointly supporting relief efforts in China following the devastating May 12 earthquake. By Tim Shenk May 21, 2008, AKRON, Pa. – Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Mennonite Partners in China (MPC) are jointly supporting relief efforts in China following the devastating May 12 earthquake.2008-05-22T00:04+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ccd06dbdd74949bf536b2cb088328ce9NaturalDisastersAgriculturalProdAnimal20080522000400http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10511790&ref=rssCHENGDU - China vowed on Wednesday to deal severely with anyone found responsible for shoddy state building work, as parents demanded to know why last week's earthquake destroyed so many schools, killing thousands of children. Nine...2008-05-21T23:57+0200nzheraldennzherald-24c8c56667b9c19356f16be3be839b70ManMadeDisasters20080521235700http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805220008.htmlAsiana Airlines said it will temporarily suspend flights to Chengdu, the capital of China's quake-hit Sichuan Province. Asiana normally operates four flights per week between Incheon and Chengdu. Following the massive earthquake, the airline has decided to temporarily suspend all passenger flights....2008-05-21T23:47+0200chosunenchosun-3863363b2880aa8ed1abeb701852d6d2NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521234700http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=hn&nid=1190&ad=22-05-2008ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday dispatched another consignment of relief goods comprising tents for the earthquake victims of China by special aircraft. ...2008-05-21T23:35+0200TheFrontierPost-enenTheFrontierPost-en-309c8b8fb31c99f499827201885bd651NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculture20080521233500http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104ap_china_back_to_class.html?source=rssMIANYANG, China -- China's national anthem struck up and 200 young students bellowed along inside a huge tent at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors. "Classmates, this is our school," the teache...2008-05-21T23:31+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-73c475bb4b834d4f3ee040bd1e0e043a20080521233100http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=144139Accra, May 21, GNA - The leader and Presidential Flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor John Evans Atta Mills, has consoled the people of China following the devastating earthquake that has claimed tens of thousands of people. Signing a Book of Condolence at the Chinese Embassy in Accra, Prof.2008-05-21T23:22+0200ghanawebenghanaweb-addb323de02204bfedc1fa46f5b6219a20080521232200http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Quake-adds-uncertainty-to-growth-Wen/312720/China's most powerful earthquake in 58 years has added "uncertainty'' to the growth outlook of the world's fourth-biggest economy, Premier Wen Jiabao said.2008-05-21T22:53+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-71a3f60c9702e36774f563e25574c23eEnergyAgriculturalProdAnimalAgriculture20080521225300http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90694392&ft=1&f=1001Walter Mooney, a research seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., says the aftershocks following the earthquake in China are typical so far, but there's no real way to predict them. Mooney tells Melissa Block his Chinese counterparts are surprised by the extent of the damage and loss of life after the quake.2008-05-21T22:51+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-cad1cdde5f3fc49ea0ea88916d62677f20080521225100http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_plans_billions_for_quake_relief_547439A woman has emerged alive after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's earthquake, as the government funded a relief package.2008-05-21T22:34+0200sbsensbs-c41a4d9da99271437f48aec2f6cf9bdcNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseases20080521223400http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTXINHUA, China (AP) -- Chinese leaders moved to contain the political aftershocks of last week's deadly earthquake, promising a big rebuilding fund, reining in the recently aggressive media and trying to keep despair from turning to anger in the disaster zone....2008-05-21T22:26+0200APenAP-2344e080c770d1050a56f96346213c70NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersTREN-Security20080521222600http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90681543&ft=1&f=1001At a primary school in the town of Wufu, China, at least 127 students died when the three-story building collapsed during the earthquake in Sichuan province last week. The parents say it wasn't the earthquake that caused the destruction it was the shoddy structure.2008-05-21T22:21+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-f438ed7adb943924faac993a1228387320080521222100http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23739362-23109,00.htmlA WOMAN emerged alive overnight after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's earthquake, as the government ordered budget cuts to fund a multi-billion-dollar relief package. 4:29am (AEST)2008-05-21T21:16+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-25e9a4c0ac68a4c50dd09bc8a514dda7NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseases20080521211600http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169184DHARAMSHALA, India (AFP) -- The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday called for a temporary halt to protests against China as a mark of respect to earthquake victims. ""In order to express our solidarity with the great natural disaster that befell on China, Tibetans across the world....2008-05-21T20:57+0200tehrantimesentehrantimes-5a4457a6d9daaf85b8c17fa889f314ccNaturalDisasters20080521205700http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/china_back_to_classAP - China's national anthem struck up and 200 young students bellowed along inside a huge tent at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors.2008-05-21T20:42+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-63bd865f38c3aee4de3e88758f118e7920080521204200http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080521/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - A woman emerged alive Wednesday after being trapped for nine days in a tunnel following China's earthquake, as the government ordered budget cuts to fund a multi-billion-dollar relief package.2008-05-21T20:42+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-d67b9bc41150e1c3321245973c6f199dNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesAgricultureManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080521204200http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_BACK_TO_CLASS?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTMIANYANG, China (AP) -- China's national anthem struck up and 200 young students bellowed along inside a huge tent at a camp for homeless earthquake survivors....2008-05-21T20:25+0200APenAP-5a7c1601ff32898a5346b7d617d717bb20080521202500http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/BREAKING02/80521018/-1/RSS01NINGBO, China — The Olympic torch resumes its journey through China tomorrow after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the coutnry's devastating earthquake.2008-05-21T20:06+0200HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-756209ab9cd36e63855e8307c09b7818NaturalDisasters20080521200600http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/05/21/bc-ufv-students-leave-chengdu.html?ref=rssConcern that there could be another earthquake has prompted a group of kinesiology students from the University of the Fraser Valley to leave Chengdu, China.2008-05-21T20:05+0200CBCenCBC-6f7af0edc0528fcb8f99eaf85565d42aNaturalDisasters20080521200500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EUKU2?OpenDocument14/2008 May 20, Vienna Austria - The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) yesterday approved a US$1 million grant in emergency aid to China to assist with global efforts at rescuing victims of the recent earthquake in the country. The massive quake which measured 7.8 on the Richter Scale, struck the south-western province of Sichuan.2008-05-21T20:03+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-b93b2c6df563dc156993d31845b1a399EchoNaturalDisastersHumanitarianAid20080521200300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EUMG3?OpenDocumentHigh level mission with government looks into signs of stress in children BEIJING, 21 May 2008 – The Government of China has organized a high level mission to Sichuan - with support from UNICEF - to provide immediate psycho-social assistance for children suffering emotional trauma following the major earthquake that struck the region on 12 May.2008-05-21T20:03+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-e81c95d5c2bad2d74bf719be19aab045NaturalDisastersUNbodiesCommunicableDiseases20080521200300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EUNY8?OpenDocument21 May 2008, Beijing - United Nations today contributed US$ 8 million from the Central Emergency Relief Fund to the Chinese government and UN agencies are stepping up their support to authorities in China to mobilize relief efforts in the wake of last Monday’s devastating earthquake in Sichuan province.2008-05-21T20:03+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-18ae0f90543eb303207a8faf2a135194NaturalDisastersUnitedNationsENVHealthENVWaterENVEchoManMadeDisastersUNbodiesCommunicableDiseases20080521200300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EUK4E?OpenDocumentAfter the earthquake of 12 May, China is still in great need of temporary shelters and has renewed its request for assistance. The European Commission's Monitoring and Information Centre (MIC) is working with Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway,....2008-05-21T20:03+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ebbdee4697693d7dd3ad8f4209e44a64ECnewsNaturalDisasters20080521200300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EUKAZ?OpenDocumentIP/08/754 Brussels, 16 May 2008 - The Community Civil Protection Mechanism will be sending a team of experts to China on 17 May to help coordinate expert and material assistance from Member States. The Chinese authorities made an official request for assistance following the massive earthquake that....2008-05-21T20:03+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-ec817b060603b0f26e89f7af2288f696NaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersCivilProtectionENVBarbaraHelfferichEnvironmentHealthENVStavrosDimasPressRepresentatives20080521200300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EULEU?OpenDocumentMajor Developments General The death toll from the earthquake rose to 40,075 nationwide with 247,645 injured and 32,361 people missing. (Updated as of 6 pm 2008-05-20) More than 5 million people are homeless in Sichuan province. Tents and other temporary simple shelters are most needed. The government issued an urgent appeal for tents.2008-05-21T20:03+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f434bca2688da22ac68f35dc5faa2915NaturalDisastersUNbodies20080521200300http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2251987.htmA woman has been rescued from a collapsed tunnel at a hydro-electric power plant in China nine days after last week's earthquake. Our correspondent Peter Cave reports from Beijing that today also saw another 1,300 added to the official death toll. The rescue of the woman in Shifang near the....2008-05-21T19:21+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-d66404bcd39858663b64e40aa4b95f24NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080521192100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8223340.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- More foreign governments and leaders have expressed their sympathies for the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12. Up to 20:00 Beijing time (1200 GMT) Wednesday, heads of state and government, parliamentary leaders,....2008-05-21T19:09+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-fbf1df416ad04347a8f89db47eb788d6WTONaturalDisastersAgriculture20080521190900http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1192366.ece#OTC-RSS&ATTR=NewsHe also praised the response of the Chinese authorities to the Sichuan earthquake, and said he would be prepared to attend the Beijing Olympics in August. But while he agreed building economic relations with China was important for Britain and the West, he insisted they should not forget their commitment to human rights.2008-05-21T19:07+0200thesunenthesun-136243ed52f4cf60d18771cba82f89fcAgriculturalProdAnimal20080521190700http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2251987.htmA woman has been rescued from a collapsed tunnel at a hydro-electric power plant in China nine days after last week's earthquake.2008-05-21T19:07+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-efc08e06fb7ed357ec1e161347c497bbNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080521190700http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/NEWS07/805210313/1009/NEWS07China is facing the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake -- how to shelter the millions of people left homeless.2008-05-21T18:46+0200topixentopix-323c02e5861fd46cfefba3cb0eefb2deManMadeDisasters20080521184600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8223167.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China set up on Wednesday a 30-member expert committee that is intended to offer scientific advice on the massive work of quake relief and reconstruction. The committee, working under the leadership of the State Council's earthquake relief headquarters, has experts from....2008-05-21T18:24+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-7ee37e7cc3cac40e373529d166f69c38NaturalDisasters20080521182400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8223216.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid in the wake of the deadly earthquake in southwestern China. Malaysian Supreme Head of State Mizan Zainal Abidin and Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean sent....2008-05-21T18:24+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-28667fc9e08b0af7000d4c15c60ea388NaturalDisastersUNbodies20080521182400http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38976&Itemid=38KARACHI May 21 (APP): Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah Wednesday visited Chinese Consulate and recorded his condolence expressions for victims of devastating earthquake in Sichuan province of China. He said the people of Pakistan, particularly of Sindh province feel very sad on the incident.2008-05-21T18:15+0200app-enenapp-en-ae1a52d1f9d56c08edf15449d855d548NaturalDisasters20080521181500http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/14/world/main4094733.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4094733Rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of China's massive earthquake, scouring flattened villages for victims and distributing supplies to survivors. Soldiers were sent to repair "extremely dangerous" cracks in a nearby dam.2008-05-21T18:14+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-d7003cbc7b71b1416675f4649c96b475EconomicPolicyEU20080521181400http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/19/world/main4105806.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4105806Flags are flying at half-staff, public entertainment has been canceled and 1.3 billion people observed three minutes of silence as China began three days of mourning for victims of the country's massive earthquake.2008-05-21T18:14+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-1f84a7b0aa6ec69af69d0f558de10d39ManMadeDisasters20080521181400http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-7EUKDL?OpenDocumentThe UK Government will give £1 million towards the relief effort for the earthquake in China, the International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced today. Douglas Alexander said: "In response to Chinese requests for international assistance for the earthquake relief effort, the UK Government is today committing up to £1 million.2008-05-21T18:02+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7e7c96327f8591f7defb0d1ec893ee75NaturalDisasters20080521180200http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/16/world/main4102307.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4102307China's president says rescue efforts following this week's powerful earthquake have entered their "most crucial" phase, as the country braced for a death toll expected to rise above 50,000.2008-05-21T17:59+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-ff75a60705f51f462a8d9e65fef1c027EchoHumanitarianAidNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521175900http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/13/world/main4090657.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4090657Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 is certain to rise as the buried are found.2008-05-21T17:59+0200CBSnewsenCBSnews-b2f70c04dc743d73b1848a10f94932ffManMadeDisasters20080521175900http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/21/worldupdates/2008-05-21T200847Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-336967-3&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - A woman was rescued nine days after being trapped by a huge earthquake in southwest China, state media reported on Wednesday.2008-05-21T17:43+0200thestarenthestar-88740800b3599736518f2e9d7553d15b20080521174300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222971.htmMIANYANG, Sichuan, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Water resources officials working in China's quake-stricken areas said Wednesday they have made plans to repair damage to a river that threatens to burst. The upper stream of the Qianjiang River near Beichuan County was damaged in the May 12 earthquake, forming....2008-05-21T17:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-29d03cd970d39aa4bea84fbc2820c01eManMadeDisasters20080521173800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222942.htmby Xinhua writer Zhou Fang BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- At 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, a ceremony was held at Wenchuan, epicenter of the powerful earthquake that jolted China on May 12, to announce the launching of joint action by army men, police and civilians to carry out disease prevention in the earthquake areas.2008-05-21T17:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-6db4d95723a69bb902f1605f1e256978CommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks20080521173800http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/05/21/5626881-ap.htmlNINGBO, China - The Olympic torch resumes its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of mourning for victims of the country's devastating earthquake. Chinese officials say the...2008-05-21T17:28+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-663348524a2a291bb66bb9b4e9776641NaturalDisasters20080521172800http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/05/21/5627191-ap.htmlBEIJING - Chinese government officials say the death toll from China's earthquake has risen to more than 41,000. Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin says that 41,353 people died in the May 12 quake. ...2008-05-21T17:28+0200AfghanistanSunenAfghanistanSun-cf4ff9842c501310709a91db2683a47520080521172800http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/21/earthquake-china.html?ref=rssThe Chinese government is cutting spending by five per cent to free up funds for the massive reconstruction effort needed to clean up from last week's deadly earthquake.2008-05-21T17:13+0200CBCenCBC-1c1994a1ca54d834efc14b7121b80728NaturalDisasters20080521171300http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_pandasAP - Eight pandas from a Chinese reserve severely shaken by last week's earthquake are expected to arrive in the capital later this week to go on display for the Olympics, a Beijing Zoo spokesman said Wednesday.2008-05-21T17:10+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-2d022211fe358959179418ad60e5ebebAgriculturalProdAnimalAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisasters20080521171000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222791.htmBRUSSELS, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Nirj Deva, Chairman of the EU-China Friendship Group in the European Parliament, highly praised the rescue efforts by China after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province. The rescue efforts by the Chinese government are going "very well" and the fact that the....2008-05-21T16:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-f437d2fcbb754bcc70969d783297ab26ECnewsNaturalDisastersEuropeanParliament20080521165300http://www.bakhtarnews.com.af/default.asp?Lang=E&ContID=6376Date : May 21, 2008 Category : General Sources : BNA The second vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili expressed deep sorrow of government and Afghan people on victims of recent earthquake of China in the Embassy of China in Kabul on Tuesday. The Presidential Office told BIA.2008-05-21T16:41+0200BakhtarNewsAgency-enenBakhtarNewsAgency-en-9cb188d73f8f7fb6ac9d44493162089fNaturalDisasters20080521164100http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Tibetans-to-halt-antiChina-protests-for-now/312649/Tibetan Govt-in-exile called for a temporary halt to anti-China protests to express solidarity with victims of recent earthquake.2008-05-21T16:40+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-9b3a216b8d719c714b133adfdadb32beNaturalDisasters20080521164000http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China — the only person found alive Wednesday — while the government ordered budgets slashed to free money for relief efforts.2008-05-21T16:39+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-bbd281ba846d73261068086899ced33cNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521163900http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/rush-to-build-shelter-as-fearful-victims-sleep-outside/2008/05/21/1211182897529.html?s_cid=rss_worldHEAVY rain in south-west China has impeded relief efforts for earthquake victims as continuing aftershocks have led to thousands of people sleeping in the open, despite the bad weather.2008-05-21T16:30+0200smhensmh-0b78abffaed26bd5768dc83d0cfabed7NaturalDisasters20080521163000http://www.yle.fi/news/id91336.htmlThe Finnish Red Cross is sending 900 tents to China to aid those left homeless by the earthquake that hit the country last week.2008-05-21T16:29+0200yle-enenyle-en-611a7434e98716fc9612d88b041242c4EchoNaturalDisasters20080521162900http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_TORCH?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTNINGBO, China (AP) -- The Olympic torch resumes its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the coutnry's devastating earthquake....2008-05-21T16:24+0200APenAP-2eae10cf32c3d75651173fac6efdf8b9NaturalDisasters20080521162400http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080521/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - China vowed on Wednesday to take severe measures against any state-owned companies found to have built substandard public buildings such as schools that collapsed like houses of cards following May 12's massive earthquake.2008-05-21T16:09+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-e99c9550e24e456a0be6c47e2d3b614dManMadeDisasters20080521160900http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222692.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Since large quantities of tents are still needed to shelter earthquake survivors, China once again called on the international community to make such donations a priority, the Foreign Ministry said here on Wednesday.2008-05-21T16:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b5963d92298d42628b13607f78c34cca20080521160800http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-21-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China the only person ...2008-05-21T16:07+0200usaTodayenusaToday-6c1aa510fe33a76055f32c400f41bcb1NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521160700http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK157246.htm(Adds quotes from parents) By Ben Blanchard BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters) - China vowed on Wednesday to take severe measures against any state-owned companies found to have built substandard public buildings such as schools that collapsed like houses of cards following May 12's massive earthquake.2008-05-21T16:03+0200alertnetenalertnet-1edfaba1038bc07ef0c9b284e173a1a4ManMadeDisasters20080521160300http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EUHD5?OpenDocumentThe death toll from China's devastating earthquake rose by 1,278 to 41,353 as of noon on Wednesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. Another 274,683 people were injured and there were still 32,666missing in the aftermath of the 8.0-magnitude quake that hit southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-42128b8e8f2fcbfe07fa93255d3813fdManMadeDisastersEnergyNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EUH69?OpenDocumentAs at 5pm today (May 21), the Social Welfare Department (SWD) had received 176 applications, and granted 143, for public subscription permits to raise funds for victims of the Sichuan earthquake in public places . A SWD spokesman said the department would process all applications as quickly as....2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-5f5938a7b538cff40b45a5cff9f893dbNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EUFYS?OpenDocumentMany survivors in Sichuan province – still nervous a week after a massive earthquake struck the region – are sleeping outside tonight worried by the latest reports of another possible major 6 or 7 magnitude aftershock striking the area, according to the local seismological bureau. With more than 40,000 dead and 4.2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-3b22ac4be8d13d2ea4fa60c9f3fef95eEchoNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EUG2P?OpenDocumentOxfam Hong Kong’s emergency response to Sichuan earthquake continues. 15 staff members are working in the quake-hit zones in Sichuan and Gansu to deliver relief supplies to survivors. To date, Oxfam Hong Kong has already received HK$34 million (about USD4.2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-d29532b24310cdc1c50327b75ddea01dEchoAgriculturalProdAnimalNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EUHVQ?OpenDocumentBEIJING - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it is purchasing a fresh batch of relief food for distribution to earthquake survivors in China's quake-stricken Sichuan Province. This second, larger shipment of relief food -- consisting of enough rice, wheat flour and....2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-db03cb369f97650e45edaadd3b6afb96EchoAlternativeEnergyNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EUH7D?OpenDocumentA Government spokesman today (May 21) said that up to 5pm, the Immigration Department had not received any new requests for assistance in connection with the Sichuan earthquake. There are three remaining cases, involving three male Hong Kong residents, in which their Hong Kong families have failed to get in touch with them.2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-5b382341bdfdd85065c05daafed9187eNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EUHMW?OpenDocumentThis is the latest update as of May 20th in regard to AMDA’s emergency relief activities for the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake. 1. AMDA Taiwan Emergency Medical Mission in Sichuan On May 17th, after having obtained permission from local authority and assessment of the area previous days, AMDA....2008-05-21T16:01+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-a4f23871227d85ae934b0367f58c4c67EchoNaturalDisasters20080521160100http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/21/rss.htm#33BEIJING, May 21 (AFP): China announced Wednesday it would spend over 13 billion dollars on relief and reconstruction work following last week's earthquake...2008-05-21T15:40+0200dawnendawn-e9e3c5a11735068b639879ccf75f0b6f20080521154000http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/olympic_torch_relay_to_resume_547436The Olympic torch resumes its journey through China on Thursday after a three-day period of national mourning for victims of the earthquake.2008-05-21T15:32+0200sbsensbs-001f9f6296f0367b419a3425c268268fManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521153200http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7011017722(AHN) - A senior woman from Pengzhou, Sichuan province in southwest China was rescued after almost nine days under the rubble of the May 12 earthquake. - Wed, 21 May 2008 08:39:24 GMT (AHN)2008-05-21T15:31+0200AHNenAHN-5c75ed9af9ea4076c7325d4200d4f0a920080521153100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222351.htmGENEVA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations refugee agency announced on Wednesday it would donate 11,000 tents to China to help its resettlement efforts in the aftermath of the May 12 earthquake. The tents, valued at nearly 3 million U.S. dollars, will be transported to the quake-affected areas....2008-05-21T15:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-3454e49ce69f53256ceae70a9822e570UNbodiesNaturalDisasters20080521152300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222328.htmCHENGDU, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Huge quantities of bamboo plants, apples and drugs have been sent to hungry pandas in the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center based in Wolong, which is only 30 kilometers from the epicenter of last week's massive earthquake.2008-05-21T15:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-e571b6eba04a37b49a48a3faf42eb552AgriculturalProdAnimalAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisasters20080521152300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8222285.htmTANGSHAN, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Youlu was nine years old when his parents died in the devastating earthquake in Tangshan, in north China's Hebei Province, in 1976. Zhang grew up in a government-run boarding school for quake orphans in the provincial capital Shijiazhuang.2008-05-21T15:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-de4a767cdacac639634055c8f2f6ccbdNaturalDisasters20080521152300http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/294936097/index.htmlA woman who survived nine days trapped in debris Wednesday became the latest in a series of aganist-the-odds rescues in China, where the official death toll from last week's massive earthquake has risen to 41,353.2008-05-21T15:18+0200cnnencnn-dc84b457ce576300048abdb7931c7c43Energy20080521151800http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2001318/China-earthquake-andpound5-billion-set-aside-for-rebuild.html?source=rssThe Chinese government has said it was setting aside £5 billion to rebuild towns damaged or destroyed by the Sichuan earthquake, as rescuers found another survivor alive after nine days.2008-05-21T14:51+0200telegraphentelegraph-2a39afb2d7b3abe13a665638ab4b77a0NaturalDisasters20080521145100http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38928&Itemid=38ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has dispatched 6480 tents for earthquake affected people of China on the instructions of the federal government. These tents are dispatched by two C-130 fights (carrying 480) and 6000 on trucks by road.2008-05-21T14:45+0200app-enenapp-en-e5be79f1374e7f4f2ad6f8d3e64a6ed3ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersAgriculture20080521144500http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38926&Itemid=38ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Pakistan has offered to China the sharing of its technical assistance for the development of a post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation plan for the affectees of the 12 May 2008 earthquake in south-western China. It may be recalled that Government of Pakistan had....2008-05-21T14:45+0200app-enenapp-en-f1f4ce0a31bc6b32e0b51c99c730a7bcHealthENVNaturalDisastersWaterENV20080521144500http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150180Simmering anger over shoddy construction grows amongst parents who lost their children in China`s powerful earthquake.2008-05-21T14:41+0200javno-enenjavno-en-bc407173e2a6542ef7d8f198fc0ca29b20080521144100http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/21/asia/quake.phpState agencies were told to cut planned spending by 5 percent this year, which will go to create a $10 billion reconstruction fund. Also, Wednesday, a woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after the earthquake struck central China2008-05-21T14:33+0200IHTenIHT-6ca8387f733731a0e8d749fd1da20c08ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521143300http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/21/asia/wen.phpIn dealing with the Sichuan earthquake, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has shown an emotional, down-to-earth side rarely seen in China's Communist officials.2008-05-21T14:33+0200IHTenIHT-e9b1339be37601d084ce54c096d508a5CommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521143300http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2251987.htmChina's top anti-corruption official says it is impossible to rule out the suggestion that shoddy workmanship and substandard building materials played a part in the collapse of more than 7,000 schools in last week's earthquake.2008-05-21T14:31+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-e8530518ae4dcd0bcec2dfe1931b0b79CommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521143100http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/121136974879.htmMay 21 - Simmering anger over shoddy construction grows amongst parents who lost their children in China's powerful earthquake. Many are now signing petitions demanding to know why many schools collapsed while other buildings survived. Some blame shoddy workmanship and poor materials and want those responsible brought to justice.2008-05-21T14:30+0200alertnetenalertnet-3f2a253d1e52d419ffa999d7e664a1f520080521143000http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2251987.htmChina's top anti-corruption official says it is impossible to rule out the suggestion that shoddy workmanship and substandard building materials played a part in the collapse of more than 7,000 schools in last week's earthquake. Our correspondent in Beijing, Peter Cave, says the disproportionately....2008-05-21T14:10+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-2c529648b7e0c6304379fc2950167bf1CommunicableDiseaseCasesManMadeDisastersCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521141000http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/21/tibet.religion?gusrc=rss&feed=uknewsTibetan government-in-exile calls for temporary halt to protests against China in aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake2008-05-21T14:09+0200guardianenguardian-49fa500e99637df8ab080c6d95e2383eAgriculturalProdAnimalNaturalDisasters20080521140900http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-21-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China the only person ...2008-05-21T14:02+0200usaTodayenusaToday-3c832b7e326283a0a3c213bc6e230046ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521140200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EUDQE?OpenDocumentISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan will despatch another consignment of relief goods for the affectees of the devastating earthquake in China on Wednesday. The relief goods, through four sorties of C-130 aircraft, include medicines, blankets and 900 tents.2008-05-21T14:00+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-806f71619a7da8339389a0510cf8d9a020080521140000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EUF8X?OpenDocumentGENEVA, 21 May 2008 - The UN refugee agency is providing 11,000 urgently needed tents to China to help provide emergency shelter for some of the 5 million people left homeless after last week's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province. "We have tents in China and they are immediately available to....2008-05-21T14:00+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-8e77923d69da6dc09d759a228b0cb44bUNbodiesNaturalDisasters20080521140000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221902.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here on Wednesday that the May 12 earthquake had added new uncertain factors to the nation's economy but the fundamentals of the economy remain unchanged. BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The quake that shook southwest China was unlikely to....2008-05-21T13:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-014b6b0089b8d870b29c17bb4dce2b90NaturalDisasters20080521135300http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90664138&ft=1&f=1001What does response to the earthquake in Sichuan province and other newsworthy events tell us about the direction of China's political leadership? Jeff Wasserstrom, a professor at the University of California Irvine, says China is trying to seize a chance to present a more open face to its people and the world.2008-05-21T13:47+0200NPRnewsenNPRnews-d0c724049c1fb289ad871e63259bdf2920080521134700http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China — the only person found alive Wednesday — while the government ordered budgets slashed to free money for relief efforts.2008-05-21T13:39+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-8e363f6650e739811b55c3c6b7584872ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521133900http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080521/wl_sthasia_afp/chinaquaketibetrightsdalaiprotestsAFP - The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile on Wednesday called for a temporary halt to protests against China as a mark of respect to earthquake victims.2008-05-21T13:39+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-cc43e6df673f21fa18a0689bd217ea9f20080521133900http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=339757&referrer=RSSA woman was rescued on Wednesday after spending nine days in the tunnel of a power plant after China's devastating earthquake, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. Zeng Changhui had been stuck in the water tunnel of the Shifang area hydropower plant since the 8-magnitude earthquake struck on May 12, Xinhua said.2008-05-21T13:26+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-d0f1ef565e264fec3db212b753983082NaturalDisasters20080521132600http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- A woman trapped in a tunnel at a power plant was rescued nine days after an earthquake struck central China - the only person found alive Wednesday - while the government ordered budgets slashed to free money for relief efforts....2008-05-21T13:23+0200APenAP-3eb8be8c3ef65b72f35550d17bc79afdManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521132300http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Tibetan_govt-in-exile_calls_for_halt_to_anti-China_protests/rssarticleshow/3059893.cmsThe Tibetan government-in-exile called for a temporary halt to anti-China protests to express solidarity with the victims of the earthquake in China's Sichuan province.2008-05-21T13:22+0200indiatimesenindiatimes-b0a5efd9fe5facd7f7af7aa15e99c789NaturalDisasters20080521132200http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JE22Ad01.htmlChina's national mourning - the first of its kind since the passing of Mao Zedong in 1976 - has many Chinese applauding the leadership's rare willingness to grant a request from the public. And if China felt divided and isolated after Mao, it now seems united in grieving for earthquake victims.2008-05-21T13:21+0200asiatimesenasiatimes-c61ceb00c1e3b0bbdef479c59af1386bNaturalDisasters20080521132100http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080521125025886C565314A woman ha defied the odds and survived buried by rubble nine days after a powerful earthquake struck China.2008-05-21T13:11+0200ioleniol-67ddf73453be86df00562e23dbb866a3NaturalDisasters20080521131100http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/21/worldupdates/2008-05-21T154548Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-336928-2&sec=WorldupdatesBEIJING (Reuters) - A woman was rescued nine days after being trapped by a huge earthquake in southwest China, state media reported on Wednesday.2008-05-21T13:11+0200thestarenthestar-d8bd51470e1b1b0661f5f620ac1e7d6620080521131100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221842.htmLUSAKA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa on Wednesday paid a visit to the Chinese Embassy in Lusaka to mourn the victims of the May 12 earthquake in southwest China. After observing one minute of silence, Mwanawasa signed in the condolence book to express his deep sorrow to the Chinese government and people.2008-05-21T13:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-cb15f5662d07430aa0e5c6a93de17fd0NaturalDisasters20080521130800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221854.htmMIANYANG, Sichuan Province, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in southwest China have announced their intention to rebuild the county seat of Beichuan -- leveled in the May 12 earthquake -- on an entirely new site. The exact location was yet to be decided, but it was likely to be on the flat land of....2008-05-21T13:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-86c96e7e6ab4f608989c966aafc6efc520080521130800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221860.htmDHAKA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh on Wednesday mourned the victims of the massive earthquake in China and of the cyclone in Myanmar with all the national flags at government and semi-government offices and foreign missions down at half-mast. The Bangladeshi caretaker government announced Tuesday....2008-05-21T13:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-4b44d233de0655fa6a8b17d121c1d064ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521130800http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/May/world/085064340.htmlA government statement said the number killed had now topped 40 000, and state news agency Xinhua reported that a further 32 000 were missing. Authorities had previously said they expected the final death toll to exceed 50 000. More than 247 000 were injured.2008-05-21T13:05+0200namibianennamibian-1ac24ed84ed2b96f89d86146ca164f34NaturalDisasters20080521130500http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20080521125025886C565314A woman ha defied the odds and survived buried by rubble nine days after a powerful earthquake struck China.2008-05-21T13:05+0200StarenStar-67ddf73453be86df00562e23dbb866a3NaturalDisasters20080521130500http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-21-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34The confirmed death toll from the earthquake that struck southern China rose to 41,353, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin said Wednesday. ...2008-05-21T13:00+0200usaTodayenusaToday-38ac3e7f96f7faa922d42e4a10b6b41cNaturalDisasters20080521130000http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=105016China's biggest banks are providing emergency loans, easing lending requirements and improving repayment terms on credit cards for people affected by the nation's most powerful earthquake2008-05-21T12:57+0200TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-8605b305de280fe9b3c12d8abad38068ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersAgriculture20080521125700http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=105056China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 yesterday, as rescuers found another survivor eight days after the huge tremor hit. A government2008-05-21T12:57+0200TurkishDailyNewsenTurkishDailyNews-2b00e44bd1d0473c1d59723d2849db9eNaturalDisasters20080521125700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415658.htmlTen foreign listeners of China Radio International who went on a CRI-organized trip to quake-stricken Sichuan Province in southwest China last July called to express condolence to the victims and their families. A middle school teac ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-4cb6662f70740269d9d59205d00a5c5120080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415651.htmlMauritius donated 300,000 U.S. dollars on Wednesday to earthquake victims in southwest China, according to reports reaching here from Port Louis. The donation was presented to Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius Gao Yuchen, by Mauritia ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-6506c6b52a283c1eceb9ce19e6db7dd6NaturalDisasters20080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415655.htmlAs of Wednesday noon, 162 aftershocks measuring 4 or higher on the Richter scale had been monitored since the 8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12, according to the China Seismological Bureau. ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-aab0055edcdc1b33daf95d9fe2ccbbd220080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415653.htmlTwo planes loaded with hundreds of tents left for China Wednesday. Pakistan has arranged 10,000 tents for the earthquake victims in China. Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) Nazar Muhammad Gondal, ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-7002e2e4352612528452f2a3d0616c08ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisastersAgriculture20080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415656.htmlAs of Wednesday noon, donations to China's quake-hit regions had reached 16 billion yuan (2.29 billion U.S. dollars) and 1.764 billion yuan had been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas, according to the Information Office of State Co ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-61375f26ddc9750411b6a3a5e2363e1920080521124900http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=770495READY TO RESCUE: Rescuers gather to assist in a massive search for survivors in the aftermath of China's devastating earthquake. AFP BEIJING - The confirmed death toll from China's earthquake has risen to 41,353, with another 32,666 people missing, the central government said today.2008-05-21T12:49+0200thetimes-zaenthetimes-za-d4291d03ff87bc38fa7a5de70cdb5f20NaturalDisasters20080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415657.htmlChina's centrally administered state-owned enterprises reported an economic loss of more than 30 billion yuan (4.3 billion U.S. dollars) caused by the deadly earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12. Sou ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-020e7925b5df5f8136a76ab505aab8b120080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415659.htmlRescuers on Wednesday extricated a woman who had been trapped in a tunnel in a hydropower plant for nine days since the May 12 earthquake in southwest China. Zeng Changhui, whose age was not immediately known, was rescued from a wat ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3bbfa5610217e05de54dc773e14fd50d20080521124900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415652.htmlJapanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visited the Chinese embassy here Wednesday to mourn the victims of the May 12 devastating earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan and extend condolences to those affected. "As the ...2008-05-21T12:49+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-30d3293269088661c265126942595ba3NaturalDisasters20080521124900http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/294936097/index.htmlThe death toll from last week's earthquake in southwest China rose to 41,353, China's State Council reported Wednesday.2008-05-21T12:41+0200cnnencnn-aabd65c66f7d823e04a107c130ccbeb120080521124100http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=619558BEIJING, 05/21 - More than 30 sources of radiation were buried by debris from the massive earthquake in central China last week and all have either been recovered or safely cordoned off, state media reported Tuesday. A French nuclear expert said the radioactive sources likely came from materials....2008-05-21T12:40+0200angolapress-enenangolapress-en-0e6db8418a7efacbed2d423fcfe94af9ManMadeDisastersNuclearNaturalDisastersJRCSafeguardsNuclearDecommissioning20080521124000http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/21/tibet.religion?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfrontGovernment-in-exile calls for temporary halt to protests against China in aftermath of earthquake2008-05-21T12:35+0200guardianenguardian-ff4b644ce14ded4dff0a68af9df1e0e6NaturalDisasters20080521123500http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4898812Schools began to open Wednesday in some of China's newly formed tent cities, where the government is struggling to provide shelter for many of the 5 million people left homeless in last week's earthquake. Near the epicenter at Chengdu's Qingyang district sports center, 9-year-old Gao Luwei played....2008-05-21T12:33+0200ABCnewsenABCnews-7af2c8406e5c78fbff4c07b34346bc76NaturalDisasters20080521123300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK150205.htm(Adds details) BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters) - A woman was rescued nine days after being trapped by a huge earthquake in southwest China, state media reported on Wednesday. Zeng Changhui was found in a tunnel of a hydropower plant in the town of Hongbai near the epicentre of the May 12 tremor, Xinhua news agency said.2008-05-21T12:26+0200alertnetenalertnet-3a65df1c36d6ae3ae3d530ec473ee4d620080521122600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221776.htmSpecial report: Strong Earthquake Jolts SW China BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Italy will provide a mobile hospital to China to help with the quake relief work, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The hospital includes five tents, a generator and a full set of equipment necessary for sophisticated surgeries.2008-05-21T12:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-596b838d515638563df48f685a74c23b20080521122300http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=6ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan will despatch another consignment of relief goods for the affectees of the devastating earthquake in China on Wednesday. The relief goods, through four sorties of C-130 aircraft, include medicines, blankets and 900 tents.2008-05-21T12:20+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-32b9610250fac28f5922d6cc85d835c220080521122000http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Schools began to open Wednesday in some of China's newly formed tent cities, where the government is struggling to provide shelter for many of the 5 million people left homeless in last week's earthquake.2008-05-21T12:07+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-c6e728f100cae348da5ba3fa26ebe4f4ManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521120700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6415643.htmlThe death toll in China's major earthquake increased by 1,278 to 41,353 as 12 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. And 274,683 people were injured and 32,666 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake th ...2008-05-21T12:05+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3cf8a81e5e34229f147b98212d4fb3f9NaturalDisasters20080521120500http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6415648.htmlOn May 12, an earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, hit Wenchuan County of Southwest China's Sichuan Province, which has caused massive losses and casualties. According to the latest statistics, the newest death toll has risen to 4 ...2008-05-21T12:05+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-e01ba56481f43f0c094bccff8ae040ddManMadeDisastersNaturalDisasters20080521120500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EUDFJ?OpenDocumentRome, 21 May 2008 - " The Italian Government through the Directorate General for Cooperation and Development of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Civil Protection Department have deployed today an emergency field hospital in response to urgent humanitarian assistance for the population....2008-05-21T11:59+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-cc2cf6fa93dc8db99ca3847b19f25982EchoNaturalDisasters20080521115900http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EUCFU?OpenDocumentFormer Prime Minister General Chavalit Yongjaiyuth (ชวลิต ยงใจยุทธ) has made a donation of 1 million baht to assist those afflicted by the recent deadly earthquake in China. His donation was made through the Chinese Embassy in Thailand after he stated that he was moved by the words of Chinese....2008-05-21T11:59+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-b0be263b4d22599bb83c3b9c779c578e20080521115900http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EUCH8?OpenDocumentANTANANARIVO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Mauritius donated 300,000 U.S. dollars on Wednesday to earthquake victims in southwest China, according to reports reaching here from Port Louis. The donation was presented to Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius Gao Yuchen, by Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra....2008-05-21T11:59+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-bf71682bd079146569a3cc1cdf6ac228NaturalDisasters20080521115900http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK126739.htm(Repeats to fix word in paragraph 2) By Simon Rabinovitch and Eadie Chen BEIJING, May 21 (Reuters) - Still grieving the deaths of tens of thousands, China has sketched the first blueprints for rebuilding after last week's earthquake. The scale will be huge, pointing to a possible pick-up in the already rapid pace of investment.2008-05-21T11:56+0200alertnetenalertnet-9a8374b9820fa5a1b658a9feb390fa54ManMadeDisastersTAXUDNaturalDisasters20080521115600http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/200805/16472.aspPresident John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday conveyed the condolence of the Government and people of Ghana to China, following the May 12 devastating earthquake that struck the nation.2008-05-21T11:46+0200myjoyonlineenmyjoyonline-df4491253601c0be0b0f59e1e4eb6464EchoNaturalDisastersEuropeAid20080521114600http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/21/worldupdates/2008-05-21T141530Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-336823-4&sec=WorldupdatesQINGCHUAN, China (Reuters) - Heavy rain forecast for southwest China threatened to disrupt relief efforts on Wednesday and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.2008-05-21T11:41+0200thestarenthestar-690e59445640b722f1d9f8dc1db86a10NuclearManMadeDisasters20080521114100http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221656.htmAn American volunteer plays with a girl at a disaster-relief tent in the quake-hit city of Shifang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 21, 2008. The American volunteers have come to earthquake-stricken areas in the province to help rescue the victims there.2008-05-21T11:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-fafea6ae299d9b61fd0980ab269891d720080521113800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221618.htmTOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda visited the Chinese embassy here Wednesday to mourn the victims of the May 12 devastating earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan and extend condolences to those affected. "As the earthquake has inflicted enormous human....2008-05-21T11:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0eb33a15ce238fc7efcff99fe94c49a8NaturalDisasters20080521113800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221422.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- As of Wednesday noon, 162 aftershocks measuring 4 or higher on the Richter scale had been monitored since the 8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12, according to the China Seismological Bureau. Quakes between 5 and 5.2008-05-21T11:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-e150baf6c72f881456edc17ad8999dd020080521113800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221697.htmISLAMABAD, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Two planes loaded with hundreds of tents left for China Wednesday. Pakistan has arranged 10,000 tents for the earthquake victims in China. Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock (Minfal) Nazar Muhammad Gondal, Chairman of National Disaster Management....2008-05-21T11:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-b543853905bfb05b0658937f2f403001AgricultureNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521113800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221483.htmSpecial report: BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises reported an economic loss of more than 30 billion yuan (4.3 billion U.S. dollars) caused by the deadly earthquake that jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12.2008-05-21T11:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-a9f7410a220919ffec907482572e66ffNaturalDisasters20080521113800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221513.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Ten foreign listeners of China Radio International who went on a CRI-organized trip to quake-stricken Sichuan Province in southwest China last July called to express condolence to the victims and their families. A middle school teacher in Vietnam, Le Thi Kim Giang choked....2008-05-21T11:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-9a2e2345527142a7b8e1953fd32d6da820080521113800http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.613f3719d066c7f29713cdfa7bf599f0.251.htmlMIANZHU (AFP) - China scrambled on Wednesday to provide shelter and prevent disease among five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as the number of dead and missing climbed above 74,000.2008-05-21T11:37+0200afp-englishenafp-english-555c256c260b8712ceebca2fd09b53e8CommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesManMadeDisasters20080521113700http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/21/tibet.religion?gusrc=rss&feed=uknewsTibetan government-in-exile calls for temporary halt to protests against China in aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake2008-05-21T11:34+0200guardianenguardian-3f9c9efd65609ede1394fa0903c50eb8NaturalDisasters20080521113400http://www.infopak.gov.pk/newsDetail.aspx?NewsId=6Pakistan to despatch more relief goods for China ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan will despatch another consignment of relief goods for the affectees of the devastating earthquake in China on Wednesday. The relief goods, through four sorties of C-130 aircraft, include medicines, blankets and 900 tents.2008-05-21T11:19+0200Infopak-enenInfopak-en-b147267268d826062f7eaa976e2b63d020080521111900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415608.htmlA survey conducted by China's Central University of Finance and Economics shows that what the public cares most about the earthquake are the relief work and the death toll, with rates of 67.3 percent and 51.8 percent respectively. An ea ...2008-05-21T11:19+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-08c173a39b4e3306a4989d076affc07fNaturalDisasters20080521111900http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6415605.htmlA survey conducted recently by China’s Central University of Finance and Economics reveals that 98.6 percent of participants are satisfied with the Chinese Government's relief efforts after the Wenchuan earthquake. No one had left negative ...2008-05-21T11:19+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-567fcf09ddd493906ef178b93f958484NaturalDisasters20080521111900http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23736413-23109,00.htmlTHE confirmed death toll from China's earthquake has risen to 41,353, with another 32,666 people missing, the central government said today. 6:53pm (AEST)2008-05-21T11:09+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-176f90bb28864eef594a577fa3f061f2NaturalDisasters20080521110900http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK66110.htmCHENGDU, China, May 20 (Reuters) - Mourners placed white funeral flowers on Tuesday in the main square of Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, to commemorate the 70,000 people killed or missing after last week's earthquake. Traditional Chinese flower arrangements leaned against a....2008-05-21T10:54+0200alertnetenalertnet-878d255266cf889b7f096ec4d6a3047b20080521105400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221152.htmCANBERRA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Western Australian government announced on Wednesday it will donate 1 million Australian dollars (0.95 million U.S. dollars) to help relief efforts following last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan Province.2008-05-21T10:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-911962c691b17d9951097609a00304ebNaturalDisasters20080521105300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221134.htmSingapore's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Wang Kan Seng (R) leaves words on the condolence book at the Chinese embassy to Singapore, May 21, 2008. Wang Kan Seng visited the Chinese embassy on Wednesday to mourn the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province last week.2008-05-21T10:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-0aac0ade6a26107cd2d29c2e4bc7c04a20080521105300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221353.htmANTANANARIVO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Mauritius donated 300,000 U.S. dollars on Wednesday to earthquake victims in southwest China, according to reports reaching here from Port Louis. The donation was presented to Chinese Ambassador to Mauritius Gao Yuchen, by Mauritian Prime Minister Navinchandra....2008-05-21T10:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-8b6b610dab60a38f2b0cc4b7a22b1d8bNaturalDisasters20080521105300http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8221380.htmBEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Millions of people in China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28 p.m. Monday to mourn thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit the nation's southwest a week ago. Chinese President Hu Jintao, top legislator Wu Bangguo, Premier Wen Jiabao, and....2008-05-21T10:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-166ceff326bc2cf88d71ad3eaf04dc30NaturalDisasters20080521105300http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/international/Pensioner-survives-in-quake-trap.4104167.jpA woman who survived by drinking rainwater was rescued alive yesterday after being trapped in the rubble of China's earthquake for more than 195 hours.2008-05-21T10:50+0200YorkshirePostenYorkshirePost-cb70f97b159cd61c437146b312b1d144JRCSafeguardsManMadeDisastersNuclear20080521105000http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080521?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNewsQINGCHUAN, China (Reuters) - Heavy rain forecast for southwest China threatened to disrupt relief efforts on Wednesday and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.2008-05-21T10:48+0200reutersenreuters-ceda94ea08c7c2fd0d6930008716037620080521104800http://www.thestar.com/article/428113China is grappling with the next massive task in the aftermath of its earthquake how to shelter the 5 million people left homeless.2008-05-21T10:36+0200TorontoStarenTorontoStar-ce38b1334f4dbdfd80a3d5d4a8ace236ManMadeDisasters20080521103600http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415597.htmlThe Western Australian government announced on Wednesday it will donate 1 million Australian dollars (0.95 million U.S. dollars) to help relief efforts following last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan Province. Wester ...2008-05-21T10:34+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-47db34d19c7e3f5c1c8e09cedbaee772NaturalDisasters20080521103400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6415570.htmlAs the heroic and emotional relief efforts for the May-12 8.0-magnitude earthquake are gradually drawing to an end, China is faced with a lasting and formidable mission: reconstruction. The earthquake, centered in Wenchuan County in ...2008-05-21T10:34+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-bb9b8489f1104014a25e4ef3bf60dd79ManMadeDisastersTAXUDNaturalDisasters20080521103400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6415587.htmlAfter the earthquake, Beijing News, Beijing Community Union and China's Children and Teenagers' Fund jointly launched a search for "caring parents" for the children in disaster-stricken areas. Fairly soon, a group of children from disaster ...2008-05-21T10:34+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-3e3ae66d33108778f579e96260a5568620080521103400http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/call+to+end+antichina+protests/2228862?intcmp=rss_news_itnnewsThe Tibetan government-in-exile has asked for a temporary stop to protests against China as the country grapples with the aftermath of an earthquake that has killed 40,000 and left millions more homeless. A statement on the website of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in northern India said "in....2008-05-21T10:27+0200channel4newsenchannel4news-842e56a8d3058eb37ab7967f860f68deNaturalDisasters20080521102700http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Heavy-rain-likely-to-hamper-China-quake-rescue/312544/Heavy rain over southwest China on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.2008-05-21T10:27+0200expressindiaenexpressindia-7a72101862e45d1130310c8dfacaaf2920080521102700http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTCHENGDU, China (AP) -- Schools began to open Wednesday in some of China's newly formed tent cities, where the government is struggling to provide shelter for many of the 5 million people left homeless in last week's earthquake....2008-05-21T10:16+0200APenAP-7567a2e188d7d7fc920ecf8979a1e37fNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521101600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8220967.htmJapanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (Front) leaves words on the condolence book at the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, capital of Japan, May 20, 2008. Yasuo Fukuda visited the Chinese embassy on Tuesday to mourn the victims of the deadly earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan province last week.2008-05-21T10:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-bc9cc5a51ad47d08d8a0e06d52de938020080521100800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8220717.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- As the heroic and emotional relief efforts for the May-12 8.0-magnitude earthquake are gradually drawing to an end, China is faced with a lasting and formidable mission: reconstruction. The earthquake, centered in Wenchuan County in the southwestern Chinese Sichuan....2008-05-21T10:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-2618ffcc31398009ffd1c0766c681da8ManMadeDisastersTAXUDNaturalDisasters20080521100800http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080521.CHINAMAIN21/TPStory/TPInternational/?page=rss&id=GAM.20080521.CHINAMAIN21A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed through a straw were pulled out of the rubble yesterday, eight days after China's earthquake, but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.2008-05-21T10:01+0200theglobeandmailentheglobeandmail-ecb946bde2ab8e88d019e83da499e5d8AgriculturalProdOliveHortJRCSafeguardsManMadeDisastersTAXUDNaturalDisastersNuclear20080521100100http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EU9SY?OpenDocumentWASHINGTON, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Major U.S. companies have been actively contributing to the relief efforts in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China, a U.S. business community leader told Xinhua Tuesday. 'We have been working with the Chinese embassy to keep our members....2008-05-21T09:58+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-6e1a456d0c2ff9bafafe4b39cb976e35NaturalDisasters20080521095800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EU7SF?OpenDocumentChina, May 20, 2008 - China said it needs more tents to provide temporary shelter for the nearly 5 million people in southwestern China rendered homeless by the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Wenchuan County, 99 miles (159 km) northwest of Sichuan province's capital of Chengdu, on May 12, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday (May 20).2008-05-21T09:58+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-d0699704d935afe34e6073f288d4d34eEchoHumanitarianAidNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseases20080521095800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EU9KM?OpenDocumentKIEV, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine on Tuesday sent its first batch of humanitarian aid to China following the devastating earthquake in the country's southwest on May 12, which has claimed more than 40,000 lives. An Il-76 transport aircraft took off from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Tuesday evening,....2008-05-21T09:58+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-3f5933daa8f8c8459d18f8364b345333Echo20080521095800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EU89N?OpenDocumentDear friends, It's the 8th day after the earthquake. Up to May 19, 9:00 pm, total death toll: 40,075 injured: 247,645. Front Line: Today, Amity staff on the ground visited 3 villages in Mianzhu County for needs assessment and discussion with the villagers.2008-05-21T09:58+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-28203090d0874df24fa52866515b2907NaturalDisastersEnergy20080521095800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EU8PA?OpenDocument1. The Government of Japan decided: the Japan Disaster Relief Rescue Team which had assisted in search and rescue relief operations in the earthquake affected areas since May 16 would finish its operations after consultations with the Government of the People's Republic of China; the team would....2008-05-21T09:58+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-137e25a1b46d9ddac12542a2db2cef45HumanitarianAidNaturalDisasters20080521095800http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23735678-23109,00.htmlNO athletes were injured but sports facilities were seriously damaged by China's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, state media reported today. 5:16pm (AEST)2008-05-21T09:36+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-3d46150ecd8785ab015d22a860522fec20080521093600http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.fdc520ceb65e4b0488ac949ed9a77b72.271.htmlMIANZHU (AFP) - China scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, amid concerns disease outbreaks could claim more lives.2008-05-21T09:36+0200afp-englishenafp-english-1129349a02891180e3b5c63e143c108120080521093600http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquakeAP - Schools began to open Wednesday in some of China's newly formed tent cities, where the government is struggling to provide shelter for many of the 5 million people left homeless in last week's earthquake.2008-05-21T09:34+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-629df834a1e04e6e77ae2b0510420099NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521093400http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080521/wl_asia_afp/chinaquakeAFP - China scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, amid concerns disease outbreaks could claim more lives.2008-05-21T09:34+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-07c64cf121f7adb9dab08b3a1b6e3e32CommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesManMadeDisasters20080521093400http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/294845290/la-fg-china21-2008may21,0,5215385.storyCHENGDU, CHINA -- The death toll in China's devastating earthquake topped 40,000 Tuesday as the country entered a third day of national mourning and struggled to shelter more than 5 million people left homeless. As the search-and-rescue effort across the mountainous quake zone continued for a ninth....2008-05-21T09:24+0200latimesenlatimes-b6f46676b0ce0c8acc95e169ecead67fNaturalDisasters20080521092400http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&articleid=339721&referrer=RSSChina scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as international aid began to flow in. With hope virtually extinguished of finding more survivors, soldiers and relief workers focused on the desperate plight of those displaced.2008-05-21T09:24+0200MailGuardianenMailGuardian-867bcf8bb49020fa98ef0afba97e10b8AgriculturalProdOliveHortCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521092400http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/294845289/la-fg-qiang21-2008may21,0,3109044.storyBEICHUAN, CHINA -- Deng Rufu sits on a rock watching the exodus of his people from their ravaged homeland. A young Qiang man with a sweating brow carries his 82-year-old grandmother on a wooden contraption strapped to his back. Another elderly woman climbs painfully with a hand-carved walking stick.2008-05-21T09:24+0200latimesenlatimes-832def5eddbed2ca854099c12f5ca71fAgriculturalProdAnimalNaturalDisasters20080521092400http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8220190.htmBy Shi Chundong and Cao Jianjie CHENGDU, Southwest China, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The earthquake-hit Chinese province has decided to halt the sports events in May and June, moving out a world men's volleyball league tournament. Sichuan, devastated by a 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12, has cancelled all of....2008-05-21T09:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-477bffaf96e3cb96261096786a070028NaturalDisasters20080521092300http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbcwidmhgb/rss2/The Tibetan government-in-exile has asked for a temporary stop to protests against China as the country grapples with the aftermath of an earthquake that has killed 40,000 and left millions more homeless.2008-05-21T09:20+0200irish-newsenirish-news-d02fd345324dafc35e848a7cec53de91NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521092000http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3545929,00.htmlMore schools reopened Wednesday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but rain and a lack of tents underscored the massive task facing the government in sheltering millions left homeless. May 12 earthquake that killed more than 40,000 people.2008-05-21T09:09+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-1f351dca31c26076b0a84e015449284120080521090900http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/21/shocks-and-awe-89520-20424271/Terrified men and women flee a huge landslide in a speedboat in Yingxiu, China, as aftershocks from the massive earthquake that has killed 70,000 continue to cause mayhem. Meanwhile, a woman of 60 who survived eight days trapped beneath rubble by drinking rainwater was rescued in Pengzhou.2008-05-21T08:40+0200sundaymirrorensundaymirror-9f583ae65b79d1da1862778a29f76e9f20080521084000http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8220063.htmBEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province rose to 40,075 nationwide as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. Another 247,645 people were injured in the 8.0-magnitude quake that jolted southwestern Sichuan Province last Monday.2008-05-21T08:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-279938eb74708a5a26463abdf1cd71f1NaturalDisasters20080521083800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219954.htmRescuers search for survivors in debris of collapsed buildings in quake-hit Beichuan county, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 18, 2008. Exhausted rescuers are still determined to search for survivors seven days after the earthquake measured 8.0-magnitude on Richter scale hit Sichuan on May 12.2008-05-21T08:38+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-bd879a7b6dcb39cee08126b0e4fa2f40NaturalDisasters20080521083800http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20080521055028160C192031Among several reports of people being pulled out alive from the rubble, China has raised the number of dead or missing from last week's devastating earthquake to more than 70 000.2008-05-21T08:24+0200StarenStar-48d13d4ab03ff388eee3af74d81db018NaturalDisasters20080521082400http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415405.htmlSome 70 members of Japan's Matsuyama Ballet Troupe, headed by Masao Shimizu, visited the Chinese Embassy here Wednesday to mourn the victims of last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province and extend condolences to those a ...2008-05-21T08:18+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-efc5eb5682e7bb54cfc05381382a784420080521081800http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_scrambles_to_help_five_million_displaced_547407China scrambled to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as international aid began to flow in.2008-05-21T08:16+0200sbsensbs-343a97f8e7674c3e08b288c249edb6f1AgriculturalProdOliveHortCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521081600http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1999284/China-earthquake-Rain-hampers-relief-efforts.html?source=rssHeavy rain is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-hit southwest China.2008-05-21T08:09+0200telegraphentelegraph-67fbf4eaf69083768c07e5e546816898NaturalDisasters20080521080900http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20080521055028160C192031Among several reports of people being pulled out alive from the rubble, China has raised the number of dead or missing from last week's devastating earthquake to more than 70 000.2008-05-21T08:09+0200ioleniol-48d13d4ab03ff388eee3af74d81db018NaturalDisasters20080521080900http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3545904,00.htmlFlags were lowered to half-staff Wednesday across Bangladesh to mourn people killed in the recent cyclone in Myanmar and earthquake in China. "Bangladesh is paying respect to those killed in natural disasters in two friendly countries," said a statement from the government's Press Information Department.2008-05-21T08:08+0200yediotaharonotenyediotaharonot-77626e9cd0fa4c0dae7424a673ada86b20080521080800http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=17209&ccid=11t. A government statement said the number killed had now topped 40,000, and state news agency Xinhua reported that a further 32,000 were missing. Authorities had previously said they expected the final death toll to exceed 50,000. More than 247,000 were injured.2008-05-21T08:05+0200arabtimesenarabtimes-06876bc26ae0fe6ae1de92efdaf62582AgriculturalProdOliveHortJRCSafeguardsManMadeDisastersNuclearDecommissioningNaturalDisastersNuclear20080521080500http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EU2MK?OpenDocumentNOTE: This report is based on information received from the office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRC) in China, UN partners, and the media. Key Summary - Tents are urgently needed and have been requested as a high priority by the Government of China. More than 200,000 tents are needed.2008-05-21T07:57+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-7e1aeaa38d8cc0ba77bb9a503da665b5NaturalDisasters20080521075700http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/21/worldupdates/2008-05-21T105343Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-336823-3&sec=WorldupdatesCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Heavy rain over southwest China on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.2008-05-21T07:55+0200thestarenthestar-28058000fb1d41970d0a38ca02fc8538Nuclear20080521075500http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219822.htmBEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Heads of state and government, parliamentary leaders and officials of international organizations from 72 countries across the world have visited Chinese embassies, consulates or missions to mourn victims of a deadly earthquake, which hit China's southwestern Sichuan Province last week.2008-05-21T07:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-13ca80a29835c4c2867a790d925cff6eAirENVUNSecretaryGeneralSocietyUnitedNationsENVManMadeDisastersOHIMNaturalDisasters20080521075300http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A770253Bloomberg BEIJING — China will relocate more than 12-million people who are homeless after the country’s deadliest earthquake in 32 years as the threat of rain heightened concern that disease will spread. The government appealed to overseas donors to make sending tents a priority.2008-05-21T07:44+0200bdayenbday-ed0584ce6ec0f39f2554e2d4d424c501NaturalDisasters20080521074400http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/undaunted_china39s_athletes_go_for_gold_for_quake_victims__547405The massive earthquake that caused untold suffering and triggered national mourning has failed to shake the iron resolve of China's athletes as they prepare for the Beijing Olympics.2008-05-21T07:38+0200sbsensbs-71de8ac4ddc7cff2f08faf428638dd43ManMadeDisasters20080521073800http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080521/ts_afp/chinaquakeAFP - China scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as international aid began to flow in.2008-05-21T07:33+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-85706a66b1a7853983fb12ea7c9fefc8AgriculturalProdOliveHortCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521073300http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161326139Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner has said his near-death experience in China has taught him that wealth is not important in life. Warner was in China last week when a massive earthquake occurred, the death toll of which stood at 40,000 up to yesterday. Speaking at the UNC Monday-night meeting at the....2008-05-21T07:32+0200trinidadexpressentrinidadexpress-74dfd39dd3dd5ac1bb0edbf374be41ab20080521073200http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161326077The governments of the various countries including T&T that employ Chinese contractors should take serious concerns about the quality of Chinese construction in the light of the recent earthquake in China. Although China is now considered to be the "workshop of the world'', the quality of some Chinese-manufactured goods leaves much to be desired.2008-05-21T07:32+0200trinidadexpressentrinidadexpress-e2d6bf8e0930bb267da1797a8ff5f01420080521073200http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218048&Sn=WORL&IssueId=2827CHENGDU: A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed via a straw were yesterday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000. Despite the overwhelming odds against finding any more survivors, rescue workers yesterday....2008-05-21T07:26+0200GulfDailyNewsenGulfDailyNews-bee5af836084d9ee226b2b252a0d4be2AgriculturalProdOliveHortTAXUDNaturalDisasters20080521072600http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23735167-23109,00.htmlTHE Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile has called for a temporary halt to protests against China as a mark of respect to earthquake victims. 2:53pm (AEST)2008-05-21T07:12+0200NEWScomAUenNEWScomAU-b881d7cb246d092efd7faf815c22e8a120080521071200http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=b9caf7fb-26cd-48e6-a7c4-fbb670231eeb&&Headline=China+quake%253a+Focus+shifts+to+reliefChina scrambled to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as international aid began to flow in.2008-05-21T07:11+0200HindustanTimesenHindustanTimes-53adf7273c0b78478c8926cd2e57d6b9AgriculturalProdOliveHortCommunicableDiseaseCasesCommunicableDiseasesNaturalDisasters20080521071100http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/missing_panda_found_after_quake_547401A giant panda that went missing from a nature reserve after China's massive earthquake has returned safely, but two others remain unaccounted for, the state-run news agency says.2008-05-21T07:08+0200sbsensbs-a134d2459dc106534f0155a80b21e45fAgriculturalProdOliveHort20080521070800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219772.htmTOKYO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Some 70 members of Japan's Matsuyama Ballet Troupe, headed by Masao Shimizu, visited the Chinese Embassy here Wednesday to mourn the victims of last week's devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province and extend condolences to those affected.2008-05-21T07:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-1a171b549b4cc72b238853a0564f3ab420080521070800http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.fdc520ceb65e4b0488ac949ed9a77b72.271.htmlMIANZHU (AFP) - China scrambled on Wednesday to deliver tents and other essential materials to the five million people made homeless by last week's earthquake, as international aid began to flow in.2008-05-21T07:05+0200afp-englishenafp-english-a88257f1a9bc4c75a95f311f9f46562d20080521070500http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2251541.htmThe Australian prime minister's ability to speak Mandarin has again garnered primetime coverage on Chinese television as he expressed his condolences for China's earthquake victims. While China declined Australia's offer to send in search and rescue teams after last week's massive earthquake,....2008-05-21T07:02+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-af0a093ed7a860c0d2e78e8c75d9075dNaturalDisasters20080521070200http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/294779546/la-fi-inflate21-2008may21,0,435677.storySHANGHAI -- The powerful earthquake that rattled Sichuan province is not expected to hamper China's economic growth, but it could ripple through the economy in one significant way: inflation. Sichuan accounts for just 4% of the nation's gross domestic product and less than 2% of the country's foreign trade and investment.2008-05-21T06:54+0200latimesenlatimes-541efe2b1c4564ca7e10c0d84fd10b2bAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibreAgriculturalProdAnimalNaturalDisasters20080521065400http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2251541.htmThe Australian prime minister's ability to speak Mandarin has again garnered primetime coverage on Chinese television as he expressed his condolences for China's earthquake victims.2008-05-21T06:47+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-50ef9c1607cb44f9838a6500f0c1e8dfNaturalDisasters20080521064700http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2251148.htmChina's army says it has finally reached every town and village that was cut off by last week's earthquake in south-west Sichuan province.2008-05-21T06:47+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-8a57839ffcd5a2e5d512c65c7494bbd2NaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521064700http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080521?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNewsCHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Heavy rain over southwest China on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.2008-05-21T06:43+0200reutersenreuters-aca299462f18c8cd570619e4fa18d87520080521064300http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080521/ts_nm/quake_dcReuters - Heavy rain over southwest China on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken areas, where tents have become the most-wanted item.2008-05-21T06:32+0200news-yahooennews-yahoo-b98780d82d17f125b9d3bb1f1afbe046Nuclear20080521063200http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219697.htmBy Shi Chundong and Cao Jianjie CHENGDU, Southwest China, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Sports infrastructure in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan province has been seriously damaged, a sports official said here on Wednesday. A newly-built gymnasium, a swimming pool and a stadium in the Aba Normal Institute in....2008-05-21T06:23+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-56de83d7db27df11df71eae98020730cNaturalDisasters20080521062300http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK122975.htm* Weather, aftershocks disrupt relief efforts * Premier warns of "secondary disasters" (Writes through) By Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, China, May 21 (Reuters) - Heavy rain over southwest China on Wednesday is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-stricken....2008-05-21T06:11+0200alertnetenalertnet-e9fb93d5c2be2630347a2d80ffc07057Nuclear20080521061100http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/netizens_criticise_govt_quake_role_547390The Internet in China is providing a platform for people to express criticism of authorities over the deadly earthquake, amid a barrage of positive news in the tightly controlled traditional press.2008-05-21T06:04+0200sbsensbs-7f495cf46c285bed1331dff521e7a440NaturalDisasters20080521060400http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12699605&PageNum=0MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russian rescue workers who took part in eliminating the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in southwest China have left that country, a spokesman for the Emergency Situations Ministry told Itar-Tass. “The rescuers finished the works in China, as the rescue operation....2008-05-21T05:57+0200itartass_enenitartass_en-9314f7c7bb8beb83684932161bb4aaccEchoHumanitarianAidNaturalDisasters20080521055700http://www.independent.ie/world-news/china-appeals-for-tents-as--12-million-to-be-relocated-1381692.html?r=RSSCHINA will relocate more than 12 million people left homeless by the country's deadliest earthquake in 32 years as the threat of rain heightened concern about mudslides and the spread of disease.2008-05-21T05:56+0200irish-independentenirish-independent-0e0ec048268df444b1c06eb8152e3afcNaturalDisasters20080521055600http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/05/21/157359/35%252Dperson%252DRed.htmA 35-member medical team organized by the Red Cross Society of the Republic of China and Taipei City's Department of Health departed for Sichuan yesterday morning to assist in earthquake relief efforts in the southwestern Chinese province.2008-05-21T05:52+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-ca2b54f74194ab63b5162f63af86553bNaturalDisasters20080521055200http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2008/05/21/157424/China%252Dwarns.htmChina's power plants are running out of coal, with less than three days' supply in some areas, the government said Tuesday, adding to the country's logistical headaches amid earthquake relief efforts.2008-05-21T05:52+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-da6c772f5e4d6bc96743a6218e13d20fEnergy20080521055200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EU2JU?OpenDocumentBy Lucy Hornby CHENGDU, May 21 (Reuters) - Heavy rain is likely to interrupt relief efforts and threaten dams in mountainous southwest China where tents have been named the most-wanted item following last week's devastating earthquake. Thousands of aftershocks and a forecast of rain compounded the....2008-05-21T05:52+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-29acd7a6717fe932aaa93984fabbd8b2NaturalDisasters20080521055200http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/21/157368/China%252Dsays.htmChina needs up to 3 million tents to house the estimated 5 million people left homeless by an earthquake that struck on May 12, and is having a hard job finding the equipment, officials said on Tuesday.2008-05-21T05:52+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-7e1d835490f6db12e1722bd16942abafNaturalDisasters20080521055200http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EU2G4?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 20, 2008 (AFP) - China's government announced a series of financial measures Tuesday to help millions of people affected by the earthquake that devastated the nation's southwest, state press said. Besides allocating up to 2.5 billion yuan (357 million dollars) in personal allowances to....2008-05-21T05:52+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-e8384738a7aef2bb077fee4bc5e14691NaturalDisastersTAXUD20080521055200http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/21/157346/Miracle%252Drescues.htmA woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed sweetened water were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.2008-05-21T05:52+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-47dc0b1cf6a92f28f67fca81d49524e6AgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisasters20080521055200http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/%20business/2008/05/21/157423/Tycoon%252DTsao.htmTaiwanese computer-chip tycoon Robert Tsao will sell a Qing Dynasty glass pot he bought for a record HK$67.5 million (US$8.7 million) six months ago, and give half the proceeds to China's earthquake relief work.2008-05-21T05:52+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-2072eaa4720e77206c3540fba747cecdNaturalDisasters20080521055200http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2008/05/21/157426/China%2527s%252DCNPC.htmChina National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) said last week's earthquake in gas-rich southwest China cost it estimated losses of 1.78 billion yuan (US$254.3 million) and the lives of at least five staff.2008-05-21T05:52+0200ChinaPostenChinaPost-f52a07fb874cfb5033e89f2bfb838bb8Energy20080521055200http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2008/0521/1211310192741.htmlIRELAND: SOME 180 heavy tents and 6,000 blankets are to be sent by the Irish Government to Sichuan province in China to further assist with humanitarian efforts after last week's earthquake.2008-05-21T05:35+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-7a9e56a8ddb0d415949f330d744f48f520080521053500http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2008/0521/1211310192488.htmlDistraught parents ask why so many of China's classrooms collapsed in the earthquake, writes Clifford Coonan in Mianzhu2008-05-21T05:35+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-be77f62b6e465d31adcb345d3ab47fbf20080521053500http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0521/1211310192503.htmlSOME 180 heavy tents and 6,000 blankets are to be sent by the Irish Government to Sichuan province in China to further assist with humanitarian efforts after last week's earthquake.2008-05-21T05:35+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-56c00aab6f92f03b8e4a259ea20329f420080521053500http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2008/0521/1211310192501.htmlIRELAND: A MOURNING ceremony for the thousands of earthquake victims in China was held at the University of Limerick yesterday.2008-05-21T05:35+0200irishtimesenirishtimes-a9c7ceebf7e53b19ff85925998e32728NaturalDisasters20080521053500http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3712483.eceAnother earthquake has struck the Sichuan province in China. This one measured 6.1. The death toll from Monday's tremor is now put at just under 30,000 but many more are believed to be trapped under rubble. Don't Miss . . . Gel placed inside nose could provide breakthrough Parents want MLAs to....2008-05-21T05:28+0200belfasttelegraphenbelfasttelegraph-68d7e513c7d90ed595dcfc9706b5555dNaturalDisasters20080521052800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415345.htmlMorocco has offered China emergency humanitarian aid worth one million U.S. dollars following the deadly earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, the MAP news agency reported Tuesday. King Mohammed VI, who made the of ...2008-05-21T05:17+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-54a41d2b780988f15e39c2e05d77fbeeHumanitarianAid20080521051700http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415346.htmlUkraine on Tuesday sent its first batch of humanitarian aid to China following the devastating earthquake in the country's southwest on May 12, which has claimed more than 40,000 lives. An Il-76 transport aircraft took off from the ...2008-05-21T05:17+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-9597ea411c238599fa1c201701ce3d00Echo20080521051700http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2251148.htmChina's army says it has finally reached every town and village that was cut off by last week's earthquake in south-west Sichuan province. Our correspondent in Beijing, Peter Cave, reports the official death toll has now passed 40,000. The People's Liberation Army which is leading the massive rescue....2008-05-21T04:57+0200australianetworkenaustralianetwork-9862f6473914788e8d94b5a9f8b8d8deNaturalDisastersManMadeDisasters20080521045700http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219352.htmBy Shi Chundong and Cao Jianjie CHENGDU, Southwest China, May 21 (Xinhua) -- None of Sichuan-based athletes was killed or injured in a deadly earthquake which hit the southwestern Chinese province on May 12, Sichuan sports chief said here on Wednesday. The provincial teams of various sports were evacuated immediately after the 8.2008-05-21T04:53+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-606226bb01cbbba7880d128522748cd6NaturalDisasters20080521045300http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415257.htmlMajor U.S. companies have been actively contributing to the relief efforts in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China, a U.S. business community leader told Xinhua Tuesday. "We have been working with the Chines ...2008-05-21T04:32+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-927f5cfca5a22954273bbe4a6a248569NaturalDisasters20080521043200http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415256.htmlThe U.S. House of the Representatives unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday, pledging full support to China's relief efforts after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China. "The House of Representatives extends its condolences ...2008-05-21T04:32+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-d09d763c9b104306ba1464781033e91bNaturalDisasters20080521043200http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052001681.html?nav=rss_world/asiaCHAPING, China -- To reach this shattered, deserted mountain town, Chen Tong Quan hiked for six hours the other day, his third trip back since the earthquake to convince his mother-in-law that it was time to go.2008-05-21T04:21+0200WashingtonPost_BenWashingtonPost_B-05517a390394a79984e5bef5e8a14cd920080521042100http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200805210074.htmlTHE ASAHI SHIMBUN CHENGDU, China--A Japanese emergency relief team sent here to search for survivors of the May 12 earthquake wound up its operations Tuesday and was expected to arrive home this morning. The decision to end operations was made in concert with Chinese officials.2008-05-21T04:16+0200asahienasahi-48c7ddd982add1342b7fc3c7832e6da420080521041600http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8218911.htmKIEV, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine on Tuesday sent its first batch of humanitarian aid to China following the devastating earthquake in the country's southwest on May 12, which has claimed more than 40,000 lives. An Il-76 transport aircraft took off from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev Tuesday evening,....2008-05-21T04:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-5f0ea34bfd565cd89b20e4ef7a366bddEcho20080521040800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8218808.htmBEIJING, May 21 -- The people of China and abroad have rallied brilliantly to help the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. But for one group of young Shanghai residents, donating money was not enough. When Clark Wang heard about the Sichuan earthquake devastation, he immediately wanted to help.2008-05-21T04:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-225941bc77efedf488b2b7bb9df37629AgriculturalProdOliveHortWaterENVNaturalDisasters20080521040800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8218797.htmRABAT, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Morocco has offered China emergency humanitarian aid worth one million U.S. dollars following the deadly earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, the MAP news agency reported Tuesday. King Mohammed VI, who made the offer, had earlier sent a condolence....2008-05-21T04:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-fb66583665e147ab47503155bbb0fcceHumanitarianAid20080521040800http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8218692.htmBEIJING, May 21 -- 2:28PM, May 12, 2008, Sichuan Province, southwestern China - - a day of tragedy and death, the birth of courage and heroes. The depth of the Sichuan earthquake tragedy seems never ending, but amid it all amazing stories continue to emerge. Many, reported in the Chinese media, are now being translated into other languages.2008-05-21T04:08+0200xinhuanet_enenxinhuanet_en-8da1986e3b2cd4ab36811743677cbd4eNaturalDisasters20080521040800http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MMAH-7EU2QU?OpenDocumentBEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Following are the latest facts and figures about the massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12: -- The death toll from the quake rose to 40,075 nationwide Tuesday, while 247,645 people were injured and 32,361 people were missing.2008-05-21T03:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-fffddcca2c06b0884cac4827bfa5bbb4AgriculturalProdOliveHort20080521035000http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7ETUSW?OpenDocumentSilver Spring, Maryland --The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is stepping up its assistance to the survivors of the deadly 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12, providing food aid, water, and shelter materials for those in need.2008-05-21T03:50+0200reliefWebenreliefWeb-f33f628146af55c61ab48921444c7a32EchoHorizontalMattersNaturalDisastersFoodSecurityFoodAid20080521035000http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200805/news05/21.htm#2Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials visited the Chinese embassy here Tuesday to express condolences as regards the strong earthquake that hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province of China, claiming huge human losses. Among them were Kim Yong Chun, Choe Thae Bok, Vice-Premier....2008-05-21T03:48+0200knsenkns-31067f655745275b79541e30df9945a4PublicHealth20080521034800http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200805/news05/21.htm#1Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- The Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, the National Defence Commission and the Cabinet of the DPRK jointly sent a wreath to the Chinese embassy here on Tuesday in connection with the strong earthquake which hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province of China, causing huge human losses.2008-05-21T03:48+0200knsenkns-8df937c425ff72960844a1e290a1b77bPublicHealth20080521034800http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6415146.htmlThe death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province rose to 40,075 nationwide as of 6 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Information Office of the State Council. Another 247,645 people were injured in th ...2008-05-21T03:47+0200peopledailyenpeopledaily-02e683e0a424039a6dd488a7e9130dabAgriculturalProdOliveHortNaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseCases20080521034700http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2251148.htmChina's army says it has finally reached every town and village that was cut off by last week's earthquake in south-west Sichuan province.2008-05-21T03:31+0200radioaustraliaenradioaustralia-a15e058c8fe427adac02fdd5d0cd2fc0NaturalDisasters20080521033100http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200805/news05/21.htm#1Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- The Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, the National Defence Commission and the Cabinet of the DPRK jointly sent a wreath to the Chinese embassy here on Tuesday in connection with the strong earthquake which hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province of China, causing huge human losses.2008-05-21T03:30+0200kcnaenkcna-8df937c425ff72960844a1e290a1b77bPublicHealth20080521033000http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2008/200805/news05/21.htm#2Pyongyang, May 20 (KCNA) -- Senior party and state officials visited the Chinese embassy here Tuesday to express condolences as regards the strong earthquake that hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province of China, claiming huge human losses. Among them were Kim Yong Chun, Choe Thae Bok, Vice-Premier....2008-05-21T03:30+0200kcnaenkcna-31067f655745275b79541e30df9945a4PublicHealth20080521033000