Aftershocks spark landslides at quake epicenter
May 16, 2008
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Aftershocks spark landslides at quake epicenter
The Associated Press - May 16, 2008
BEICHUAN, China (AP) - A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again cutting off ravaged areas of central China.
Elsewhere, rescuers were still finding survivors after being buried in rubble for 96 hours, while public anger grew over the hundreds of children crushed to death in schools that collapsed in Monday's magnitude 7.9 temblor. More than four days since the disaster, the first foreign rescue workers were allowed to the scene.
se above 50,000. Tens of thousands could still be buried in collapsed buildings in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered, officials say.
Overseas Chinese communities offer donation to quake-hit China
Xinhua - May 16, 2008
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) - Chinese communities in Uruguay, Venezuela and the Philippines have offered generous donations for the earthquake relief efforts in China.
Officials of the Chinese embassy in Uruguay said the overseas Chinese in Uruguay have been rushing to donate money for the disaster-hit Sichuan province in southwest China.
its footage said the pictures touched everyone as they showed the Chinese paramilitary and army were making unremitting efforts to search for lives in the rubbles.
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Aftershocks spark landslides at quake epicenter
The Associated Press - May 16, 2008
BEICHUAN, China (AP) — A strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week's powerful earthquake Friday, burying vehicles and again
China ramps up quake relief efforts
Aljazeera.net - May 16, 2008
China 's president, Hu Jintao, has arrived in the earthquake-stricken province of Sichuan as authorities step up recovery efforts, accepting foreign help
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