Earthquake in China

Another great flood: time to build an ark?

Nov 13, 2008

MOSCOW. Most scientists - biologists and environmentalists - tend to blame the human race for the catastrophic climate change on the Earth. The International Earth Rotation Service has regularly added a second or two to the...

Moderate quake of 4.3 hits NE China's Liaoning

BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Haicheng City in northeast China's Liaoning Province at 6:53 a.m. (Beijing time) on Friday, according to the Chinese seismological agency. The...

Washington score unlikely to settle much

A major initiative to secure global cooperation on important economic issues was launched just two months after the New York terror attacks on 9/11. This was the launch of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations,...

China sombre on six-month anniversary of quake

Yinghua, China (AFP) Nov 12, 2008 - China marked the six-month anniversary of its devastating earthquake in sombre, low-key fashion Wednesday, amid the huge task of rebuilding the lives of the millions impacted by the disaster.

Rising emissions put pressure on Japan to set tougher limits

Japanese greenhouse gas emissions rose to a record high in the year to March, putting the world's fifth-largest carbon dioxide producer at risk of an embarrassing failure to achieve its Kyoto target over the next four years.

Quake-hit China faces long road towards psychological recovery

by Staff Writers Yinghua, China (AFP) Nov 12, 2008 Six months after thousands of school children lost their lives in the Sichuan earthquake, psychological counselling remains a dire need for families here. "It's not that they...

Stress persists for quake survivors in less-affected areas

People in less-affected areas of southwest China's earthquake zone have been "neglected for half a year" since the fatal earthquake in May, according to counselors in the region. "The percentage of people with psychological...

$1b loan to quake zone gets approval

Six months after the Sichuan earthquake, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved five international organizations to provide emergency loans totaling $1.5 billion, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced...

After Significant Earthquake Relief Efforts, The Red Cross Launches Massive Recovery Program In...

Six months ago on May 12, 2008, a massive earthquake devastated southwestern China, killing more than 80,000 people and displacing nearly 15 million individuals in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, according to State-run...

China opens first memorial park on May 12 quake ruins

The first memorial park to the 87,000 dead and missing from China's May 12 earthquake opened on Wednesday in the southwestern Sichuan Province. The Y-shaped park, spanning almost 50 square kilometers in the countryside of...