China Turn Downs Offer of Australia Rescue Experts

                   
epochtimes.com     May 14, 2008            

CANBERRA—Beijing has turned down an offer from Australia to send search and rescue experts to help with locating survivors following China's massive earthquake. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wrote to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao with the offer yesterday in the wake of an earthquake that has left at... [read full story]                

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Australia offers expert rescue help to China

people.com.cn     May 13, 2008          

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Tuesday that his country had offered search and rescue experts to help China with an earthquake that has left at least 10,000 dead. The government also was in discussions with B ... ... Australian Foreign Minister...                

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Australia Offers China Quake Assistance

firefightingnews.com     May 13, 2008          

Excerpt from media release from the office of Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith, carried by Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website on 13 May. On behalf of all Australians, I extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by the terrible earthquake in Sichuan Province,...                

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