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Canada is contributing 1 million U.S. dollars to support the International Red Cross's effort on emergency quake relief in China, it was announced Friday. International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda and Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier said the money will help ensure the basic needs of...
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Another quake hits Sichuan
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people. USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks during the week, was...
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Sichuan, China: USGS (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people. USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks...
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Sichuan, China: USGS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people. USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong aftershocks...
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits Sichuan, China - USGS
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook Sichuan province in China on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, five days after a massive tremor killed tens of thousands of people. USGS reported the latest earthquake, which follows scores of slightly less strong...
Disease fears for five million homeless after Chinese quake
China has ramped up efforts to stave off disease for millions of earthquake victims. Five days after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake, there are rising concerns over potential disease outbreaks among the nearly five million people who have lost their homes. The confirmed death toll stands close to...
China fights animal disease
Beijing - An earthquake that killed at least 29 000 people in China also badly hurt livestock and crops in Sichuan province, and disinfection teams are spreading out to prevent more damage, officials said on Saturday. The earthquake killed about 792 000 of Sichuan's estimated 60 million pigs, Li...
Chinese Premier stresses all-out efforts to rescue quake victims
BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Saturday underscored unremitting efforts in searching and rescuing people buried in debris in the earthquake in southwestern Sichuan Province. Rescuers should do all out and leave no "dead angle" or "blind spot" when searching victims, Wen...
China quake tourists to fly home
The death toll in the earthquake is thought to be more than 15,000 Nineteen UK tourists who were visiting a region in China when a massive earthquake struck are waiting to return home, the tourist's travel firm said. They were flown from the Wolong area in Sichuan, famed for its pandas, and are...
China fights animal disease spread in quake areas
BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake that killed at least 29,000 people in China also badly hurt livestock and crops in Sichuan province, and disinfection teams are spreading out to prevent more damage, officials said on Saturday. The earthquake killed about 792,000 of Sichuan's estimated 60 million...
China fights animal disease spread in quake areas
BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake that killed at least 29,000 people in China also badly hurt livestock and crops in Sichuan province, and disinfection teams are spreading out to prevent more damage, officials said on Saturday. The earthquake killed about 792,000 of Sichuan's estimated 60 million...
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