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China decides not to rebuild largest town leveled by quake

                   
charlotte.com
May 22, 2008
        
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China has decided not to rebuild the largest town destroyed in this month's savage earthquake and may instead leave the town's towers of rubble as a memorial park in place for generations of awe-stricken visitors to witness.Tucked in a steep river valley atop the unstable Longmen Fault, this... [read full story]                    

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China makes global tent appeal, as quake death toll passes 50,000

terradaily.com
May 24, 2008
        

by Staff Writers Mianyang, China (AFP) May 22, 2008 China made an urgent global appeal Thursday for millions of tents to shelter destitute survivors of its worst earthquake in a generation, as the confirmed death toll shot up past 50,000. Ten days after the 8.0-magnitude earthquake, China was...

                   

China quake toll rises past 60,000

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May 24, 2008
        

Death toll surpasses 60,000, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says U.N. chief tours quake epicenter Saturday Officials appeal for millions of tents to shelter 5 million people made homeless (CNN) -- China's Premier Wen Jiabao said the death toll from this month's earthquake topped 60,000, according to...

                   

UN's Ban visits China quake area

chron.com
May 24, 2008
        

YINGXIU, China — A state news agency says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in China to visit earthquake relief efforts. The Xinhua News Agency says Ban arrived in the southwestern city of Chengdu, capital of quake-hit Sichuan province. He was due to travel later Saturday to a town...

                   

UN chief arrives in China quake zone

gulfnews.com
May 24, 2008
        

Chengdu: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in quake-hit southwest China on Saturday to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone. The known death toll from the 7.9 magnitude quake already exceeds...

                   

Students, teachers were 12 pct of quake dead - paper

thestar.com.my
May 24, 2008
        

BEIJING (Reuters) - Nearly 12 percent of those killed in China's southwestern Sichuan province by the massive May 12 earthquake were students and teachers, crushed when their schools collapsed on top of them, the Beijing News reported on Saturday. The toll from the quake is already more than...

                   
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China quake toll may hit 80,000

rte.ie
May 24, 2008
        

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said that the death toll from a massive earthquake on 12 May had passed 60,000 and could reach 80,000 or more. UN chief Ban Ki-moon visited an area devastated by the earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province as international efforts picked up steam to help China...

                   

China quake survivors keep vigil over town of death

thestar.com.my
May 24, 2008
        

YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation. An elderly woman mourns as her grandson is buried...

                   

U.N. chief visits China quake epicentre as toll leaps

thestar.com.my
May 24, 2008
        

YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicentre of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighbouring Myanmar. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks to the...

                   

Ban arrives in China quake zone

news24.com
May 24, 2008
        

Chengdu - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in quake-hit southwest China on Saturday to meet victims and witness the devastation first-hand, after visiting neighbouring Myanmar to see the aftermath of a massive cyclone. The known death toll from the 7.9 magnitude quake already...

                   
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China Quake Death Toll Passes 60,000

voanews.com
May 24, 2008
        

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the death toll from last week's earthquake in southwestern China has passed 60,000 and could rise above 80,000 Wen announced the new figures in a meeting Saturday with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the city of Yingxiu in Sichuan province, about 60...

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