BEIJING (AP) - After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams.
Hours after saying it will accept a Japanese rescue team, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement early Friday that specialist crews from Russia, South Korea, and Singapore would be welcome as well.
abandon the search for survivors.

BEIJING - Japanese rescue experts arrived Friday in China's earthquake-hit Sichuan province, state media reported, the first foreign team allowed into the devastated region to search for victims.
A team of 31 rescuers arrived early Friday in the Sichuan capital of Chengdu while another 29-strong team, bringing sniffer dogs, was to reach the area in the afternoon, Xinhua news agency reported.
ories and other buildings.

The devastation wreaked by Monday’s earthquake in Sichuan province has given rise to an enormous outpouring of condolences and hopeful messages across the

Insured losses may only be 5% of total, a risk assessment firm says. And it's not clear that Americans, in a troubled economy, will donate the sums needed