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VR Ukraine adopted law on Cabinet

16.05.2008 11:24    news.trendaz.com
eople's deputies have adopted the law onthe Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, ForUm reports. Such decision has been supported by 245People's deputies: 155 People's deputies from the BYuT, 71 People's deputiesfrom the OU-PSD and 19 People's deputies from the bloc

Today in Lebanon : News Briefs

16.05.2008 10:50    yalibnan.com
Beirut - The Arab League Ministerial delegation and the deal to end the political storm in Lebanon , following the retraction by the government of the 2 resolutions, are the talk of the town in Beirut today

Uzbekistan: youth tournament to take place in Nukus (photo)

16.05.2008 10:05    enews.ferghana.ru
Nothing makes a country famous better than athletics." This quote from President Islam Karimov became the slogan of the republican youth Olympics Barkamol Avlod'2008 [Healthy Generation] opening May 17 in Nukus near the Aral Sea. Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan,
Uzbekistan: youth tournament to take place in Nukus (photo)

Civilian heroes everywhere in China's earthquake calamity

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Civilian heroes were everywhere after Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan Province, one of the nation's worst disasters in recent decades. Their unselfish love and unconditional help have warmed the heart of strangers in trouble an ...

122 aftershocks above magnitude 4 monitored in epicenter after major earthquake

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
As of midnight Thursday, 122 aftershocks measuring above 4 on the Richter scale had been monitored in Wenchuan County, the quake epicenter in southwestern Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center on Friday. ...

Indonesian leader extends condolence to China

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Indonesian President Susilo BambangYudhoyono has sent a letter to his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao expressing his deepest condolence and sympathy to the victims of the Monday's devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province. "I and the ...

China rushes funeral workers to quake-hit Sichuan

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Chinese authorities have rushed funeral workers from elsewhere to quake-hit Sichuan province to cope with thousands of dead bodies. The Chongqing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau has mobilized 60 workers from funeral parlors in the ci ...

State councilor: China grateful for Singapore's quake aid

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo met here Friday with visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yong-Boon Yeo, expressing appreciation for Singapore's aid for earthquake victims. Yeo, on behalf of the Singaporean government an ...

Chinese president thanks HK people for help to quake-hit areas

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Chinese president Hu Jintao Friday thanked Hong Kong people for their help and donation to the quake-hit areas on the mainland in an interview with Hong Kong media. Hu talked to the Hong Kong media in Mianyang, Sichuan province, whe

Four days after quake, nation clings to hope of miracles in the rubble

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
About 90 hours after the 7.8 magnitude earth quake, rescuers could still detect signs of life in the rubble of Hangwang Town, of Mianzhu City, according to sources with the Chinese national rescuing team Friday. "The possibility is ...

CSB: major supplies not cut off, building damages not severe in Deyang

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Major power and water supplies as well as telecoms and transportation have not completely cut off in Deyang, a city 50 kilometers north to Chengdu, capital of southwest Sichuan Province, China Seismological Bureau (CSB) said Friday. ...

Chinese shares edge down 0.36%, securities stocks buck trend

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Chinese shares were 0.36 percent lower on Friday on heavy selling pressure, but securities stocks rose against the market. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange closed at 3,624.23 points, down 13.09 p ...

Fresh aftershock in Sichuan cuts off roads, telecom, buries vehicles

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
A fresh aftershock measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale hit Lixian, Sichuan Province, on Friday afternoon, cutting off roads and telecommunication. A number of vehicles were buried in landslides triggered by the aftershock. The casua ...

Rescue work continues after latest 5.9-Richter-scale quake

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Rescue work resumed in the quake-hit areas in Sichuan after a moderate aftershock, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, jolted Lixian County of the Province at around 1:25 p.m. on Friday and affected its neighboring places, according to Xinh ...

Warm weather for China quake zone; epidemic prevention urged

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Regions around the epicenter of China's earthquake would have warmer weather in the next three days, the China Meteorological Administration said on Friday, urging the prevention of epidemics. It forecast high temperatures of 25 to ...

Telcoms being restored in SW China, but aftershocks interfere

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
More southwestern Chinese counties whose communications links were severed by Monday's massive quake had services restored as of Friday, a day after phone services resumed in Wenchuan County, the epicenter, the Ministry of Industry and Inf ...

Two people rescued after 95 hours in China quake debris

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Two people were rescued on Friday afternoon after being buried 95 hours in the remains of a office building in Beichuan, Sichuan Province, which was toppled down in Monday's massive earthquake. They were rescued at 1:10 p.m. and 1:4 ...

China's snooker ace Ding to donate tournament bonus for quake relief

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Ding Junhui promised to donate all his game bonus to the disaster relief against the country's worst quake in recent decades, said the Chinese star with the 2008 Huangshan Cup Snooker All-star Game entering the last three days. "Whe ...

Nurse rescued four days after SW China earthquake

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
A 23-year-old nurse was rescued at 2:23 p.m. on Friday from a collapsed town hospital in southwest China's Sichuan Province, four days after the earthquake on Monday that could claimed more than 50,000 lives.Source:Xinhua ...

Chinese Premier Wen back in Beijing from quake-hit area

16.05.2008 10:00    english.people.com.cn
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao returned to Beijing Friday morning from quake-hit Sichuan Province in the southwest, where he has been directing the rescue and relief efforts since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday. Source ...

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