Strong earthquake hits southwest China

reuters.com May 12, 2008

BEIJING (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. ... The tremor, centered 92 km northwest of Chengdu,... [read full story]

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bosch - May 13, 2008 4:17:08 PM

It's so wird that that there are more articles about economic consequences of the earthquake. And so few about people suffering. I can be wrong but it seems to cynic for me. I think that if the tragedy happened in US or Europe, there would be much less articles on economic impact but much more emphasis on human tragedy.

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