<rss><channel><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China (+photos)</title><link>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&amp;objectid=10512902&amp;ref=rss</link><description>MIANZHU - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades. The houses collapsed...</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:08+0200</pubDate><source>nzherald</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>nzherald-1fa3f24c14f57ed574e1839737823e45</guid></item><item><title>CWS emergency appeal update: 2008 China earthquake</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7F2QA5?OpenDocument</link><description>Appeal #699-B Appeal amount: $200,000 SITUATION As the death toll from the most catastrophic earthquake to hit China in more than two decades continues to climb, survivors are coping with damaging aftershocks that complicate relief efforts. More than 67,000 have been killed, another 20,000 remain missing and millions are homeless.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-76cadd2a98d22771f995c98e1074b561</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SNAO-7F2RBD?OpenDocument</link><description>By Tyra Dempster MIANZHU, China, May 27 (Reuters) - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades. The houses collapsed when a 5.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-c4de7248c7e3817d4778466ceee625b1</guid></item><item><title>China: Foreign medical teams active in earthquake relief</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SNAO-7F2QEW?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, May 27, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Despite speaking different languages, medical teams from many countries and regions are actively helping the earthquake relief in disaster-hit southwest China. "Xiao Gan" is the nickname locals have given to Chinese Russian doctor Gan Junda.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-01b019c4c931d3cfb1997aea93ac82df</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Red Cross Red Crescent sends tents, field hospitals and international disaster relief experts to help earthquake survivors</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EDIS-7F2QAM?OpenDocument</link><description>With more than five million people left homeless after the devastating earthquake in Sichuan, according to the ministry of civil affairs, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is aiming to send up to 100,000 tents to Chengdu for distribution to the affected areas to help meet this urgent need for emergency shelter.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-a2437935e3d04ed802f28e75b64f4bed</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>China orders evacuation amid quake flood fears</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SNAO-7F2S9R?OpenDocument</link><description>by Lynne O'Donnell BEICHUAN, China, May 28, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese authorities were Wednesday engaged in an all-out evacuation effort as a dangerously swelling lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake threatened to engulf the area. As the death toll from the May 12 quake jumped to 67,000,....</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-afc291f3f9c54c3af2d7b2ff71e336e3</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>Mental trauma rampant after China earthquake</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_MENTAL_TRAUMA?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>DEYANG, China (AP) -- Liu Yisi sits on a hospital bed, reading a comic book. His nose is bruised, swollen and cut, and his left arm is heavily bandaged....</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-86d5ded550e7cf85a1e69e8b44ad4304</guid><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Helping survivors of China quake</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7F2QPG?OpenDocument</link><description>Following the devastating earthquake that hit China on 12 May, Caritas assessment teams have travelled to Sichuan in China to assess the needs of survivors CAFOD's two local partners have organised volunteers to respond to the needs of people who have been affected by the disaster. The quake measuring 7.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-69bff9c4d7a919db1569bc89b043c26a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>Mental trauma rampant after China earthquake (AP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080527/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake_mental_trauma</link><description>AP - Liu Yisi sits on a hospital bed, reading a comic book. His nose is bruised, swollen and cut, and his left arm is heavily bandaged.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T22:47+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-acb509a7532cd58f07811c5855f56a84</guid><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China 'quake lake' is top priority</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_quake_lake_is_top_priority_547862</link><description>A swollen "quake lake" that has forced the evacuation of 150,000 people through fears of flooding is China's top priority in the earthquake relief effort.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T22:45+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-73f36656d696ee9e848dd681a6475cb8</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake relief HQ says focus of relief work to shift to reconstruction</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/27/content_8265202.htm</link><description>Earthquake relief work has entered a "new stage" and more efforts should be focused on resettlement and post-quake reconstruction in damaged areas, the earthquake relief headquarters under China's State Council agreed at a meeting on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T22:39+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-1819c5fb97fb565507c830d7b1152c75</guid><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Ohio Couple Tell Sichuan Quake Tales</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90864856&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1004</link><description>A husband and wife from Columbus, Ohio, had planned a trip to China with the humanitarian aid group Heart to Heart before the deadly earthquake struck in Sichuan province. They decided to take the trip anyway.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T22:32+0200</pubDate><source>NPRnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NPRnews-da3cda62c61b69353b227c29776bd195</guid></item><item><title>China to relocate towns, villages in quake zone for rehabilitation</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/28/content_8265814.htm</link><description>BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Rehabilitation in China's quake-hit zone will take a long time as quite a number of towns and villages need to move to new sites, said a report issued by the earthquake relief headquarters of the State Council here Tuesday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:51+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-019e9463dff83d07977255235f79a2ae</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China &amp;amp; Outbreak Risks After Earthquake</title><link>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/05/mil-080527-voa07.htm</link><description>Chinese Officials Concerned About Outbreak Risks After Earthquake By Jamila Trindle Beijing 27 May 2008 With the death toll from a massive earthquake in China now above 67,000, the government aims to prevent new deaths by protecting survivors from possible floods and the threat of a disease outbreak.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:26+0200</pubDate><source>globalsecurity</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>globalsecurity-44bd138b83128a241398ddcdf0b546ae</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China evacuates villagers after new flood threat</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>MIANYANG, China (AP) -- About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley....</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:06+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-c45886443321545b7a9b79a8946cd655</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Beijing launches second Olympic weather satellite</title><link>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/05/28/2003413165</link><description>AP, BEIJING Wednesday, May 28, 2008, Page 1 China launched a weather forecasting satellite yesterday to help predict weather for the Summer Olympics and earthquake recovery work. The Fengyun-3 was launched on a Long March-4C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi Province, the China Meteorological Administration said.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:06+0200</pubDate><source>taipeitimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>taipeitimes-2613c004a0ea47873365f27ff0bf1e2c</guid><category>ClimateChange</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Space</category></item><item><title>Crises shed light on free speech</title><link>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2008/05/28/2003413128</link><description>By Andreas Ni Wednesday, May 28, 2008, Page 8 China’s tight media control over the coverage of the unrest in Tibet has been followed by what, to some, looks like far more open treatment of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province. Is this a change in China’s media strategy, or just a....</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:06+0200</pubDate><source>taipeitimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>taipeitimes-e37e52644580a44fb1a82c63be2b5f67</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>LIFEENV</category></item><item><title>Swollen lake tops China's quake relief agenda, draining, evacuation side by side</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7F2NRD?OpenDocument</link><description>MIANYANG, Sichuan Province, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A swollen "quakelake" in one of the worst hit areas in China's devastating earthquake has topped the country's agenda of relief work. In a phone call on Monday night, Chinese President Hu Jintao told Vice Premier Hui Liangyu, who were in southwestern....</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:05+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-7c5716a3ff700fb4939fab88f08fb49b</guid></item><item><title>China evacuates villagers after new flood threat</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052700536.html?nav=rss_world</link><description>MIANYANG, China -- About 80,000 people were evacuated Tuesday from downstream of an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T21:03+0200</pubDate><source>WashingtonPost_B</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>WashingtonPost_B-f4d32ce324e9fc69939f6c5a80707d29</guid></item><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/28/worldupdates/2008-05-27T234503Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337861-2&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T20:57+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-bf3eca9cc50645e8c0466ad65c262cf8</guid></item><item><title>Quake: 80,000 more moved to safety</title><link>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/quake+80000+more+moved+to+safety/2260847?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews</link><description>Another 80,000 people were being hurried to safety from the path of floods building up behind earthquake debris in China. The rescue took the number of people moved out of the threatened valley to almost 160,000 from more than 30 townships. 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The statement adds that the aid comprising 155 tents provided by the Ministry will....</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T19:03+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-2ca07cecd436a9b1ca2160660a9157c0</guid><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>China: Quake relief HQ says focus of relief work to shift to reconstruction</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7F2MPN?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Earthquake relief work has entered a "new stage" and more efforts should be focused on resettlement and post-quake reconstruction in damaged areas, the earthquake relief headquarters under China's State Council agreed at a meeting on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T19:03+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-45cd9847106f64919328b89272cd0a11</guid><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China</title><link>http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15270720080527?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews</link><description>MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:59+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-b2688d39328041688fee1b04a6089a94</guid></item><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080527?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews</link><description>MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:59+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-9ea70a5e1d72e24c25bc585703865159</guid></item><item><title>China relief workers move another 80,000 to safety</title><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhqlcwmh/rss2/</link><description>Another 80,000 people were being hurried to safety today from the path of floods building up behind earthquake debris in China.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:55+0200</pubDate><source>irish-news</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>irish-news-f24d09a17abdc6d15a43f40511d4ca0e</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK147907.htm</link><description>(Recasts with aftershock effects, injuries) By Tyra Dempster MIANZHU, China, May 27 (Reuters) - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades. The houses collapsed when a 5.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:49+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-893fec9c4bdbf91ea3123cd3cd9abad1</guid></item><item><title>Swollen lake tops China's quake relief agenda, draining, evacuation side by side</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/28/content_8265651.htm</link><description>A swollen "quakelake" in one of the worst hit areas in China's devastating earthquake has topped the country's agenda of relief work.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:47+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-fba436fdb175be5e1c1e6bd30eac2638</guid></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/28/content_8265715.htm</link><description>BEIJING, May 27 (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 67,183 nationwide as of Tuesday noon, while 361,822 people were injured and 20,790 people were missing.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:47+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-f942103b67877a21521276b7230e29c9</guid></item><item><title>More international condolences, aid offered to quake-struck China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/28/content_8265674.htm</link><description>BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The international community continues to offer condolences and aid for China following the deadly earthquake that rocked the country's southwestern Sichuan province on May 12. Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo sent a message of condolence to Chinese President Hu Jintao.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:47+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-d16d99a7a56eeea74efd0316688a9b4b</guid></item><item><title>Thousands flee China's 'quake lake' zone</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/298899840/index.html</link><description>Authorities on Tuesday evacuated thousands of people in southwestern China's Sichuan province, as engineers prepared to dynamite a potentially dangerous lake formed when landslides, triggered by this month's earthquake, dammed a river.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:44+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-38c5e87d33316998e883df82abff4793</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>New aftershocks bring terror to quake-hit China (Reuters)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080527/ts_nm/quake_dc</link><description>Reuters - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:41+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-272770eb55e479579914e679fcf2c7d3</guid></item><item><title>Aftershocks injure 63 people in China</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2257490.htm</link><description>More than 420 thousand houses have collapsed in earthquake hit Sichuan province in southwest China after two fresh aftershocks.</description><pubDate>2008-05-27T18:32+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-0654cad553d92cbba8cabdd44dec2df4</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Aftershocks injure 63 people in China</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2257490.htm</link><description>More than 420 thousand houses have collapsed in earthquake hit Sichuan province in southwest China after two fresh aftershocks. The Xinhua news agency is reporting 63 people have been injured, six of them critically in Qingchuan County. 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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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T18:14+0200</pubDate><source>skynews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>skynews-ad02d34840ab99802e426c5c12b754a4</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>More foreign aid delivered to China's earthquake zone</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8259032.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T18:07+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-064f50931636c6793f0c4f97e8b404a8</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Thunderstorm hits Chinese provinces, disrupts flights</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8259030.htm</link><description>WUHAN, 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. 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The official estimate of dead from the May 12 earthquake is now more than 60 000, but that number is certain to grow.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T10:17+0200</pubDate><source>MailGuardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>MailGuardian-4d327e248a9eec6b52b87dbadec6fd65</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Sichuan earthquake leaves more than 5.500 children parentless</title><link>http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&amp;IdPublication=2&amp;NrArticle=112927&amp;NrIssue=668&amp;NrSection=30</link><description>More than 5.500 children lost their parents in the aftermath of devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province, Western news agencies said.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T09:58+0200</pubDate><source>makfax</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>makfax-1ba2d056aad6680d7d91856179e59d32</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Feature: Giant quake proves Chinese NGOs' rising force</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/26/content_8256445.htm</link><description>by 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T09:42+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-2a32180abab7256de79ba0694eb762f3</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake: 80-year-old man rescued after more than 11 days under rubble</title><link>http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/26/china-earthquake-80-year-old-man-rescued-after-more-than-11-days-under-rubble-89520-20430027/</link><description>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. 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The article titled "China helps itself" in its latest edition on Saturday said that the....</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T07:21+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-ccd2e5c71d3a801b1627d915eb4906ba</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>6.0 quake kills 6, destroys 70,000 homes</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/297725433/index.html</link><description>A 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T07:21+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-a6f4c13eb23f0c5eddabd32ac58b0951</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Tourism city shaken</title><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218436&amp;Sn=BUSI&amp;IssueId=2832</link><description>DUJIANGYAN, China: A sculpture proclaims Dujiangyan the "top tourist city in China." 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2 killed</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-25-20-51-52</link><description>CHENGDU, 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&amp;#039;s worst earthquake in t...</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T06:05+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-840b4cb3179de6e480d2d509543ccfb5</guid><category>Energy</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Aftershock topples over 71,000 homes</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158062/Aftershock%252Dtopples.htm</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T06:03+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-e59e6fd3faba5c88b120107a5280bce3</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Man rescued after 11 days in Sichuan tremblor rubble</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158091/Man%252Drescued.htm</link><description>A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T06:03+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-d8660648e3ef338a867fe084f7aa436e</guid></item><item><title>China viewers witness new press freedoms amid pervasive TV earthquake coverage</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158151/China%252Dviewers.htm</link><description>From 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T06:03+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-3cd35d47df26f2272a12ec3381d971cf</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Buddhist temple raises funds for quake victims</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/int%27l%20community/2008/05/26/158085/Buddhist%252Dtemple.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T06:03+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-62df65dddd40fb0889b1738135c719dd</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Pope urges brotherly solidarity for Chinese suffering from quake</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/26/158093/Pope%252Durges.htm</link><description>Pope 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T06:03+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-58bf9b27a780627b434f30cc56c675d4</guid></item><item><title>Diesel price is China's fault - ACCC</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23758923-29277,00.html</link><description>THE 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)</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T05:59+0200</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-2161e154fb4896767fb99753ba98c704</guid><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>China 'quake lake' threatens more damage</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2255691.htm</link><description>A squad of 1,800 Chinese police and soldiers have arrived at a swelling river blocked by a powerful earthquake two weeks ago. 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Guo Weimin, director of the State Council Information Office, announced the....</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T05:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-9b71b07ea115f715f9a581382dee7665</guid><category>Energy</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake lakes under control but situation still grim</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KHII-7EZ3FE?OpenDocument</link><description>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. 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Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was rescued in Mianzhu city on Friday. ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T04:01+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-23a898067b3c7b5ed8fe67232a33d5ea</guid></item><item><title>China quake toll surpasses 62,100 in Sichuan alone</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417997.html</link><description>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. So far, 83,988 people have been ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-26T04:01+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-b174cfdd09b55001451b6a3815ff3ea9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake survivors show signs of post-traumatic stress</title><link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/298055989/la-fg-stress26-2008may26,0,6090416.story</link><description>MIANYANG, 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? 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"An Il-76 cargo plane of the Emergency Situations Ministry carrying some 30 tons of disaster relief aid, including blankets and tents....</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T16:45+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-1d6ae83e69d45ae60244364772c0ff0d</guid><category>Echo</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>Israel sends humanitarian aid to Chinese earthquake victims</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EYJ8L?OpenDocument</link><description>The 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. 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It's the air.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T16:26+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-f03fb80f5babb690059497c418b67e0f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Environment</category><category>AirENV</category><category>HealthENV</category></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8250953.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T16:17+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-2d2c9655f364e739ecabd143198657fe</guid></item><item><title>Quake lakes under control but situation still grim</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8251172.htm</link><description>Photo 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. 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A Russian military transport plane touched down before dawn....</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:40+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-0a7e580fefd4c990815847c58a83d8e0</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Strong aftershock causes more misery in China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAR-7EYEQN?OpenDocument</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:40+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-1366e05ca11d12259ed0a083b005cba0</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Strong aftershock causes more misery in China</title><link>http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK15270720080525?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:37+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-a67c61f8876a1b2c8f33478e66cc5b78</guid></item><item><title>Strong aftershock causes more misery in China</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080525?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:37+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-932a45b0fa06cd60522dff32a66c52c8</guid></item><item><title>Strong aftershock causes more misery in China</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/25/worldupdates/2008-05-25T173232Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337603-2&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:28+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-cd3f59cbdb0275f3397a4fc120d84b50</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Strong aftershock jolts China as quake toll rises</title><link>http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.e7c9d1a76980f7f04952c110e8ceb6ac.301.html</link><description>CHENGDU (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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:18+0200</pubDate><source>afp-english</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>afp-english-15bdfa031e53c1775464a2765d487179</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Strong aftershock jolts China as quake toll rises (AFP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080525/ts_afp/chinaquake</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T14:13+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-2ad6782b281ed27ca3c89e7ca0550113</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Aftershock in Sichuan kills 1, injures 260</title><link>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547587,00.html</link><description>A 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. 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And 352,290 people were injured and 26,221 missing in the 8.0-magnitude quake tha ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T06:28+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-eac60714ee86ea824632320a2c3e3bcf</guid><category>Energy</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Official:Quake has little impact on China coal output</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417658.html</link><description>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. 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Shielded by th ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T06:28+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-8c1324c34bd83e72499d4a9e253c0a10</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/6417672.html</link><description>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 35 ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T06:28+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-b41ddfbb25780b4e46fbc2e4e9b9a6fb</guid></item><item><title>Sri Lankan gov't sends quake relief materials to China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8248308.htm</link><description>COLOMBO, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T06:21+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-2724f43c99f164a788b50d5371f432b8</guid></item><item><title>Local medical team returns from China</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/int%27l%20community/2008/05/25/157991/Local%252Dmedical.htm</link><description>Taiwan'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T05:35+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-5598fafafdfb01bedf6d71e5635d6205</guid></item><item><title>Chinese leader says quake death toll may top 80,000</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/25/157951/Chinese%252Dleader.htm</link><description>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 death toll and warned it could exceed 80,000.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T05:35+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-99b95b38f793985d3693543f75a9b7d0</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>8 pandas from China's quake epicenter arrive in Beijing</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/25/157953/8%252Dpandas.htm</link><description>Eight pandas reached Beijing safely Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the recent earthquake in China.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T05:35+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-813978507afb232290af997302a75beb</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Students, teachers 12% of quake dead</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/25/157983/Students%252Dteachers.htm</link><description>Some 9,000 school children and teachers are among the dead, buried or missing in China's major earthquake, state press said Saturday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T05:35+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-7b5f1a2e4cebcb5dc381d0e9e6308414</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Faint hope for miners trapped by Chinese quake</title><link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/faint-hope-for-miners-trapped-by-chinese-quake-834044.html</link><description>Rescuers 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, ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T05:11+0200</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-4eaf2d9b8e7beaf7e6abceeda5befe15</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category></item><item><title>Chinese volunteers soldier on in quake aftermath</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK171773.htm</link><description>By 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T05:10+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-7da826a5ce4ae3dcea03bc800b8649c5</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Chinese L.A. Consulate lauded for coordinating overseas aid for quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8247726.htm</link><description>LOS 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T04:51+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-6742057033e1be00d7368fe845c9b921</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll could hit 80,000 (By Tini Tran)</title><link>http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080524/FOREIGN/259563163/1003</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T04:03+0200</pubDate><source>washtimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>washtimes-a598e17c27a4ac32ac956b872054235f</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>China warns quake toll could top 80,000</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_warns_quake_toll_could_top_80000_547681</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T04:03+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-4983fc47c99ec877d414891d1e88d6ea</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>UN chief praises China's emergency response to earthquake disaster</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254878.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T03:15+0200</pubDate><source>australianetwork</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>australianetwork-fee2016ff8303892d34145879f4603b5</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>UN chief praises China's emergency response to earthquake disaster</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254878.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T03:11+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-22cc870ac3d6bb5ee5b3d5f729fca749</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Three days of national mourning declared in China</title><link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3712553.ece</link><description>Three days of national mourning are to be held in China for those killed in last Monday's massive earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T03:04+0200</pubDate><source>belfasttelegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>belfasttelegraph-f52c7234d20abce3fe7c97e394d8dc97</guid></item><item><title>Portsmouth takes FA Cup</title><link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/sport/soccer/article3710569.ece</link><description>Harry Redknapp's side have beaten Cardiff 1-0 at Wembley. Veteran striker Kanu got the goal, eight minutes before half-time.

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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.

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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T01:01+0200</pubDate><source>telegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>telegraph-1e4c025cb6788c38fdb5aaaaf3093f38</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake: Superstition a potent force</title><link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2021715/China-earthquake-Superstition-a-potent-force.html</link><description>Superstition 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T01:01+0200</pubDate><source>telegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>telegraph-c3c903f0dd9b1d3cce7451dedda024cb</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake: death toll passes 60,000</title><link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2019862/China-earthquake-death-toll-passes-60%252C000.html</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T01:01+0200</pubDate><source>telegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>telegraph-95e8e8b4a2fcfe3efc8745f4ed5604cf</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China earthquake: grief and anger in town of dead children</title><link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2022515/China-earthquake-grief-and-anger-in-town-of-dead-children.html</link><description>Parents are threatening to protest over corruption they blame for the collapse of a school that killed their loved ones, reports David Eimer from Wufu</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T01:01+0200</pubDate><source>telegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>telegraph-6d6ff145ae36b757a8ba35aa9346aba6</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>'The Whole World Stands Behind You'</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401282.html?nav=rss_world/asia</link><description>YINGXIU, 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."</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T00:29+0200</pubDate><source>WashingtonPost_B</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>WashingtonPost_B-5f02e3b70e7d5086c40ea4e276e3e6c8</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>When nature turns savage, like the dogs of war</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/24/news/25wong.php</link><description>In China after the earthquake, as in combat, the agonizing choice of deciding who to save — or ignore.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T00:25+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-dcd1196c90a8518cc2db0a4d289ff5fa</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tents 'still lacking' for quake survivors, says Chinese premier</title><link>http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/24/china-toll.html?ref=rss</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-25T00:02+0200</pubDate><source>CBC</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>CBC-ffaaa3f8c9c07cd16ab8d1fc2206b753</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Ghana-China Friendship Association condoles China</title><link>http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=144295</link><description>Accra, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T23:17+0200</pubDate><source>ghanaweb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ghanaweb-c5617fd2f43835b1165c429b920e3344</guid><category>PublicHealth</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China's earthquake injured spill into neighboring provinces</title><link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297395264/la-fg-hospital25-2008may25,0,1940964.story</link><description>DEYANG, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T23:15+0200</pubDate><source>latimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>latimes-c5052390a04428fc3184222ccc1524e3</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China Quake Deaths to Top 80,000?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1809292,00.html?xid=rss-topstories</link><description>China warned Saturday that the death toll from a massive earthquake two weeks ago could take a major leap and pass 80,000</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T22:14+0200</pubDate><source>time</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>time-fa6840a8bb65c69206eaef8da6656517</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Earthquake prediction from space is more accurate</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/25/stories/2008052551741100.htm</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T21:50+0200</pubDate><source>Hindu</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>Hindu-7343aa6237c0ca6da17b8bef0ed990dd</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll may touch 80,000</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/25/stories/2008052555440100.htm</link><description>YINGXIU: 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 ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T21:50+0200</pubDate><source>Hindu</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>Hindu-bc208c56cbfb0a153bce2ad8a7e6e509</guid></item><item><title>U.N. Secretary Surveys Earthquake Relief Efforts in China</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/24/AR2008052401282.html?nav=rss_world</link><description>YINGXIU, 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."</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T20:55+0200</pubDate><source>WashingtonPost_B</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>WashingtonPost_B-fc6eb55261bc5b2f30587a8d1378e424</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China Warns Quake Death Toll Could Reach 80,000</title><link>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922664</link><description>China earthquake toll rises to 60,000, but premier says it could be more than 80,000</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T20:33+0200</pubDate><source>ABCnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ABCnews-0174b62b2600dd8687db50b5a6136446</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>China warns quake death toll could reach 80,000</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>YINGXIU, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T20:20+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-32974b4cfae0ccfcc0b3103ec67a9c65</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake inspires citizens to seek bigger role</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_PEOPLE_POWER?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>PENGZHOU, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T20:20+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-6bb563b6825fe66d0c20a65865d32e16</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Chinese Premier thanks Cuban, Japanese medical teams in quake relief</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8246719.htm</link><description>CHENGDU, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T20:17+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-760dec844eb91cb682835fdd6358cbf2</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake-hit pandas arrive for Olympics</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24804754/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T20:07+0200</pubDate><source>msnbc</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>msnbc-c353313bb60b1c6b7890cd6cb9864469</guid></item><item><title>China warns quake death toll could reach 80,000 (AP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T19:49+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-535c9767d0cda9ce41fbd527143ac16c</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Countries offer more aid to China as vigils held overseas for quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8246557.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T19:32+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-53cd9cef3cfacc14192e8f2b5c422422</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Market</category></item><item><title>8 earthquake pandas arrive in Beijing for Olympics</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE_PANDAS?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>BEIJING (AP) -- Eight pandas reached Beijing safely Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the recent earthquake in China....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T19:20+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-e8409b57c1cbbf08428e175901492e5a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Economists forecast lesser inflationary pressure in China despite quake devastation</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/25/content_8246484.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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),....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:47+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-9e864329fb7f3d0fea5cb7953c1e3f0f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>China rescuers rush to reach trapped coal miners</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-24-09-49-23</link><description>YINGXIU, China (AP) -- Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China&amp;#039;s earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake&amp;#039;s dea...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:42+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-ed1c85d7da0719d7e15c20073fa02a1b</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>UnitedNationsENV</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>Energy</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Saudi gives China 50 mln dlrs, aid for quake victims</title><link>http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/05/24/saudi_gives_china_50_mln_dlrs_aid_for_quake_victims/afp/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:33+0200</pubDate><source>metimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>metimes-5fa39dd59f992001255050ddea2c2bac</guid></item><item><title>Medical Teams International, Boeing send aid to China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-7EXL4V?OpenDocument</link><description>(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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:31+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-7ab7b62b6ceef28231596a317595f2be</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Russia delivers more humanitarian aid to quake-hit China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXGB6?OpenDocument</link><description>MOSCOW, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:31+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-64eb063dfbaf6af47afb04aad8408c70</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Pandas from quake-hit area flown to Beijing</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=46517e86-10ee-4769-bbea-3d62c3cfd35a&amp;MatchID1=50&amp;TeamID1=4&amp;TeamID2=7&amp;MatchType1=5&amp;SeriesID1=1&amp;PrimaryID=50&amp;Headline=Pandas+from+quake-hit+area+flown+to+Beijing</link><description>Eight giant pandas, have been airlifted from Wolong in the earthquake-shattered Sichuan province in southwest China and shifted to the Beijing zoo.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:28+0200</pubDate><source>HindustanTimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>HindustanTimes-0b7a25d58dcacd12667c3a6cd7334dac</guid></item><item><title>Ban visits China's earthquake zone</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/24/asia/quake.php</link><description>Secretary 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:25+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-9d4a6ff39663936584f5da9fc7b8de08</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>UN Chief Ban Ki-moon visits China's quake region</title><link>http://www.vnagency.com.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/250938/Default.aspx</link><description>24/05/2008 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:03+0200</pubDate><source>vnagency_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>vnagency_en-5a341f80d34780e053b5c21618467fd1</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Chinese embassy in France sends first tents for quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8246181.htm</link><description>PARIS, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T18:01+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-6674d7fc8fde4b4313944155cf189a39</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China Faces Questions of Refugees, Rebuilding</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90801392&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T17:35+0200</pubDate><source>NPRnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NPRnews-b1231989e185047b3506fc19b21f81ad</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8245647.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T17:16+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-503d23d9bc8b8f063f71759e63b3dcc8</guid></item><item><title>Official:Quake has little impact on China coal output</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8245679.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T16:57+0200</pubDate><source>ptvworldnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ptvworldnews-03405c8c75c411c852dc269a24fadb92</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Society</category><category>TerroristAttack</category></item><item><title>OCA Donates $20,000 for Myanmar and China disasters to IOCC</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX8FV?OpenDocument</link><description>The 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T16:31+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-fecf7ec377ceeaba4673a206f597a11e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Chinese leader says quake death toll may top 80,000</title><link>http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/24/rss.htm#30</link><description>YINGXIU, May 24 (AFP): China warned Saturday the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T16:28+0200</pubDate><source>dawn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>dawn-d1cce037a2cfbe629f687eacd5d97b15</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China increases death toll predictions</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&amp;set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=nw20080524153338946C702557</link><description>China is warning that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80 000.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T16:24+0200</pubDate><source>Star</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>Star-8b784cd421e94e03608bd733251b1afc</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China increases death toll predictions</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&amp;set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=nw20080524153338946C702557</link><description>China is warning that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80 000.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T16:22+0200</pubDate><source>iol</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>iol-8b784cd421e94e03608bd733251b1afc</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Miners trapped as earthquake death toll rises</title><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhmhkfid/rss2/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T16:05+0200</pubDate><source>irish-news</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>irish-news-1f373959209546720f631cb7e0bdc52f</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>8 pandas from China arrive in Beijing for Olympics</title><link>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547187,00.html</link><description>Eight 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:45+0200</pubDate><source>yediotaharonot</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>yediotaharonot-de535baf541fda05acaff7751873104b</guid></item><item><title>Deaths pass 60,000 as UN tours China quake area</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-24-07-07-18</link><description>YINGXIU, China (AP) -- Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China&amp;#039;s&amp;#039; earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake&amp;#039;s de...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:42+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-e0de465c2db377d2e1867ff2c10841d5</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>UnitedNationsENV</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China Quake Toll Continues to Rise</title><link>http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-24-voa9.cfm?rss=topstories</link><description>U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praises Chinese government for rapid response following earthquake that struck southwestern China's Sichuan Province earlier this month</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:39+0200</pubDate><source>voanews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>voanews-25df6cd851e6f21768850d6aed558019</guid><category>Echo</category><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Russia to send 9 planes with emergency aid to quake-hit China</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080524/108252426.html</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:35+0200</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-c62f55358ca707f712a813de6d65e0f3</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>China Quake Toll Could Exceed 80,000</title><link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/24/world/main4125207.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4125207</link><description>Rescuers 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:35+0200</pubDate><source>CBSnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>CBSnews-b76fad90b1e87eb988d1d7d79633add7</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>UN chief in China as quake toll continues to rise</title><link>http://www.euronews.net/index.php?article=489171&amp;lng=1&amp;option=1</link><description>UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited the epicentre of China's devastating earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:15+0200</pubDate><source>euronews-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>euronews-en-a490cfc1b49309f7a501b135fad6143e</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Russia delivers more humanitarian aid to quake-hit China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8244258.htm</link><description>MOSCOW, 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,....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T15:00+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-ef37f38b3123711498526d8d7a9a5daf</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>China earthquake death toll rises to 60,560</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXF7P?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T14:30+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-f9a732810662c95430f0ee0720be3455</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Sichuan Earthquake Emergency Appeal no. MDRCN003 Operations Update No. 06</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EXFPK?OpenDocument</link><description>Period covered by this Update: Nine days after the launch of the appeal. 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The cargo planes took off from airports in Siberia and a ninth planeload was to....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T14:30+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-337b675727a4054bf7cb0d5baa978b39</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>China quake toll tops 60,000</title><link>http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=772382</link><description>AFP 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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T13:08+0200</pubDate><source>HindustanTimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>HindustanTimes-d61cfd6c52a5b918f0266042ae118e9b</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Jackie Chan plans Chinese earthquake movie</title><link>http://www.haveeru.com.mv/beta/english/?page=details&amp;id=23032</link><description>LONDON - 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T13:08+0200</pubDate><source>haveeru</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>haveeru-e2beb6a63765a97ab496958e5d1d032a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China PM: Toll may top 80,000</title><link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-24-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34</link><description>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 ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T12:56+0200</pubDate><source>usaToday</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>usaToday-91d88787d4d9d70ac87228746790f141</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Response to Quake Prompts Burst of Acclaim for Leaders</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/23/AR2008052302774.html?nav=rss_print/asection</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T12:53+0200</pubDate><source>WashingtonPost_B</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>WashingtonPost_B-c78fb12240b341e7e0ae5cd9d7942fff</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake orphans face uncertain future</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243842.htm</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T12:42+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-c3a3f252603647fdae756535d62ecbe6</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>U.N. chief visits quake epicenter as toll leaps</title><link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/296994248/idUSWRI74404620080524</link><description>YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China&amp;#039;s huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid eff...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T12:41+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-45d3ddccfc38cd62413893ab429d5d53</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China raises quake death toll to 60,560</title><link>http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/05/china-raises-quake-death-toll-to-60-560</link><description>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 dead, ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T12:35+0200</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-b2d7c8903a4ce1c0dc2b6c4ed72f9e0c</guid></item><item><title>Deaths pass 60,000 as UN tours China quake area (AP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake</link><description>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. 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He met victims and drew an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighboring Myanmar, Reuters said.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T11:44+0200</pubDate><source>b92net_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>b92net_en-c3159457e1fa03aae1be7af1df6f4fe0</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>Ban praises China quake response</title><link>http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=620461</link><description>Yingxiu, 05/24 - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised China`s "extraordinary leadership" in dealing with the recent earthquake in Sichuan. 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A spokesman for the State Council, the Cabinet, told reporters Saturday that aside from the

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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T11:05+0200</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-02cae45b655343a88cf82dac73d39418</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>Deaths pass 60,000 as Ban tours China quake area (AP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:50+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-8f2896f34c0289ef6183113b0c4f954d</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Ban Ki-moon arrives in China for quake tour</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2254676.htm</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:46+0200</pubDate><source>australianetwork</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>australianetwork-ef2abcfa0f0869bb75656b8b4b1d7fba</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>China's Wen says quake death toll could rise to 80,000</title><link>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3547128,00.html</link><description>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. The announcement came as experts searched for 15 radiation sources buried in the rubble and survivors moved out of....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:42+0200</pubDate><source>yediotaharonot</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>yediotaharonot-acc98e40e2d1dd8b04028654efedf0a5</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Russian helicopter with rescuers leaves for quake-hit China</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080524/108255335.html</link><description>MOSCOW, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:42+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-2306c0899766be37417154a06a2dd79c</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>• PRIME NEWS Kazakhstan sends humanitarian aid to China The 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.</title><link>http://www.khabar.kz/index.cfm?id=58876</link><description>The 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,....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:32+0200</pubDate><source>khabar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>khabar-c7468ae313cc760d5d2f0043426d72e7</guid><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>China earthquake death toll rises to 60,560</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243302.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:26+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-e3ea08a4956d977ac413b95950e44270</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Donations to China's quake-hit regions rise to 26.1 bln yuan</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8243341.htm</link><description>Special 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:26+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-2fa7147da260c391670ab6d28ba21bb3</guid></item><item><title>China: U.N. chief visits quake epicentre as toll leaps</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX9RC?OpenDocument</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:25+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-0b0afabfe31b460b61e5f2b5185bb1f9</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>Indonesia sends aid to China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EXADY?OpenDocument</link><description>JAKARTA : 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:25+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-9cf6029a178f6f9115fd85b6a7eb3c39</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Help get medicines to Myanmar and China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX92P?OpenDocument</link><description>Myanmar 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:25+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-f367c947a7a96922cff2c5695357a56b</guid></item><item><title>UN's Ban visits China quake area</title><link>http://article.wn.com/view/2008/05/24/UNs_Ban_visits_China_quake_area_e4/</link><description>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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:21+0200</pubDate><source>icelandnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>icelandnews-fafc4c8e98c3970f05cf29506f9a7a3b</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China's Wen: Earthquake deaths more than 60,000</title><link>http://article.wn.com/view/2008/05/24/Chinas_Wen_Earthquake_deaths_more_than_60000_e/</link><description>(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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:21+0200</pubDate><source>icelandnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>icelandnews-2d3bc992105eef34182ebb6182778caf</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Ban Ki-moon arrives in China for quake tour</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254676.htm</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:05+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-010072e61c56b590464b452a515f005c</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>China death toll could reach 80,000</title><link>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/china+death+toll+could+reach+80000/2245667?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews</link><description>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has visited the epicentre of China's earthquake to meet victims.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:04+0200</pubDate><source>channel4news</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>channel4news-cedf98f983a90c13e1e814452ceaa2f0</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>Earthquake death toll 'could reach 80,000'</title><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbmhcwgbsn/rss2/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:00+0200</pubDate><source>irish-news</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>irish-news-2eeb19665c257bb65602c6a91714b104</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll could rise to 80,000 or more (3:39 p.m.)</title><link>http://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.html</link><description>YINGXIU, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T10:00+0200</pubDate><source>sunstar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sunstar-a9d53bbed3848c84c5723a8b32a9dbb2</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Russia to send 9 planes with emergency aid to quake-hit China</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080524/108252426.html</link><description>MOSCOW, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:42+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-c62f55358ca707f712a813de6d65e0f3</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>US aid for China includes training, equipment</title><link>http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=134261185</link><description>CHENGDU, China - US military planes have been arriving here with high-tech equipment for dealing with the devastation of China&amp;#039;s May 12 earthquake, and specialists who are training Chinese soldiers ho...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:40+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-6aa5452f5ec4e3309f73f94a16d91028</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>MaritimeSafetyWorld</category></item><item><title>Earthquake deaths rise above 60,000</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-24-01-49-24</link><description>YINGXIU, China (AP) -- China&amp;#039;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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:31+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-ede1428da7b7c349a03e380345add5aa</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>U.N. chief visits quake epicentre as toll leaps</title><link>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/05/24/u-n-chief-visits-quake-epicentre-as-toll-leaps-89520-20427907/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:28+0200</pubDate><source>themirror</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>themirror-a564013b57ebda01e4052705079f8689</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>I SURVIVED TWO CHINA QUAKES</title><link>http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/24/i-survived-two-china-quakes-89520-20427584/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:25+0200</pubDate><source>sundaymirror</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sundaymirror-4a07d68a75cd818d2b7e91155999df3a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake death toll reaches 60,000</title><link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3733701.ece</link><description>Officials in China say 60,000 people are now thought to have died in the earthquake that hit nearly two weeks ago.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:24+0200</pubDate><source>belfasttelegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>belfasttelegraph-1179250cb08849a3954fd6540cce1782</guid></item><item><title>U.N. chief visits China quake epicentre as toll leaps</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/24/worldupdates/2008-05-24T115521Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337465-3&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:22+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-106225d75343da84c2318defc46ca0e2</guid><category>Agriculture</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>China quake toll may hit 80,000</title><link>http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0524/quake.html</link><description>Chinese 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:19+0200</pubDate><source>RTERadio</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>RTERadio-d0b61b1f232c6886221b3e32302d5956</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China orders richer cities to help quake-ravaged communities</title><link>http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/297064176/la-fg-china24-2008may24,0,7574687.story</link><description>MIANZHU, 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,....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:07+0200</pubDate><source>latimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>latimes-a6d352ff306e31f04e2bedc2445f3c3a</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>TAXUD</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China death toll could reach 80,000</title><link>http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/China-death-toll-could-reach-80000-428093676.html</link><description>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has visited the epicentre of China's earthquake to meet victims.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T09:02+0200</pubDate><source>itv</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>itv-fa7e347dbc2825c444b10d5a981be85f</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>U.N. chief visits quake epicenter as toll leaps</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080524?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews</link><description>YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:44+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-81d5debad9591f8e076024ce05bd0752</guid><category>Agriculture</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>Death toll from China's earthquake climbs to over 60,000 - PM</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/world/20080524/108249633.html</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:42+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-559348aa30d8f33baf4133166705fd83</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>China's Wen: Earthquake Deaths Rise Above 60,000</title><link>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4922664</link><description>Chinese Premier Wen says earthquake death toll more than 60,000; could rise to 80,000 or more</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:26+0200</pubDate><source>ABCnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ABCnews-82a0762430f0921d8ae99db2a60b8017</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China: Sichuan Earthquake Situation Report - 23 May 2008</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX7BW?OpenDocument</link><description>Highlights: - 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:24+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-bafb507930058724ae560d481b15ad1d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Environment</category><category>Echo</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Episcopal relief and development continues to respond to earthquake in China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX8LZ?OpenDocument</link><description>Episcopal 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. 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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the disaster area....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:19+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-7026d64c45077feec1b9cbd68f110ad5</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Fears quake death toll may top 80,000</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/fears_quake_death_toll_may_top_80000__547647</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:19+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-cadfb6d0067dddc1db2b041ec86d533a</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China fighting radiation fears</title><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218323&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueId=2830</link><description>BEIJING: 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:03+0200</pubDate><source>GulfDailyNews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>GulfDailyNews-ee26c0f3282e675eff7c5b455354f551</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>WasteENV</category><category>IndustryENV</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Jackie chan plans quake movie for charity</title><link>http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/articles.asp?article=218316&amp;Sn=WORL&amp;IssueId=2830</link><description>LONDON: 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T08:03+0200</pubDate><source>GulfDailyNews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>GulfDailyNews-92554cca202b6bb693cf873392a21498</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China's Wen: quake toll over 60,000, may hit 80,000</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK156997.htm</link><description>A 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 ...

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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. 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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in China to visit earthquake relief efforts....</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T05:18+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-ac57a6a136455217278209b164d7f15e</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>Spain sends five tons of shelter materials to China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8241672.htm</link><description>MADRID, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T05:09+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-0a7bf749189d9833606db36b4eec5cb0</guid></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417421.html</link><description>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 ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T04:52+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-3cc7d6f288d25a058377ec35b3365a74</guid></item><item><title>Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 8</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EX2BZ?OpenDocument</link><description>NOTE: This report is based on information received from the office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the media as well as other partners. 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"Ban Ki-moon will visit Yingxiu, a small town that used to house 10-thousand people but was flattened by the earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T02:35+0200</pubDate><source>australianetwork</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>australianetwork-6f05ebb27a600b46cb6ab52e01e4c9c4</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>UN chief to visit epicentre of Chinese earthquake</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2254529.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T02:11+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-c6ed4e756e0322703941157ff51e411f</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China Earthquake Survivors' New Struggles</title><link>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/23/eveningnews/main4124897.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4124897</link><description>In 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-24T02:04+0200</pubDate><source>CBSnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>CBSnews-51480cb39b4f97b94b3eeb98fe7fe40a</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre</category></item><item><title>Post-quake rebuilding to take 3 years: China</title><link>http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008/05/24/story_24-5-2008_pg4_5</link><description>* 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. 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Chief to Visit China After Earthquake</title><link>http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150818</link><description>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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T19:37+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-57a3dbc03fa690982a4cef243641d9ae</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Israeli President expresses condolences to Chinese earthquake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239941.htm</link><description>JERUSALEM, 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. 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The money, which was provided in response to a special request by....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T19:21+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-96163cd9453cd5a89b7922c5e1fbe79c</guid><category>Echo</category><category>Market</category></item><item><title>Quake: building prices to be controlled</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&amp;set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=nw20080523090254627C116493</link><description>China will impose temporary price controls one building materials in areas devastated by the massice earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T18:56+0200</pubDate><source>Star</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>Star-5a60af6344bbea5f21554913f4d0c51f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake: building prices to be controlled</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&amp;set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=nw20080523090254627C116493</link><description>China will impose temporary price controls one building materials in areas devastated by the massice earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T18:42+0200</pubDate><source>iol</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>iol-5a60af6344bbea5f21554913f4d0c51f</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Schools in China’s Quake Zone Struggle to Reopen</title><link>http://mnweekly.ru/world/20080522/55329988.html</link><description>CHENGDU, 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. &gt;&gt;</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T18:36+0200</pubDate><source>mnweekly</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>mnweekly-f4bb50966d7ec10094bef618dfb8b7cf</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>More leaders, officials of foreign countries, int'l organizations mourn China's quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8239580.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T18:35+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-c956352334492e1d9515853cf960a9e2</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Int'l community offers more condolences, aid for China earthquake</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239800.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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:....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T18:35+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-b0599bc9d7811e1b5cb304cfc0c7ea4e</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>Commentary: Quick media response reveals transparent gov't in China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/24/content_8239830.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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,....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T18:35+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-7bfdcbe12b9044671d2d6baee8e3fef3</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Swiss tents for China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASIN-7EWLPE?OpenDocument</link><description>The 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. 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Li Xiaolan is 100 years old, and was pulled from the wreckage of her house in Pingtong, a mountainous town in Sichuan province. 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The death toll rose to more ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:40+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-279f11cc1350b0a79c88ae78629cdc48</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AirENV</category><category>HealthENV</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China pleads for tents for quake victims</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/296510671/index.html</link><description>Officials 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...</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:40+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-203dcdda24dbdadc850fef74c953ab99</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake death toll above 55,000</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-23-03-32-38</link><description>PENGZHOU, China (AP) -- Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China&amp;#039;s earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from t...</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:40+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-8bbe0774153981f56310e7b0bdc18c17</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>WasteENV</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China quake: 56,000 dead, rebuilding to take 3 yrs</title><link>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/China-quake-56-000-dead-rebuilding-to-take-3-yrs/313635/</link><description>China said it would take 3 yrs to rebuild towns and villages pulverised by the earthquake in southwest Sichuan province.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:28+0200</pubDate><source>expressindia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>expressindia-645dc06c6cfd5c6b5fb02525c1bef822</guid></item><item><title>3 nuclear facilities under rubble, 12 inaccessible in China</title><link>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/3-nuclear-facilities-under-rubble-12-inaccessible-in-China/313621/</link><description>15 radiation 'sources' are still inaccessible in the earthquake ravaged southwest China, no news of leaks yet.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:28+0200</pubDate><source>expressindia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>expressindia-6f8eda03b270fa8024cfc9000cfffe03</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Contribution from the government of Malaysia to the earthquake victims and the latest situation concerning 26 missing Malaysian tourists after the Southwestern China earthquake on 12 May 2008</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWHUS?OpenDocument</link><description>The 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:27+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-61b03feb3c4bc67275b82e9ed1be3459</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Extra funds to buy tents in China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWHRU?OpenDocument</link><description>The 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:27+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-aa4f6dcf3c31603577e49831f634e5be</guid><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>AMDA ER mission for Sichuan earthquake, China IV</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EWFYB?OpenDocument</link><description>This 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T17:27+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-bd423f36a143cebdad9d4625a7a62485</guid><category>PublicHealth</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Malaysian party donates 1,895 tents to quake-hit China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EWGF5?OpenDocument</link><description>KUALA 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. 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Addressing a press conference at the Foreign Press Association on....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:35+0200</pubDate><source>app-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>app-en-ea78ff3fa2bc336678d9ecde7978bb65</guid><category>OHIM</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>UN chief to visit earthquake zone</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23749381-23109,00.html</link><description>UN 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)</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:28+0200</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-8dd0a2fb25299d68b4165d0c0d7cb672</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Jackie Chan plans earthquake film</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23749512-23109,00.html</link><description>HONG 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)</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:28+0200</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-597a9d5b2610cd98db4699e2c5a4e344</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>UN chief will visit quake zone</title><link>http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=772079</link><description>United 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. 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Millions of Chinese Internet users posted furious condemnation....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:16+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-af98604a094ac8a5c9ca7d828e816741</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AirENV</category><category>TAXUD</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category></item><item><title>HKSAR gov't sends 22 more medical staff to Chinese mainland quake-hit area</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237916.htm</link><description>HONG 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:16+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-7edc0a0503a5786a635bafd09fb07ddc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China fights radiation, pollution after quake</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP298190.htm</link><description>(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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:10+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-8709c8ac1a073cc3c6b90b2d59e6a491</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Environment</category><category>NuclearSafety</category><category>AirENV</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>WasteENV</category><category>IndustryENV</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Earthquakes are best predicted from space</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20080523/108209892.html</link><description>MOSCOW. (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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:09+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-21a88b4720561c8bdb5dececb7d75142</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>PM orders dispatch of 21,000 tents to China</title><link>http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=39145&amp;Itemid=38</link><description>ISLAMABAD, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:05+0200</pubDate><source>app-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>app-en-59a35f5eae1906112e15d304c2e716ea</guid></item><item><title>China finds radiation sources after quake</title><link>http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&amp;articleid=339981&amp;referrer=RSS</link><description>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. But Wu Xiaoqing, deputy environment minister, said there had been no accidental releases of radiation.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T15:04+0200</pubDate><source>MailGuardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>MailGuardian-49d4d59d3fdbcbb5163040794bb49238</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Witness to a Disaster: The Sichuan Quake</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90755781&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><description>NPR'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:47+0200</pubDate><source>NPRnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NPRnews-bdcaba18ee13005473531a406f0cdf35</guid></item><item><title>1976 quake survivor pulled from Sichuan rubble</title><link>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/world/asia/article3730913.ece</link><description>A 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:44+0200</pubDate><source>belfasttelegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>belfasttelegraph-a74e9a716ce314bf75aff68294c9d516</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Indonesia sends humanitarian aid to China</title><link>http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/05/23/indonesia-sends-humanitarian-aid-china.html</link><description>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. read more</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:40+0200</pubDate><source>JakartaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>JakartaPost-a7be80ab2cd9421a28bd627b2010022f</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>China monitors flood threat from blocked rivers</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-23-04-33-28</link><description>PENGZHOU, 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...</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:39+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-4a918b731c14c2603a27812d13b580a0</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AirENV</category><category>HealthENV</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Japanese groups release joint statement over China quake</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237630.htm</link><description>TOKYO, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:31+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-e5bb202dcd1d263a62e843150947f390</guid></item><item><title>Child quake survivors provide hope, inspiration</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237828.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:31+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-484e46ad8f14012a1065acceb8c3e576</guid></item><item><title>Malaysian party donates 1,895 tents to quake-hit China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237715.htm</link><description>KUALA 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:31+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-0f602f237644fad5380a7e1e7db60e79</guid></item><item><title>More countries, organizations offer condolences, aid for China quake</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237626.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:12+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-554c078d0188b14b260d41c8a0306e36</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China says found radiation sources after quake</title><link>http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKWRI74352620080523?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=worldNews</link><description>CHENGDU, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:12+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-1cdc05e54c0dc29a320023da95d296e4</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China says quake rebuild to take 3 years</title><link>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-says-quake-rebuild-to-take-3-years-833184.html?r=RSS</link><description>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 today.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:12+0200</pubDate><source>independent</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>independent-8157bac5e2a7b43711241fc78d864305</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterENV</category></item><item><title>Flood fears rising in China quake zone as heavy rains loom</title><link>http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/23/china-waterworry.html?ref=rss</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:11+0200</pubDate><source>CBC</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>CBC-519ec5ff6fcbd3a9bc6617d6ce5b3ecc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>In China, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble ten days after the devastating earthquake hit Sichuan province.</title><link>http://ptvworldnews.com.pk/world.asp</link><description>Medical teams are working round the clock to save thousands of seriously injured survivors. 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Some five million people have been left homeless by the quake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:03+0200</pubDate><source>ptvworldnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ptvworldnews-f0d52888d5be89be8c4f28eceb7c7164</guid></item><item><title>VIDEO: Olympic Torch Reaches Shanghai</title><link>http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150696</link><description>The Olympic torch relay reaches China`s financial hub after a three day pause for mourning for the thousands dead in China`s earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T14:01+0200</pubDate><source>javno-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>javno-en-76c9a6ad67c037489ac4786ecb2475d7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China pleads for tents for quake victims</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/296510671/index.html</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:53+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-46911e16406cc82ccba391e1cd75bf09</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Australian community in HK, artists raise funds for quake relief</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237528.htm</link><description>HONG 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:46+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-5af6790e0371609c9158b7b6511d05a5</guid><category>UNbodies</category></item><item><title>HKSAR gov't deploys aircraft for mainland's quake-hit area</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8237535.htm</link><description>HONG 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:46+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-ae1e0b1de6d4fed2a1f4a767ed3856b5</guid><category>TREN-Security</category></item><item><title>Ex-miner survives second China earthquake</title><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/23/china.chinaearthquake1?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=networkfront</link><description>A 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:43+0200</pubDate><source>guardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>guardian-f11ed7923fc8ea9a1310560d823eab9d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake toll rises</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=nw20080523090739992C567245&amp;setid=1&amp;sectid=3&amp;url=iol&amp;vne=0&amp;csect=World</link><description>Pengzhou, China - Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes formed during the upheaveal of China&amp;#039;s earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, as the death toll from the quake rose on Frid...</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:39+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-2d0fb9c3f5a861f319f9aef7af883fff</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>4 Years After Tsunami, Asia Better Prepared for Disasters</title><link>http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-23-voa7.cfm?rss=topstories</link><description>Immediately after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma and after the earthquake in China, countries around Asia geared up rescue teams and shipments of emergency supplies. 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More than five million people in China are homeless and two million people in Burma still need aid.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:32+0200</pubDate><source>voanews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>voanews-66e84301fd90c1292fb187347d8fb4aa</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>VIDEO: China`s Children Waiting to Go Home</title><link>http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150687</link><description>Hundreds of displaced children wait to go home in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 40,000 people in China.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:31+0200</pubDate><source>javno-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>javno-en-885de3722867cee1517ebc03a600d9ef</guid></item><item><title>Pakistan sends relief goods to China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LRON-7EWCZK?OpenDocument</link><description>ISLAMABAD, 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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:20+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-d047a1c8fd4eec4adad6570117645dc5</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>Energy</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China: Quake victims need millions of tents</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/296481145/index.html</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:08+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-0049abf123ec3df6d2401a69fa87d3e4</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China thanks Russia for earthquake aid</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_RUSSIA?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>BEIJING (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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T13:07+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-bdbaa002d68a319ebc2efbb9f0499d2a</guid><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China needs help</title><link>http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/May/world/085C7C281.html</link><description>Friday, May 23, 2008 - 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"I commend the Chinese leadership, the people in China and the author ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T10:50+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-7d415bd287cb77b6eba9acc555e87c15</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Six pandas transferred because of food shortage, damaged shelters after quake</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6417191.html</link><description>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. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T07:46+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-1915cd7800a68203111fdcdb3120f835</guid></item><item><title>Sichuan Catholics pray for quake-stricken brethren</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/23/worldupdates/2008-05-23T103245Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337289-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>MIANZHU, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T07:46+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-560d6e11eb0e46168cc2dc9f918c7012</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Six pandas transferred because of food shortage, damaged shelters after quake</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8235200.htm</link><description>CHENGDU, 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. 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The 7.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T05:10+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-c6db2668ee33fce2aa82faeb24b47fca</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake toll rises to 55,000: official</title><link>http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/22/china-tents.html?ref=rss</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T05:08+0200</pubDate><source>CBC</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>CBC-cf0ef56fc0f9062140339029f98ef58e</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Quake toll jumps to more than 80,000</title><link>http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=world-qqqm=world-qqqa=world-qqqid=63417-qqqx=1.asp</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T05:04+0200</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-b53c33e3ba95572a75125af0dbaecc4d</guid></item><item><title>Quake death toll in China's Sichuan rises to 55,239: govt</title><link>http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.285d5f0e9571355d9601307b1d9562e6.91.html</link><description>BEIJING (AFP) - 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T01:44+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-9fc29c4d42ab4838c2db2527c4376968</guid></item><item><title>China quake death toll soars past 50,000</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/295681520/index.html</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T00:53+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-24c0c003818f06652f7f95affd63d7df</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Chinese Officials Call for Tents to House Earthquake Survivors</title><link>http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-22-voa69.cfm?rss=asia</link><description>Kuang 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T00:21+0200</pubDate><source>voanews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>voanews-31f4ed436815d05aea12445633e0eab9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Latest News : China's post-quake challenge: 5 million homeless</title><link>http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=169187</link><description>AN 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-23T00:11+0200</pubDate><source>tehrantimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>tehrantimes-7c2cdc75c9352822ae5d7e1029c52c9d</guid><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>More than 80,000 dead or missing in China quake</title><link>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&amp;objectid=10512028&amp;ref=rss</link><description>YINGXIU - 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,...</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:54+0200</pubDate><source>nzherald</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>nzherald-5935308f73f2de76a7f1eb7d2dca1d2d</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Chinese eager to adopt quake orphans</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24779086/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:28+0200</pubDate><source>msnbc</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>msnbc-485380444d2d6ab80997a58bd9b60f60</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Chinese earthquake toll jumps to 51,000</title><link>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24769516/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:28+0200</pubDate><source>msnbc</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>msnbc-7aabb44df15d451991161b848174eff0</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>ITU deploys satellite terminals in quake-hit China</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8232243.htm</link><description>GENEVA, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:25+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-dab3487959a68e135dfa313eeac462bc</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>More leaders, officials of foreign countries, int'l organizations mourn China's quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8232222.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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,....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:25+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-70e2ae2d9c573e7ed3a0cb9147a75786</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>UnitedNationsENV</category><category>EnergyENV</category></item><item><title>More than 80,000 dead or missing in China quake</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVPMV?OpenDocument</link><description>- 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-1183abd8afc6f241bae0eedf958df9fb</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Analysis - China quake response unmatched, but challenges ahead</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQN3?OpenDocument</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-b997bf35235daf997a0fcb9d79fc37b1</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>China warns of harsh punishment for quake aid graft</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQ82?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-d5486f920e1b2b094cf91d28bea7c5c5</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>TAXUD</category></item><item><title>Post-quake China watches out for disease</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQRY?OpenDocument</link><description>MIANYANG, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-9e3a91270e3ae23299f557b1a05e24c7</guid><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>Environment</category><category>AgriculturalTechnology</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>PesticidesENV</category><category>HealthENV</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>PublicHealth</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>Chinese engineers move to empty "quake lakes"</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVPZT?OpenDocument</link><description>GUANZHUANG, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-bcf0d69b6107c5ca8431b4fa5c9785d9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Housing concerns mount for 5 mln China quake refugees</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVQ9Y?OpenDocument</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-8e68fa347f31863c0cc26d78a6b37e4e</guid><category>TAXUD</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Earthquake relief efforts in China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SKAI-7EVRC7?OpenDocument</link><description>Catholic 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T23:06+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-2e195f9e11496b1cc9517f591912146a</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China makes urgent global tent appeal</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_makes_urgent_global_tent_appeal_547535</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T22:48+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-a15cc03dc27adc9334e11c27f4c9f3c4</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>PublicHealth</category></item><item><title>Minister Day Offers Condolences to the People of China</title><link>http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=400329</link><description>May 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T22:41+0200</pubDate><source>gc</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>gc-05ff15407568beaca2eda55b28dddcfc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Doctors Provide Care Despite Obstacles in China</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90728507&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><description>In 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T22:08+0200</pubDate><source>NPRnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NPRnews-aac25169aabb6664615891dfbe7e4ef0</guid><category>PublicHealth</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre</category></item><item><title>Quake Further Endangers China's Giant Pandas</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90258411&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><description>Found 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T22:08+0200</pubDate><source>NPRnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NPRnews-48d523c3ebeac9263d01687cdf0d08f4</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category></item><item><title>Doctors Provide Care Despite Obstacles in China</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90728507&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1007</link><description>In 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T22:08+0200</pubDate><source>NPRnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NPRnews-69eb4d574fb9ba3a572edc28d7f49987</guid><category>PublicHealth</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre</category></item><item><title>China Quake Death Toll Jumps to 51,000</title><link>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/05/mil-080522-voa04.htm</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:44+0200</pubDate><source>globalsecurity</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>globalsecurity-0e3d9d93d011806cd8ab78e1378f8d84</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China Quake Death Toll Jumps to 51,000</title><link>http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200805/200805230003.html</link><description>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. Chinese officials originally said they thought the....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:24+0200</pubDate><source>chosun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>chosun-dedda09c9593f07877a5970104ff630e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Olympic torch relay resumes in China</title><link>http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/23/stories/2008052355940100.htm</link><description>NINGBO (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 ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:14+0200</pubDate><source>Hindu</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>Hindu-a3e6cb5763fcf2319b751628ccd44caf</guid></item><item><title>Greek PM signs Book of Condolences at Chinese Embassy</title><link>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/23/content_8231878.htm</link><description>ATHENS, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:08+0200</pubDate><source>phantis</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>phantis-c55b3897ec10a82e1bd4b2e5095532b1</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-7EVPRC?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:04+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-8956e452c9054d196b6b2bfe191743e1</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category></item><item><title>Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Qin Gang's remarks on some foreign countries' offer of sending medical teams to China</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-7EVP5M?OpenDocument</link><description>Q: 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:04+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-37b064dd027975f79b624b5337c18e4d</guid></item><item><title>China: Sichuan Earthquake Situation Report - 22 May 2008</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EVN77?OpenDocument</link><description>Highlights: - 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:04+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-cc51fcaf043708493a76c5146dd56408</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>China: UN supplies medical kits and telecoms equipment for earthquake relief</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-7EVNSV?OpenDocument</link><description>Emergency 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T21:04+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-cf7bf739b5599f960c3f0bfa1bd00a9f</guid><category>Echo</category><category>UNbodies</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>Space</category></item><item><title>China torch relay resumes</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2253262.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T20:52+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-519f6550e301d074f897853c633911ef</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>$13b bill for quake repairs</title><link>http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&amp;objectid=10511971&amp;ref=rss</link><description>China 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...</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T20:52+0200</pubDate><source>nzherald</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>nzherald-76cc2c538c89551cc2db7eb3f4ddeda6</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China torch relay resumes</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2253262.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T20:41+0200</pubDate><source>australianetwork</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>australianetwork-499ad3d225e8e6767bd0b65affcd0add</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China asks for more tents as quake death toll rises above 51,000</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/asia/quake.php</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T20:25+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-7632a6b8a6e0083715bc8815265380db</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Int'l community offers more condolences, aid for China earthquake</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8232118.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:39+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-3e672201d30865ffcaab40a90645e7e1</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Warnings of more aftershocks, floods in China</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2253259.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:39+0200</pubDate><source>australianetwork</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>australianetwork-2da2f160f519a513a69dcf44b19be6dd</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>More than 80,000 dead or missing in China quake</title><link>http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/22/rss.htm#48</link><description>YINGXIU, May 22 (Reuters): More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday,...</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:37+0200</pubDate><source>dawn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>dawn-adce50629a5a68c70604c1ccb50c4364</guid></item><item><title>China helps itself</title><link>http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11409357</link><description>SOME 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:11+0200</pubDate><source>economist</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>economist-e83abb8adc82d9ba1cba702a376bd3f6</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>TAXUD</category><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Warnings of more aftershocks, floods in China</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2253259.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T19:06+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-e4c0d253ff5f5ea7f767d2fe806ec0f9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Pakistan vigorously contributing in earthquake relief efforts in China</title><link>http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=39087&amp;Itemid=39</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:55+0200</pubDate><source>app-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>app-en-316dae7e5b87ae8edcb6d25e27dfac38</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Greek PM signs Book of Condolences at Chinese Embassy</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/23/content_8231878.htm</link><description>ATHENS, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:54+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-c55b3897ec10a82e1bd4b2e5095532b1</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: More than 50,000 people die in earthquake in Sichuan alone</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RBAO-7EVKPH?OpenDocument</link><description>CHENGDU, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:53+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-ead47696fc7ee40d1996c3d6ace29f46</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake 'biggest disaster for children in seven years'</title><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/22/china?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=worldnews</link><description>The 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 51,000</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:43+0200</pubDate><source>guardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>guardian-2794053650a26982134b1717c0b93094</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category></item><item><title>China says death toll in quake more than 51,000</title><link>http://breakingnews.nypost.com/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=NYNYP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2008-05-22-08-08-04</link><description>BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- China said the toll of dead and missing from last week&amp;#039;s powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter...</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:20+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-9a278d9d9a848936b137a9eb6aa9e239</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Agriculture</category></item><item><title>Officer breast-feeds quake orphans</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/295926411/index.html</link><description>A 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:16+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-1411998448f2a97f1c30512683e73986</guid></item><item><title>FRANK CHING: Eastern promise blows away Western delusions</title><link>http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/Columns/2246224/Article/index_html</link><description>"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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:10+0200</pubDate><source>nst</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>nst-86371b2b3e8b8eccfc9319064d519115</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>Koroma Mourns China's Earthquake Victims</title><link>http://allafrica.com/stories/200805220804.html</link><description>The president and his vice Wednesday paid tributes to the deceased Chinese citizens after an earthquake struck Sichuan province in China.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:10+0200</pubDate><source>allafrica</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>allafrica-eb9f6eb0f932cdd5b744df434c073854</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Facts and figures about China quake and relief</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8231610.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:09+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-3f07f1b4198c902b156b6342be835558</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category></item><item><title>Tens of thousands of Chinese seek to adopt quake orphans</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8231582.htm</link><description>by 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:09+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-2a95553ffda2cd711526b3fde807f3b9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Wen, in quake visits, highlights Chinese style of premiership</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8231702.htm</link><description>by 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T18:09+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-8824e99072cf8b8cece557260ecebe1e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AgricultureENV</category><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category><category>Agriculture</category><category>IndustryENV</category></item><item><title>China's glasnost</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/22/opinion/edkristof.php</link><description>The Sichuan earthquake may be remembered as a milestone in the peaceful evolution of China toward capitalism and democracy.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T17:23+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-bda3362261fc00756585080135ec8e5c</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China sends emergency relief to quake-hit pandas (Reuters)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/sc_nm/quake_pandas_dc</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T17:09+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-09040ab440ca5c12c21b2cf6e343ba26</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category></item><item><title>Flooding Feared as Death Toll in China Rises to 51,000</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052200476.html?nav=rss_world</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:49+0200</pubDate><source>WashingtonPost_B</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>WashingtonPost_B-84759ff24446fe145e91eaf1bf5fdad6</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterENV</category><category>ResearchENV</category></item><item><title>China thanks foreign earthquake donors</title><link>http://www.topix.net/content/ap/2008/05/china-thanks-foreign-earthquake-donors</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:49+0200</pubDate><source>topix</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>topix-dd6371b422d66e43b0d400a34f52227c</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Demos on third day of Dalai Lama visit to Britain (AFP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080522/wl_asia_afp/britainchinatibetpolitics</link><description>AFP - 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:39+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-5e9c7730fb0bbd12d25c9e7e798d168e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Demos on Dalai Lama's UK visit</title><link>http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=771456</link><description>AFP 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. . . .</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:34+0200</pubDate><source>thetimes-za</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thetimes-za-5d5fc69e6ce35476299ae0dee909df7d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>More than 80,000 dead or missing in China quake</title><link>http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/More-than-80-000-dead-or-missing-in-China-quake/313167/</link><description>More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:32+0200</pubDate><source>expressindia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>expressindia-756642586a9924fcb78b34d8ae25bc6a</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseOutbreaks</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>YET MORE PAIN</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK82423.htm</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:32+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-448f34abe2ee7dc90c33528f7ebe18ef</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Sichuan Earthquake Emergency Appeal no. MDRCN003 Operations Update No. 05</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EVJ3Q?OpenDocument</link><description>Period 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:16+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-dc0152b855c3faa7e89bc37f483508cd</guid><category>Echo</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category></item><item><title>Pakistan sends another consignment of relief goods for Chinese quake victims</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-7EVGSD?OpenDocument</link><description>ISLAMABAD, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:16+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-b2a8aaeacd52eae2d33cba8ebb923975</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>Agriculture</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll soars past 50,000</title><link>http://unian.net/eng/news/news-252467.html</link><description>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, 1.9 billion yuan has been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas, the office said.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:13+0200</pubDate><source>unian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>unian-3aea31696de7ad1f35cb3c92b59ef388</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>WHO sends more medical aid to China's quake-affected areas</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8230519.htm</link><description>MANILA, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:11+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-a6e3a47d041d4e64b1c39d2536d469f7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>World Blog: Million tales of heartbreak in China's press</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/22/1051723.aspx</link><description>BEIJING – 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:11+0200</pubDate><source>msnbc</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>msnbc-419743452ad83765a51195d29f1279c9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China moves to contain quake unrest</title><link>http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/china-moves-to-contain-quake-unrest/2008/05/22/1211183001363.html?s_cid=rss_world</link><description>CHINA 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:06+0200</pubDate><source>smh</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>smh-15339930b808bfc34b5fb71f69212fe6</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Quake death toll passes 51,000</title><link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-05-22-china-earthquake_N.htm?csp=34</link><description>China said the toll of dead and missing from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the government ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T16:03+0200</pubDate><source>usaToday</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>usaToday-aa5cb8d0f2ec9a4fe552af16d90ebf86</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>5 MILLION HOMELESS</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK350422.htm</link><description>By 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T15:52+0200</pubDate><source>alertnet</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>alertnet-e9cda97b974144ab02146e5ba5d7f0a6</guid><category>Echo</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>TAXUD</category></item><item><title>China warns of harsh punishment for quake aid graft</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK174058.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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. 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Special Adviser Adeniyi said President Umaru Yar'adua announced the....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T15:36+0200</pubDate><source>apanews-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>apanews-en-e25f0b9a1f5f5567a3735fa2dcb4f0b5</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>S Korean president pays condolence to quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8228676.htm</link><description>"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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T15:26+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-2737165b7bf9bda2720b32264804c695</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Zhang Lianwei leads donations to earthquake relief efforts</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8230020.htm</link><description>NANJING, 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. 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Many of Stockholms museums don’t think so and have set up a series of exhibitions highlighting China’s past present and future.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:31+0200</pubDate><source>SR-International</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>SR-International-bb8a1e93f90b6ee80acffd4fe6a8edd2</guid><category>TREN-Security</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>China says death toll in quake is more than 51,000</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/22/news/China-Earthquake.php</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:30+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-4760bb1a32b06e46a0b797691d5291be</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Olympic torch relay resumes after mourning period</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/22/asia/AS-GEN-China-Earthquake-Torch.php</link><description>The Olympic torch resumed its journey through China after a minute of silence Thursday following a three-day mourning period for victims of the earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:30+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-9301cde87010493831792875aba6a19d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>VIDEO: Quake Victims Long for Home</title><link>http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=150402</link><description>Earthquake victims in China move into tents and temporary houses to avoid aftershocks and rainy weather but many say they long for home.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:29+0200</pubDate><source>javno-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>javno-en-87fdb9fa4a83e00d2a4b66918a3c2755</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll rises to 51,000</title><link>http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0522/quake.html</link><description>It 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:28+0200</pubDate><source>RTERadio</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>RTERadio-89a1d8ecccf96431cba8a7f237d088d4</guid></item><item><title>More than 80,000 dead or missing in China quake</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/worldupdates/2008-05-22T144811Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337119-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people are now confirmed dead or missing after China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:28+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-b0ce1839b9fb5e7dba8e8029dd244277</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China reacts coolly to Dalai's Olympic suggestion</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSPEK14408820080522?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews</link><description>BEIJING (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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:27+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-eadaf24decb982bba28d60bd509ea737</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake: Another against-odds rescue</title><link>http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/294936097/index.html</link><description>A 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:26+0200</pubDate><source>cnn</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>cnn-c9afbee19047e7a2daf73a8f8c0c0076</guid><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>China reacts coolly to Dalai's Olympic suggestion (Reuters)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080522/ts_nm/china_tibet_dc</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:19+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-133a23f6849ea823300919699e74650d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake death toll tops 51,000</title><link>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&amp;cid=1211434078974</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:15+0200</pubDate><source>jpost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>jpost-ff5245be474bd3929c3111570db64b32</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Jinde Charities contributes 2000 tents, worth 500,000 RMB for Sichuan earthquake disaster</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EVCFS?OpenDocument</link><description>Faith 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:12+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-e3454c0590a9498467602630ca757e34</guid><category>TAXUD</category></item><item><title>China: Sichuan Earthquake Situation Report - 21 May 2008</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EVB4Z?OpenDocument</link><description>Highlights: - 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:12+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-5793c0df0915e5789d8087b58cf6c4d0</guid><category>Environment</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>Echo</category><category>SancoFoodSafety</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>China earthquake death toll rises to 51,151</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EVC8M?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:12+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-2268a04cd064204c55a1c81d8df6df95</guid><category>Energy</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>More disasters await China's quake zone: official says</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/PANA-7EVCWD?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:12+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-3a711ae802bfd0395eb274375278e305</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>WaterENV</category></item><item><title>WHO rushing more medical aid to China, sending expert team for health system reconstruction</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7EVBWW?OpenDocument</link><description>Beijing/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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:12+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-efe6f5921510aad7c42464a91ad3a24e</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Environment</category><category>Echo</category><category>ExternalAffairs</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category></item><item><title>China: Sichuan earthquake relief update, May 21</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EVBS7?OpenDocument</link><description>This 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:12+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-eb5178e0a3137ff888ba88ba846d8f0a</guid><category>Energy</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdAnimal</category></item><item><title>China Seeking More Than 3 Million Tents to House Quake Victims</title><link>http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-22-voa7.cfm?rss=topstories</link><description>China 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 51,000</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T12:10+0200</pubDate><source>voanews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>voanews-66c8873964f21fc3fb9d49577afc9847</guid></item><item><title>China quake death toll tops 51,000</title><link>http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/china+quake+death+toll+tops+51000/2236257?intcmp=rss_news_itnnews</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:58+0200</pubDate><source>channel4news</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>channel4news-5e424413ed3f38faa4a11da18669657d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>AJK President, PM, employees to donate one-day salary to Chinese quake victims</title><link>http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=39026&amp;Itemid=38</link><description>ISLAMABAD, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:49+0200</pubDate><source>app-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>app-en-fa7f29f30e752605172fec4daf40f4aa</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Chinese quake death toll reaches over 51,000</title><link>http://en.rian.ru/world/20080522/108087123.html</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:46+0200</pubDate><source>rian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>rian-64bb14ad7560ad2e92499e277aeaa640</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Nicholas Kristof: Earthquake and Hope</title><link>http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,554712,00.html</link><description>The Sichuan earthquake may be remembered as a milestone in the peaceful evolution of China toward capitalism and democracy.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:44+0200</pubDate><source>spiegel-en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>spiegel-en-10437d5af24fd7e05bfba8bca12242ad</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake response unmatched, but challenges ahead</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/22/worldupdates/2008-05-22T140940Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-337108-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>HONG 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:43+0200</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-374bedfc371b1732da8043e1bcf4d9dc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Echo</category><category>EuropeAid</category></item><item><title>China to build 1 mln temporary homes for quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229236.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:41+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-f15d5648b6b46abd07c4d2aef1901846</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Former Olympic champ: Olympic torch relay delivers love to quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/22/content_8229163.htm</link><description>JIAXING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:41+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-67a99c123a7f27591fd7fe6e3f4027df</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll rises to more than 51,000</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2253152.htm</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:39+0200</pubDate><source>australianetwork</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>australianetwork-a37d783843fc15db63ee1f691d0b5054</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake victims remembered at torch relay in China</title><link>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/OLYMPIC_TORCH?SITE=CACHI&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT</link><description>NINGBO, 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:38+0200</pubDate><source>AP</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AP-40ba0685a0c366d1f4298ca26599736d</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China Says Death Toll in Quake More Than 51,000</title><link>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4907187</link><description>China says death toll from earthquake exceeds 51,000; appeals for more tents for homeless</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:37+0200</pubDate><source>ABCnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ABCnews-75a06d423c29d96fcce9850674b8fe8e</guid></item><item><title>Africa: Oil Hits Above $130 a Barrel</title><link>http://allafrica.com/stories/200805220279.html</link><description>Crude 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:36+0200</pubDate><source>allafrica</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>allafrica-a4d74b53691e0657bbfba685e9459771</guid><category>Energy</category><category>OHIM</category></item><item><title>China say quake death toll tops 51&amp;nbsp;000</title><link>http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/&amp;articleid=339826&amp;referrer=RSS</link><description>More 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:33+0200</pubDate><source>MailGuardian</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>MailGuardian-25c80a0b2a737df0633473a93bdd46b6</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>New China death toll: 51,151</title><link>http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=771336</link><description>GRIEF STRICKEN: A woman mourns for her loved ones killed by China's earthquake as the death toll from the disaster climbs steadily. 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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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:28+0200</pubDate><source>RTERadio</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>RTERadio-a4f536dd226112504e12475a4015a596</guid></item><item><title>More than 80,000 dead or missing in China quake</title><link>http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWRI74404620080522?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews</link><description>BEIJING/YINGXIU (Reuters) - More than 80,000 people are confirmed dead or missing from China's worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:27+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-30d46ef993b4ce1d2305b76b571624da</guid><category>UNSecretaryGeneral</category></item><item><title>China quake death toll rises to more than 51,000</title><link>http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2253152.htm</link><description>The death toll from last week's earthquake in southwest China has risen to more than 51,000, with nearly 30,000 others still missing.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T11:27+0200</pubDate><source>radioaustralia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>radioaustralia-92d432d3d6b15a3650ed16caf5594cb7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Dalai Lama sees change in China</title><link>http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=619860</link><description>BEIJING, 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. 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China said the death toll from the most devastating earthquake in three decades had reached 51,151 with 29,328 still missing.</description><pubDate>2008-05-22T10:27+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-46a91612b8b1df9ceae1670a1725f60b</guid></item><item><title>Inflation still main concern for China's economy</title><link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080522.RTICKERB22-1/TPStory/TPBusiness/?page=rss&amp;id=GAM.20080522.RTICKERB22-1</link><description>The 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. 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A SWD spokesman said the department would process all applications as quickly as....</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T16:01+0200</pubDate><source>reliefWeb</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reliefWeb-5f5938a7b538cff40b45a5cff9f893db</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China: Emotional needs enormous as people come to grips with life after the earthquake</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SHIG-7EUFYS?OpenDocument</link><description>Many 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. 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 BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) -- The quake that shook southwest China was unlikely to....</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T13:53+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-014b6b0089b8d870b29c17bb4dce2b90</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Are Chinese Leaders Opening Up?</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90664138&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><description>What does response to the earthquake in Sichuan province and other newsworthy events tell us about the direction of China's political leadership? 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Sichuan, devastated by a 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12, has cancelled all of....</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T09:23+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-477bffaf96e3cb96261096786a070028</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tibet govt calls for anti-China protests to stop amid crisis</title><link>http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhgbcwidmhgb/rss2/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T09:20+0200</pubDate><source>irish-news</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>irish-news-d02fd345324dafc35e848a7cec53de91</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China reopens more schools in quake zone</title><link>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3545929,00.html</link><description>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. May 12 earthquake that killed more than 40,000 people.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T09:09+0200</pubDate><source>yediotaharonot</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>yediotaharonot-1f351dca31c26076b0a84e0154492841</guid></item><item><title>Shocks.. and awe</title><link>http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/2008/05/21/shocks-and-awe-89520-20424271/</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:40+0200</pubDate><source>sundaymirror</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sundaymirror-9f583ae65b79d1da1862778a29f76e9f</guid></item><item><title>40,075 confirmed dead in Wenchuan earthquake</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8220063.htm</link><description>BEIJING, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:38+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-279938eb74708a5a26463abdf1cd71f1</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Rescuers comb quake-hit areas</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219954.htm</link><description>Rescuers 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:38+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-bd879a7b6dcb39cee08126b0e4fa2f40</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Death toll keeps climbing in China</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&amp;set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=vn20080521055028160C192031</link><description>Among 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:24+0200</pubDate><source>Star</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>Star-48d13d4ab03ff388eee3af74d81db018</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Matsuyama Ballet Troupe visits Chinese Embassy in Tokyo to mourn quake victims</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6415405.html</link><description>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 a ...</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:18+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-efc5eb5682e7bb54cfc05381382a7844</guid></item><item><title>China scrambles to help five million displaced</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/china_scrambles_to_help_five_million_displaced_547407</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:16+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-343a97f8e7674c3e08b288c249edb6f1</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Death toll keeps climbing in China</title><link>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_World&amp;set_id=1&amp;click_id=3&amp;art_id=vn20080521055028160C192031</link><description>Among 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:09+0200</pubDate><source>iol</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>iol-48d13d4ab03ff388eee3af74d81db018</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China earthquake: Rain hampers relief efforts</title><link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1999284/China-earthquake-Rain-hampers-relief-efforts.html?source=rss</link><description>Heavy rain is likely to interrupt relief efforts and raise the risk of reservoir breaches in earthquake-hit southwest China.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:09+0200</pubDate><source>telegraph</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>telegraph-67fbf4eaf69083768c07e5e546816898</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Bangladesh lowers flags to mourn cyclon, quake victims</title><link>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3545904,00.html</link><description>Flags 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:08+0200</pubDate><source>yediotaharonot</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>yediotaharonot-77626e9cd0fa4c0dae7424a673ada86b</guid></item><item><title>CHENGDU, China (Agencies): China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on Tuesday, as rescuers found more survivors eight days after the huge tremor hi</title><link>http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=17209&amp;ccid=11</link><description>t. 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T08:05+0200</pubDate><source>arabtimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>arabtimes-06876bc26ae0fe6ae1de92efdaf62582</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>JRCSafeguards</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category><category>NuclearDecommissioning</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Nuclear</category></item><item><title>Sichuan Province, China: Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 6</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/KKAA-7EU2MK?OpenDocument</link><description>NOTE: 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. 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The government appealed to overseas donors to make sending tents a priority.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:44+0200</pubDate><source>bday</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>bday-ed0584ce6ec0f39f2554e2d4d424c501</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Undaunted, China's athletes go for gold for quake victims</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/undaunted_china39s_athletes_go_for_gold_for_quake_victims__547405</link><description>The 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:38+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-71de8ac4ddc7cff2f08faf428638dd43</guid><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>China scrambles to help five million displaced by quake (AFP)</title><link>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080521/ts_afp/chinaquake</link><description>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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:33+0200</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-85706a66b1a7853983fb12ea7c9fefc8</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Warner: My people come first, wealth not important -- After near-death experience in China...</title><link>http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161326139</link><description>Chaguanas 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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:32+0200</pubDate><source>trinidadexpress</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>trinidadexpress-74dfd39dd3dd5ac1bb0edbf374be41ab</guid></item><item><title>Query over quality --</title><link>http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_opinion?id=161326077</link><description>The governments of the various countries including T&amp;T that employ Chinese contractorsÂ should take serious concerns about the quality of Chinese construction in the light of the recent earthquake in China. 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Despite the overwhelming odds against finding any more survivors, rescue workers yesterday....</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:26+0200</pubDate><source>GulfDailyNews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>GulfDailyNews-bee5af836084d9ee226b2b252a0d4be2</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>TAXUD</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Call to end Tibet protests after quake</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23735167-23109,00.html</link><description>THE 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)</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:12+0200</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-b881d7cb246d092efd7faf815c22e8a1</guid></item><item><title>China quake: Focus shifts to relief</title><link>http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=b9caf7fb-26cd-48e6-a7c4-fbb670231eeb&amp;&amp;Headline=China+quake%253a+Focus+shifts+to+relief</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:11+0200</pubDate><source>HindustanTimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>HindustanTimes-53adf7273c0b78478c8926cd2e57d6b9</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category><category>CommunicableDiseaseCases</category><category>CommunicableDiseases</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Matsuyama Ballet Troupe visits Chinese Embassy in Tokyo to mourn quake victims</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-05/21/content_8219772.htm</link><description>TOKYO, 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:08+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-1a171b549b4cc72b238853a0564f3ab4</guid></item><item><title>Missing panda found after quake</title><link>http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/missing_panda_found_after_quake_547401</link><description>A 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:08+0200</pubDate><source>sbs</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>sbs-a134d2459dc106534f0155a80b21e45f</guid><category>AgriculturalProdOliveHort</category></item><item><title>China scrambles to help five million displaced by quake</title><link>http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/newsmlmmd.fdc520ceb65e4b0488ac949ed9a77b72.271.html</link><description>MIANZHU (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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T07:05+0200</pubDate><source>afp-english</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>afp-english-a88257f1a9bc4c75a95f311f9f46562d</guid></item><item><title>Australian PM expresses condolences to China</title><link>http://australianetwork.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_2251541.htm</link><description>The 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. 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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....</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T05:57+0200</pubDate><source>itartass_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>itartass_en-9314f7c7bb8beb83684932161bb4aacc</guid><category>Echo</category><category>HumanitarianAid</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China appeals for tents as 12 million to be relocated</title><link>http://www.independent.ie/world-news/china-appeals-for-tents-as--12-million-to-be-relocated-1381692.html?r=RSS</link><description>CHINA 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T05:56+0200</pubDate><source>irish-independent</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>irish-independent-0e0ec048268df444b1c06eb8152e3afc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China says it needs tents for homeless</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national%20news/2008/05/21/157368/China%252Dsays.htm</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T05:52+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-7e1d835490f6db12e1722bd16942abaf</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tycoon Tsao to sell Qing-era antique as quake donation</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/%20business/2008/05/21/157423/Tycoon%252DTsao.htm</link><description>Taiwanese 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T05:52+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-2072eaa4720e77206c3540fba747cecd</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China warns plants running out of coal</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2008/05/21/157424/China%252Dwarns.htm</link><description>China'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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T05:52+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-da6c772f5e4d6bc96743a6218e13d20f</guid><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>China's CNPC reports US$254 mil. quake losses</title><link>http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/business/2008/05/21/157426/China%2527s%252DCNPC.htm</link><description>China 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.</description><pubDate>2008-05-21T05:52+0200</pubDate><source>ChinaPost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ChinaPost-f52a07fb874cfb5033e89f2bfb838bb8</guid><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>China govt offers financial relief in quake-hit areas</title><link>http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MUMA-7EU2G4?OpenDocument</link><description>BEIJING, 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. 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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.

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