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redorbit.com
May 12, 2008
        
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Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) ["2nd Ld: Premier Wen Appeals for "Calm, Confidence, Efficiency" after Quake" - Xinhua headline] Beijing, May 12 (Xinhua) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has asked for public calm and efficient organization of... [read full story]                    

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China quake rescuers face huge hurdles

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China airlifts aid to remote villages hit by quake

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China quake rescuers face huge hurdles

indiatimes.com
May 15, 2008
        

Chemical spills, creaking dams, tourists stranded 600 metres up a cable car line, and a fire burning for two days on a derailed freight train laden with petrol tankers were some of the relatively minor problems facing Chinese civilian and military rescue services after China's most devastating...

                   

China steps up air-drops for quake hit areas

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May 15, 2008
        

China ordered 101 more helicopters into the air today and planned aid drops into remote areas of Sichuan province as it struggled to cope with the powerful earthquake that has directly affected 10 million people. Xinhua said a team of 500 People’s Liberation Army soldiers carrying medicine and...

                   

10 million affected by China quake

radionz.co.nz
May 15, 2008
        

China is mobilising 30,000 extra troops and 90 helicopters to help with the rescue operation after Monday's devastating earthquake. About 10 million people in Sichuan province in southwest China have been directly affected by the 7.9 quake that flattened entire villages, state media said. Nearly...

                   

More helicopters to aid in quake rescue

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May 15, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 15 (UPI) -- The Chinese government has ordered 50 more military helicopters to airlift injured quake victims from areas unreachable by roads. Besides the thousands of Chinese troops already involved in relief work in quake-hit southwest Sichuan province, the government has been using...

                   

Rescuers at China Quake Epicenter Dig by Hand for Thousands

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May 15, 2008
        

GeoEye Satellite Image shows the Zipingpu Dam, upriver from the town of Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China. GeoEye Satellite Image shows the Zipingpu Dam, upriver from the town of Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China. The official death toll rose Wednesday to 14,866, and in Sichuan province another 25,788 people...

                   

As death toll climbs, Chinese earthquake exposes deep social divide

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May 15, 2008
        

The major earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan province on May 12 is a huge human tragedy. An online comment cited in the Los Angeles Times yesterday asked: “Why did so many schools collapse but all the government buildings were fine? The presence of these well-known corporations in Sichuan...

                   

Rescuers at China quake epicenter, digging by hand

tdn.com
May 15, 2008
        

HANWANG, China - After two days of rain that prevented relief flights, army helicopters flew 90 sorties to the epicenter in Wenchuan county and other areas to drop food, medicine and tents and ferry out 156 injured people, Xinhua reported. Aerial TV footage showed rows of small buildings...

                   

More helicopters to aid in quake rescue

upi.com
May 15, 2008
        

BEIJING, May 15 (UPI) -- The Chinese government has ordered 50 more military helicopters to airlift injured quake victims from areas unreachable by roads. Besides the thousands of Chinese troops already involved in relief work in quake-hit southwest Sichuan province, the government has been using...

                   

Chinese search for quake survivors

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May 15, 2008
        

Audra Ang / Associated Press HANWANG, China -- Nearly 26,000 people remained buried in collapsed buildings from Monday's magnitude 7.9 earthquake, and the death toll of almost 15,000 was expected to climb as relief operations spread into the mountains of Sichuan province. The official death toll...

Some 5,500 China quake survivors rescued from ruins by armed police

people.com.cn
May 15, 2008
        

As of 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, more than 5,500 earthquake survivors had been excavated from debris by the armed police, police sources said. More than 50,000 people had been evacuated from the epicenter of Monday's devastating quake -- Wenchuan, Sichuan Province – and other worst-hit regions...

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