Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel sent her condolences to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao over the heavy loss of life in the powerful earthquake that struck China's south-western province of Sichuan on Monday. An official statement quoted the chanc...
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By The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. May 13--Several Illinois Wesleyan University students in China for a May term travel course are safe in Beijing -- far from the epicenter of the earthquake, said Reenie Bradley, who works in the campus's international office.