<rss><channel><item><title>Staff action after China disaster</title><link>http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/businessnews/Staff-action-after-China-disaster.4486015.jp</link><description>When Chengdu in China was devastated by a huge earthquake in May, Premier Farnell's employees sprung into action. About 70,000 people died in China's most devastating</description><pubDate>2008-09-12T09:58+0200</pubDate><source>YorkshirePost</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>YorkshirePost-8b374eb85aad486c4ac0d9a375f26ccc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake hits southwest China</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24333900-12335,00.html</link><description>A MODERATE 5.6-magnitude earthquake has hit China's south-west Sichuan province, devastated by a massive tremor in May that killed tens of thousands, the US Geological Survey said.</description><pubDate>2008-09-12T03:22+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-75ce146bfaafcab75a1b822a096c9ba9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Quake hits southwest China</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24333900-23109,00.html</link><description>A MODERATE 5.6-magnitude earthquake has hit China's south-west Sichuan province, devastated by a massive tremor in May that killed tens of thousands, the US Geological Survey said. 7:49am (AEST)</description><pubDate>2008-09-12T00:45+0200</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-a5caf77e4d5e34d1ccc0131bc07404e4</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Moderate earthquake hits southwest China</title><link>http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/375337/1/.html</link><description>BEIJING: A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake early on Friday struck China's southwest Sichuan province, devastated by a massive tremor in May that killed tens of thousands, the US Geological Survey said.</description><pubDate>2008-09-11T22:13+0200</pubDate><source>channelnewsasia</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>channelnewsasia-f6be323ca119a8db85009d621478e253</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Risk of big earthquake doubled by China's</title><link>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080911.wquakes0911/BNStory/Science/?page=rss&amp;id=RTGAM.20080911.wquakes0911</link><description>So much geologic stress created in Tibetan plateau that nearby fault lines more likely to fracture</description><pubDate>2008-09-11T17:03+0200</pubDate><source>theglobeandmail</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>theglobeandmail-e1b23bac65b1bd6837c4a8d876d4f5bc</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Beijing Paralympics – changing Chinese minds</title><link>http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/11/1377834.aspx</link><description>However, just this week reports emerged that only two of 88 children orphaned by the May earthquake in Sichuan have been adopted. The China Daily, which initially reported there was only one adoption, quoted sources within the Sichuan provincial department of civil affairs as saying that "one reason....</description><pubDate>2008-09-11T16:02+0200</pubDate><source>msnbc</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>msnbc-38476b1eb62838d4630826e20ba898d4</guid></item><item><title>Strong earthquake hits north Japan</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6497715.html</link><description>A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, Thursday morning, China's National Seismological Monitoring Network reported. 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He sat on a hospital bed doing rehabilitative exercises after losing both of his legs in the May 12 earthquake in China. "It is tiring, but I feel comfortable after practice," said the 22-year-old man. 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The SBSM finished a two-month survey of landform....</description><pubDate>2008-09-03T15:39+0200</pubDate><source>xinhuanet_en</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>xinhuanet_en-d313bd0982ea26a8d058407906142bd7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>SW China quake toll remains at 38, one missing</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6492499.html</link><description>The death toll in Saturday's 6.1-magnitude quake in southwest China stood at 38 as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with the latest news of one missing. The missing person was reported in Huili County, Liangshan prefecture of Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Administration.</description><pubDate>2008-09-03T12:50+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-73e1a673d80d844a9dd5621e05300ea7</guid></item><item><title>SW China quake toll remains at 38, one missing</title><link>http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-09/03/content_9763820.htm</link><description>BEIJING, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in Saturday's 6.1-magnitude quake in southwest China stood at 38 as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with the latest news of one missing. 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About 33 percent of the students will resume classes in their former schools unaffected in the earthquake.</description><pubDate>2008-09-01T02:36+0200</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-7b30cb94040a03e728c1b51a27dbc5ad</guid></item><item><title>Earthquake in China kills 27 and damages 180,000 houses</title><link>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/0901/1220180159006.html</link><description>CHINA:AN EARTHQUAKE that hit southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 27 people, damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents, state media said yesterday.</description><pubDate>2008-09-01T02:02+0200</pubDate><source>irishtimes</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>irishtimes-2cfb184dd8b1cf8c87aa92985ca9a552</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake toll might be worse than initially feared</title><link>http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/asia/01china.php</link><description>A 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Sichuan Province Saturday destroyed more than 100,000 homes and caused at least 28 deaths, China's state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>2008-09-01T01:58+0200</pubDate><source>IHT</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>IHT-e31fd9ba43b050b9c1e90c74e03fed66</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Death toll rises to 27 after earthquake in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in south-west China</title><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/01/china.naturaldisasters?gusrc=rss&amp;feed=news</link><description>An earthquake that hit the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in south-west China has killed 27 people, damaged or destroyed more than 180,000 homes and affected at least 800,000 residents. 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An earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 25 people, damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes and affected at least 440,000 residents, state media said on Sunday.</description><pubDate>2008-08-31T07:31+0200</pubDate><source>reuters</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>reuters-d629568cdc00e9e9f98a1313c764b5c9</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake kills 25</title><link>http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2008/08/31/china-quake-kills-25-115875-20718423/</link><description>An earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has killed 25 people, damaged or destroyed more than 100,000 homes and affected at least 440,000 residents, state media said on Sunday.</description><pubDate>2008-08-31T07:18+0200</pubDate><source>themirror</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>themirror-0bd6fb5efe9c322c14ff9baf60f90be7</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>6.1-Magnitude Quake Kills 22 In China</title><link>http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/379352445/main4401242.shtml</link><description>(AP) A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck China's southwestern Sichuan province Saturday, killing 22 people and injuring more than 100, state media said.Rescue teams were headed to the quake-hit area but...</description><pubDate>2008-08-31T07:13+0200</pubDate><source>AfghanistanSun</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>AfghanistanSun-c0be428b7332c2701de7d8fa3e575e11</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>China quake damages more than 100,000 homes, 25 dead</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK79132.htm</link><description>31 Aug 2008 04:40:24 GMT Source: Reuters (Recasts with updated death toll, adds details of injured, paragraph 5) BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) - 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According to state media reported the tremor struck Panzhihua City in Sichuan province at 4.30pm (0830 GMT). 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