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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,
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
