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Local groups move to help China quake victims

                   
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May 12, 2008
        
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Civic groups in Seattle's Chinatown-International District are mobilizing to help quake victims. Groups collecting info for people ... By CHARLOTTE STARCK / KING 5 News Video: Local civic groups mobilizing to aid China quake victims SEATTLE - News of the quake is... [read full story]                    

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China steps up relief efforts in quake hit areas

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China steps up relief efforts in quake hit areas

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May 15, 2008
        

Thursday, May 15, 2008 : 1835 Hrs RSS Feeds China steps up relief efforts in quake-hit areas Beijing (PTI): China on Thursday scaled up the rescue and relief efforts in the earthquake-battered areas ordering more helicopters and air drops as the toll in the worst-hit southwest Sichuan province...

                   

Quake tragedy in China opens door slightly for media, new and old

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May 15, 2008
        

By TIM JOHNSON - Amid a national outpouring of grief over Monday's huge earthquake, China has relaxed its grip - perhaps only briefly - on the Internet and some media outlets. Chinese witnesses to the devastation in Sichuan province have flooded Web sites with homemade videos, filled chat rooms...

                   

World leaders offer solace to China quake victims

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May 15, 2008
        

Beijing: Heads of states and international aid organisations Thursday offered condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit China's southwestern province of Sichuan Monday. The quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, caused widespread damage across the region. The survivors...

                   

Chinese open hearts, wallets for quake victims

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May 15, 2008
        

BEIJING (Reuters) - Xiao Bi queued for over an hour on Thursday hoping to donate blood for victims of China's earthquake, but with throngs of others doing the same, he eventually gave up and decided to return the next day. A butterfly flies around the feet of dead students buried in the ruins of...

                   

Chinese open hearts, wallets for quake victims

alertnet.org
May 15, 2008
        

By Lindsay Beck BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) - Xiao Bi queued for over an hour on Thursday hoping to donate blood for victims of China's earthquake, but with throngs of others doing the same, he eventually gave up and decided to return the next day. China's capital Beijing is thousands of kilometres...

Quakes continue in devastated Sechuan China

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May 15, 2008
        

The land beneath Sichuan Province in China continues to rumble, with four moderate earthquakes assigned magnitudes between 5.1 to 5.4 recorded yesterday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A massive, 7.9 earthquake on Monday killed an estimated 12,000 people, the USGS said. The quakes have...

                   

Vice health minister: Quake victims not have to pay medical fees

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May 15, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Quake victims will not have to pay medical expenses, the Chinese government has promised. "Medical expenses shall not be inflicted on them, and the government has the responsibility to help them get better medical service," Vice Health Minister Gao Qiang said at a...

                   

FACTBOX-Five facts on China's race to save quake victims

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May 15, 2008
        

May 15 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of troops, firefighters and civilians are racing to save 25,000 people believed to be buried in towns across southwest Sichuan province, where the death toll may rise to 50,000. The 7.9-magnitude quake that struck on Monday is the deadliest since a 1976 quake...

China quake death toll rises to at least 20,000

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May 15, 2008
        

BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from the deadliest quake to hit China in three decades has risen to above 19,500, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, citing the provincial government of southwestern Sichuan province. (Reporting by Guo Shipeng; Editing by Nick...

                   

Dozens gather to raise money for quake victims

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May 15, 2008
        

Chinese center organizes event SAN DIEGO – China's catastrophic earthquake has sent ripples to San Diego, where dozens of Chinese-Americans and others, moved by televised scenes and family reports of tragedy, gathered last night to raise money for victims. The Chinese Service Center of San Diego...

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