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Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter : A strong aftershock sparked landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake, while some survivors were pulled from rubble after being buried for four days. A day past what experts call the critical three-day window for finding... [read full story]
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From theage.com: Rescue teams finally arrived at the epicentre of China’s devastating earthquake last night and began searching for survivors in the ruins of buildings under which thousands of people are feared to have been buried. The national death toll from the quake has climbed past 13,000...
By Emma Graham-Harrison and Aly Song YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's earthquake could soar to more than 50,000, state media reported on Thursday, as rescuers struggled to help survivors and hope faded for thousands buried under rubble. Some 20,000 are confirmed dead after...
By Ben Blanchard SHIFANG, China, May 16 (Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. From the heart of the disaster zone in the southwestern...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says Monday's earthquake was the country's most destructive since 1949, as officials say more than 50,000 people are feared dead in Sichuan province alone. Early Friday Chinese state-run media quoted Mr. Wen saying the quake was even more powerful than one in 1976 that...
SHIFANG, China (Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. A Chinese chess set (R) is displayed as parents cry in front of the fresh grave of...
By Ben Blanchard SHIFANG, China (Reuters) - China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and offer relief to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. From the heart of the disaster zone in the southwestern province of...
China Wakes to Devastating Earthquake Tuesday, May 13, 2008 SHIFANG, China—China struggled on Friday to bury the dead and provide aid to those left injured, homeless and without food and water by the earthquake that may have killed more than 50,000 people. From the heart of the disaster zone in...
Chinese President Hu Jintao flew into Sichuan province Friday to lend support to the victims of this week's earthquake as the country braced for a death toll that could soar past 50,000. Hu will "express sympathy and appreciation to the public and cadres in the disaster zone and visit military...
Rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Thursday. (Li Gang/Xinhua/Associated Press) Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the devastated central province Sichuan on Friday, state news agency Xinhua...
China has launched a probe into why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, warning that anyone found to have been responsible for shoddy construction would be punished. In the town of Mianzhu seven schools have collapsed, burying 1,700 people, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. In...

