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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:27 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:27 -0400 30 Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Finance Friday set aside another 1.17 billion yuan ($167 million) for disaster relief work in the wake of Monday's massive earthquake in the country. http://www.chinanews.net/story/360015 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:12 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/360015 Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) A moderate aftershock measuring 5.69 on the Richter scale jolted the Lixian County in China's quake-hit south-western Sichuan Province Friday, the seismological bureau reported. http://www.chinanews.net/story/360000 Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:44 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/360000 Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has ordered the local authorities to investigate the reasons why school buildings collapsed in Monday's earthquake, an official said. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359958 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:24 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359958 Beijing, May 16 (Xinhua) There had been no minor quakes in the area around the epicentre of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in China's southwestern province of Sichuan May 12, the provincial seismological bureau said Friday. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359952 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:20 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359952 China has approached Australian companies to team up for a billion-dollar share raid on giant miner BHP Billiton, news reports said Friday. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359900 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:22 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359900 Washington, May 16 (Xinhua) The American Red Cross (ARC) has donated $10 million for disaster relief work in China's earthquake-hit southwestern province of Sichuan, the organisation said. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359889 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:08 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359889 Guiyang (China), May 15 (Xinhua) At least 29 people were killed and 14 others injured when a farm truck plunged into a river in the south-western province of Guizhou Thursday, the police said. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359833 Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:08 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359833 A south-western Chinese town near the epicentre of Monday's devastating earthquake faced a growing risk of flood Thursday, prompting troops to evacuate as many people as possible while they dug through rubble in the hope of rescuing some of the thousands of people still missing in the town. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359794 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:19 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359794 Like President George Bush, the presumptive Republican Presidential candidate John McCain too has said a new global pact on climate change must include India and China, the 'greatest contributors' to global warming. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359793 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:17 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359793 Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China has punished 17 rumour mongers in the wake of the disastrous earthquake, the ministry of public security said Thursday. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359775 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:42 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359775 Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) China Thursday promised it would provide free medical treatment to those injured in Monday's devastating quake that claimed over 15,000 lives and rendered tens and thousands homeless. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359769 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:37 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359769 Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) More than 5,500 people have been rescued from the debris of collapsed buildings since Monday in the wake of a massive earthquake in China's south-western province of Sichuan, the police said Thursday. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359713 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:01:02 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359713 Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) Several European countries have offered financial and technical aid to China after the devastating earthquake Monday that killed at least 15,000 people. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359660 Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:47 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359660 Washington, May 16 : If eyewitness accounts are to be believed, pandas had sensed the massive earthquake that shook central China on May 12, with the animals behaving strangely just minutes before the quake struck. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359977 Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:12 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359977 New York, May 16 : China's main centres for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the shattered earthquake zone, and leading Western experts are looking for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359903 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:25 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359903 New Delhi, May 16 : People of all religious groups organised a prayer meet, seeking solace for the victims who died in Myanmar cyclone, in Chinese earthquake and in Jaipur serial blasts. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359896 Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:16 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359896 New Delhi, May 15 : India today offered to send five million dollars in emergency supplies to China, where the official death toll from this week's devastating earthquake has roughly touched 20,000. http://www.chinanews.net/story/359741 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:31 -0400 China News.Net http://www.chinanews.net/story/359741 China has begun tallying losses from the calamitous earthquake that struck earlier this week, with estimates ranging to over $20 billion.With the death toll from the disaster forecast to rise as high ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865012&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:58:15 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865012&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim have voiced their sorrow and sympathy for the victims of the earthquake that struck south-western China today, killing thousan... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864796&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:45 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864796&cat=9366300fc9319e9b RESCUERS have pulled a child from the rubble of a collapsed school some 80 hours after China's devastating earthquake. The child was found by rescuers searching the rubble of a school in the quake-de... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865015&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:37:33 -0400 Courier Mail http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865015&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Seoul - South Korea Friday sent rescue workers to the Chinese Sichuan province that was hit by a devastating earthquake earlier this week, the Foreign Ministry said. A team of 41 workers of the Nation... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864792&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:36:30 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864792&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China has allowed the first foreign rescue teams to join the frantic search for life after the devastating earthquake, saying time is running out.The government estimates the powerful quake has alread... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864774&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:03:37 -0400 SBS http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864774&cat=9366300fc9319e9b 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 ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864893&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:08:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864893&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The earthquake that rocked China has pushed already-soaring dry bulk shipping rates higher on speculation that the disaster will fuel demand. As the production of commodities and the ability to trans... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865019&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:38:03 -0400 Forbes http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865019&cat=9366300fc9319e9b BEIJING — 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 For... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864759&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:24:35 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864759&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Sitemasher Corporation plans to join other tech industry stakeholders in Beijing next week for the British Columbia Technology Summit, an exclusive program to introduce Canadian companies with Chinese... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864857&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:50 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864857&cat=9366300fc9319e9b BEICHUAN, China -- Working tirelessly amid the mangled mess of steel and concrete in what was the town of Beichuan, Liu Wenbo has helped save 700 people. But not his wife. Before Monday's 7.9-magnitud... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865020&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:42:40 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865020&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China producer price index up 8.1 pct The virus has been yet another major concern for Chinese authorities as they prepare for the Beijing Olympics in August. Cases have been reported from http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864757&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:13 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864757&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Twenty Sudanese soldiers have finished a humanitarian land mine-clearing training course in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province. During the program, the soldiers from the north and south... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865329&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:57 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865329&cat=9366300fc9319e9b BEIJING: Chinese authorities on Thursday finally conceded that 50,000 people may have died in the quake hit Sichuan province in southwest China, some 80 hours after the disaster struck on Monday af... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864754&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:25:20 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864754&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The first Women's Forum for Economy and Society to be held in Asia opened on Shanghai Bund yesterday, drawing more than 600 high-profile delegates from 30 countries and regions for the fourth annual e... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865492&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:59 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865492&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Beijing Olympics, as the federation had once hoped.The USOC has secured rights to televise events from more than half the individual sports, but the strategy of bringing them to air has been slow to d... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864858&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:09 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864858&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Qualified people can adopt quake orphans in conformity with the law, once order has been restored in China's quake-hit regions, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday. The ministry ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864760&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:57 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864760&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Around 200 Chinese artists appealed for united efforts from all art workers nationwide to help with disaster relief on Friday. Artists including noted actor Jiang Kun, composer Xu Peidong and singer T... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865013&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865013&cat=9366300fc9319e9b May 16, 2008, 09:45 Nearly every building in the tiny rural town of Wufu withstood the forceful earthquake that shook China on Monday but one major structure, the New Number Two Primary School, colla... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865018&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:59:29 -0400 SABC http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865018&cat=9366300fc9319e9b One doctor was badly injured when a vehicle with five people on board turned over on the way to a quake-hit area in Sichuan Province on Friday morning. Another six people including two local children ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865214&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:54 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865214&cat=9366300fc9319e9b WASHINGTON (AP) - Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte says that persistent, peaceful dialogue is paying off in aligning Beijing with Washington on several major world fronts. He cited China's l... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864750&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:07:36 -0400 WISH TV8 http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864750&cat=9366300fc9319e9b A moderate aftershock jolted Lixian County in southwestern Sichuan Province at around 1:25 p.m. on Friday, according to the China Seismological Bureau on Friday. The quake, measuring 5.9 on the Richte... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14867916&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:57 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14867916&cat=9366300fc9319e9b it's time for the government to scrap its plans for ID cards.China's government now believes 50,000 people may have been killed in the Sichuan earthquake. It's appealed for diggers and lifting equipme... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864778&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:39:08 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864778&cat=9366300fc9319e9b (83 Comments) HANWANG, CHINA -- At first, Tan Keren tried using his bare hands to tear away at slabs of concrete and giant beams to save the most important person in his life: his wife, business p... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864779&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864779&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China is laying a quiet siege to the world’s largest miner. The Australian newspaper reported Friday that “Chinese interests” have approached a major unnamed Australian superannuatio... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864765&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:38:02 -0400 Forbes http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864765&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Three government departments have unveiled the final version of a regulation on the distribution of paid plastic shopping bags in retail outlets, which takes effect on June 1, officials said here on F... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865356&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:07:00 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865356&cat=9366300fc9319e9b With the health of athletes who participate in the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games being of the utmost importance to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC's Medical Commission has been app... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864856&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:09:24 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864856&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Spain is preparing to send seven tons of materials in emergency aid to help China alleviate the consequences of the May 12 earthquake that struck the southwestern Sichuan province, local media reporte... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865259&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:53 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865259&cat=9366300fc9319e9b VestGame Entertainment and CGE Network join forces to provide relief for victims and survivors of Tuesday's massive earthquake in Western China. Shanghai ( http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864799&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:14 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864799&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China estimates more than 50,000 have been killed in an earthquake which struck four days ago. The military has sent aircraft and thousands of troops to help with search and rescue efforts, but as the... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864766&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:37:04 -0400 Euro News http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864766&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Wen-Xing's assessment of the quality of ambient air in Beijing has just been published online in Springer's journal, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health. Since the 1980s, the rapid industrial development... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864854&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:11:05 -0400 Medical News Today http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864854&cat=9366300fc9319e9b High school students who were rescued from the earthquake are six hours into their journey as they walk at the Zipingpu Dam. For news on the quake and other issues, many Chinese turn to a Web site run... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864800&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:54:39 -0400 News & Observer http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864800&cat=9366300fc9319e9b A delegation of 174 businessmen from China has met Indonesian counterparts recently to discuss Indonesia's potential for investment and business cooperation, local press said Friday. The delegation, t... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865152&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:59 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865152&cat=9366300fc9319e9b On Friday Hu flew into Mianyang, one of the worst-hit cities in Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake, saying the relief operation had entered its "most crucial phase". He joins Wen Jiabao, the Chinese pr... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864763&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:26:02 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864763&cat=9366300fc9319e9b News ) - The Sichuan government says the official death toll from this week's powerful earthquake in the Chinese province has risen to 21,500 people.Vice Governor Li Chengyun announced the figure at a... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865024&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 05:58:25 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865024&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The New Zealand parliament has passed the first reading of the New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement. The agreement was signed in Beijing last month but members of the parliament in New Zealand still... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14867914&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:53 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14867914&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Mianyang, a city in quake-hit southwestern Sichuan Province, after more than two hours of flight from Beijing on Friday morning. During the flight, Hu opened a m... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865348&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:06:52 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865348&cat=9366300fc9319e9b for August 8, at 8:08pm, some Internet users have given added significance to the fact that the date for each of this year's disastrous events adds up to eight. May 12, the day of the quake, ad... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865022&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 04:04:12 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14865022&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The best swimmer on a planet covered by two-thirds water is coming to Santa Clara. Not that he'll need that much to practice his craft. Superstar Michael Phelps will confine his swimming to the 50-me... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862342&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 02:39:19 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862342&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Beijing - China's housing ministry on Friday said it had ordered local authorities to investigate why so many school buildings collapsed in Monday's earthquake in the south-western province of Sichuan... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862283&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:45:28 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862283&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The "black-hearted text messages", to use the Shenzhen Economic Daily's phrase, stand in rare contrast to the outpouring of goodwill in China after the quake that may have killed as many as 50,000 peo... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862276&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:37:08 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862276&cat=9366300fc9319e9b NEW DELHI: India is sending a $5 million relief package to China in the aftermath of the earthquake which resulted in huge loss of life and property in Sichuan province. In a statement, the MEA... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862295&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:32 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862295&cat=9366300fc9319e9b WASHINGTON -- The United States Thursday accused China of keeping its yuan currency "substantially undervalued," but stopped short of branding Beijing a currency manipulator. "Neither China or any oth... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862314&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:56:32 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862314&cat=9366300fc9319e9b There had been no minor quakes in the area around the epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province before the strong earthquake took place on May 12. Therefore, eart... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864609&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:06 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864609&cat=9366300fc9319e9b As of 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, 2,309 domestic and overseas tourists were confirmed safe in the quake-hit regions after a devastating earthquake rocked southwestern China's Sichuan Province, official sai... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862277&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:02 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862277&cat=9366300fc9319e9b SYDNEY - Shares in resources giant BHP Billiton hit a fresh all-time high Friday on renewed speculation that a Chinese state-owned entity was preparing to take a stake in the world's largest miner. http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862280&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 02:00:35 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862280&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Nearly 200 foreign diplomatic envoys arrived in Beijing on the 15th at the Cultural Palace of Nationalities to see the major themed exhibition, "Tibet past and present." The exhibition demon... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864611&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:09 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864611&cat=9366300fc9319e9b With the hard work of 12,000 technicians, the telecommunications network is being restored to quake-stricken areas of Sichuan Province, officials at the rescue headquarters of the State Council (cabin... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862307&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:06 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862307&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Friday said it had allocated 53 million yuan (about 7.6 million U.S. dollars) in emergency fund to assess and respond to damage caused to rese... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862782&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:08 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862782&cat=9366300fc9319e9b More than 20,000 stranded survivors were rescued in quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China by armed forces on Thursday alone. Meanwhile, the roads to the epicenter Wenchuan County and worst-hit... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864613&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:58 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864613&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The trend of aftershocks became weakened and it was not likely any strong destructive aftershocks could happen in the next few days, said a senior official of the Sichuan Provincial Seismological Bure... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864610&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:24:07 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864610&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The first United States-bound Chinese leisure tour group is set to depart on June 17, signaling a new era in Sino-U. S. relations, a senior official said. Shao Qiwei, head of China National Tourism Ad... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864612&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14864612&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Singapore will deploy an overseas rescue contingent on Friday to China's quake-stricken Sichuan province, the Foreign Ministry said. At China's request, Singapore will send the 55-member Disaster Assi... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862714&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862714&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Beijing - Thousands of bodies rotting under rubble after the devastating earthquake in south-western China's Sichuan province could cause plague outbreaks if they are not buried quickly, state media o... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862444&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 02:46:51 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862444&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Hong Kong - Two grave robbers who attempted to steal and hold for ransom the body of the late wife of one of the world's richest men from a Hong Kong tomb were jailed on Friday. Brothers Liu Hui-huang... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862435&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 02:46:51 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862435&cat=9366300fc9319e9b New Zealand will donate 500,000 NZ dollars (380,000 U.S. dollars) to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) to assist victims of the Sichuan earthquake in China, Foreign Minister Winston... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862300&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:23:55 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862300&cat=9366300fc9319e9b New Zealand will give $500,000 ($404,900) to the Red Cross to help victims of China's earthquake, Foreign Minister Winston Peters says. "The full scale of this disaster is rapidly emerging, and it is... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862301&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:20:57 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862301&cat=9366300fc9319e9b BEIJING- China's government is drawing up evacuation plans amid concerns that dams in areas hit by this week's earthquake could collapse if rain there persists, state media reported Friday. http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862286&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Fri, 16 May 2008 01:20:44 -0400 Khaleej Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862286&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Later that day, officials announced the arrest of four people for spreading quake-related rumors on the Web and said they would be punished, although they did not describe the punishment or nature of ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860180&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:39 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860180&cat=9366300fc9319e9b DEYANG, China — After 11-year-old Zhang Jiazhi crawled free of the rubble that remained of his middle school, his parents began a 20-hour ordeal to get medical care for their son, whose arms wer... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860010&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:57:54 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860010&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Neither the migration of toads nor unusual cloud formations were clear indicators of an impending earthquake, the country's seismological authority said yesterday.According to some media reports, fore... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862198&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:39 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862198&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Liu Ming has a photograph, which shows her standing among a group of children attending a new school.The picture was taken in happier times; today it evokes nothing but sadness.Liu, 32, is an employee... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860489&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:37 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860489&cat=9366300fc9319e9b FORGIVE, forget even Rexy Mainaky's previous two "resignations" for the Indonesian is Malaysia's best chance of winning gold in the Beijing Olympic in August. http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860043&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 23:13:13 -0400 New Straits Times http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860043&cat=9366300fc9319e9b The soldiers who arrived Wednesday afternoon at this mining village near the town of Hanwang faced the same cold calculus. Local rescuers had already been trying extract Liu, the foreman, but without ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860179&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:40 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860179&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Aircrew from the Chengdu Military Command battled harsh weather and overcame a total lack of ground support on Wednesday to drop essential supplies in the Maoxian county of Sichuan."It was a bump... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862201&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:39 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862201&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Many of the 208 torchbearers in this East China city are getting ready to join the rescue effort in Sichuan province.The opening ceremony of yesterday's relay was low key with the poignant recitation ... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862200&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:38 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862200&cat=9366300fc9319e9b ANKARA - Two Turkish wrestlers qualified on Saturday to compete in the Beijing Olympics at the Graeco-Roman Wresting Qualifying Tournament in Rome, Italy. Soner Sucu (60kg) and Mehmet Ozal (96kg) rank... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860044&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 23:37:27 -0400 Turkish Press http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860044&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Ben Sansburn and his three American friends got up before 5 am yesterday in an attempt to reach Wenchuan county.Sansburn, 28, who is studying Tibetan at the Southwest University for Nationalities in C... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862202&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:36 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862202&cat=9366300fc9319e9b What remains of Beichuan County convulsed once again yesterday when the latest of 3,000 aftershocks cruelly struck at 12:54 pm, three days after Monday's initial devastation.Amid the ruins of once liv... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862203&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:33 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862203&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China's key stock index ended 0.55 percent lower yesterday as blue chips weakened in late trade, although many Sichuan-area shares remained strong on expectations of demand from reconstruction efforts... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862070&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:32 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862070&cat=9366300fc9319e9b SHANGHAI: Fresh rounds of controversy have been unleashed by five domestic banks' recent disclosures of large pay hikes for their senior managers.Chairman of the mid-sized Shenzhen Development Bank Fr... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862204&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:32 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14862204&cat=9366300fc9319e9b China's urban property prices rose 10.1 percent in April from a year earlier, slightly lower than in March, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) s... http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860414&cat=9366300fc9319e9b Thu, 15 May 2008 22:40:28 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.chinanews.net/?rid=14860414&cat=9366300fc9319e9b