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Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday. He said he conveyed the concerns personally to Chinese officials during his visit to Beijing this week. "Just the other day, Monday, when I was in Beijing, this ... more Time running out in search for China quake survivors 
Mianyang, China (AFP) May 16, 2008China warned Friday that vital time was running out to save survivors of its devastating earthquake as it allowed the first foreign rescue teams to join the frantic search for life. The government estimates the powerful quake has already killed some 50,000 people, and the chance of finding survivors buried in the rubble is diminishing by the hour. Across the southwest province of Sichuan ... more Thousands await relatives in stadium in China's earthquake zone 
Mianyang, China (AFP) May 16, 2008Ten thousand people made homeless by China's earthquake squeezed in this city's gymnasium on Friday, hoping with growing desperation for miraculous reunions with their loved ones. Throughout the day, they gathered in front of constantly updated name lists of new arrivals at this large stadium in southwest Sichuan province, pining for news of family lost for four days. Most were disappointed. ... more Terrified survivors flee quake town of death 
Yingxiu, China (AFP) May 16, 2008Death stalks every street of this ruined town and for the traumatised survivors there is just one overwhelming impulse -- to flee the horror as quickly as possible. Everyone wanted out of Yingxiu, the epicentre of China's horror earthquake, even if that meant taking a slippery mountain path that had disappeared completely at many points under heaps of sharp-edged fallen rocks. ... more Dead bodies no threat to disaster victims: WHO 
Manila (AFP) May 16, 2008Contrary to popular belief, dead bodies left from natural disasters such as the China earthquake and Myanmar cyclone are not a source of disease or a health threat to survivors, the World Health Organisation said Friday. Rather, a lack of safe water supplies and poor sanitation were the main epidemic threat in the days after a major catastrophe, Arturo Pesigan in a statement from the WHO's W ... more |
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Taipei (AFP) May 15, 2008Taiwan has provided rival China satellite images showing some areas devastated by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in the mainland's southwest, officials and academics said Thursday. The images showed Beichuan, one of the worst-hit areas in Sichuan province, in May 2006 and after Monday's disaster on Wednesday. The pictures revealed a large forest, school and clusters of residential houses along ... more China says quake toll likely above 50,000 
Yingxiu, China (AFP) May 16, 2008China said Thursday that over 50,000 people had likely died in the devastating earthquake that hit its southwest as time runs out to save survivors buried in the rubble of broken communities. Experts said the search-and-rescue operation was entering its most crucial phase yet four days after the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, with the chances of finding survivors diminishing by the hour. ... more China quake zone behind in building safety standards: UN expert 
Geneva (AFP) May 15, 2008The poor regions of southwest China hit by this week's devastating earthquake lag far behind the more developed eastern regions in building safety standards, a top UN disaster official said Thursday. Salvano Briceno, head of the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction agency, told AFP that modern buildings in the boom towns of China's east coast "are built with great care" to with ... more China battling to prevent epidemics in quake-zone: official 
Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2008China said Thursday that no major disease outbreaks had been reported in the earthquake zone but warned that a battle against epidemics was only just beginning as relief workers recovered bodies. Some 10,000 trained medical personnel were working in areas worst-hit by Monday's 7.9 magnitude quake in southwestern Sichuan province, Vice Health Minister Gao Qiang told a press conference. ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2008Spirent Communications has announced that it signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing based, China Telecommunications Technology Labs (CTTL). As a part of this agreement, CTTL, China's leading wireless test laboratory and Spirent, the worldwide leader in Assisted GPS (A-GPS) testing will provide the China market with access to the best test tools, support and expertise to enable success ... more Walker's World: Building with BRICs 
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2008 The concept of the BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- was coined five years ago in a research paper from the Goldman Sachs investment bank. This week, reality takes over from theory as the foreign ministers of the BRIC countries hold their first formal meeting in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. They convene with an agenda that includes the issue of biofuels, food ... more Analysis: China copter deal -- Part 2 
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2008 Why has Russia changed its long-established policy and agreed to sell Mi-171 military transport helicopter assembly kits to China? The Moscow business newspaper Vedomosti gave an important reason for the Kremlin's significant policy shift on the issue Tuesday when it said that some Russian analysts thought it was preferable to let the Chinese make Russian helicopters in the framework of ... more China Rejects Foreign Rescuers As Japan Shares Satellite Data 
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008China rebuffed international offers of sniffer dogs and search-and-rescue experts to help in its huge earthquake relief operation, but countries still sent cash and prayers on Wednesday. Despite whole towns being flattened in Sichuan province, burying thousands, Australian expertise was Wednesday politely declined and frustrated Japanese teams were forced to turn around at the airport. ... more
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