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NKorea may hand over nuclear declaration this week: report
Seoul (AFP) May 26, 2008North Korea may hand over a declaration of its atomic activities during US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill's trip to Beijing this week or shortly afterwards, a report said Monday. But it is not clear whether Hill's Pyongyang counterpart, Kim Kye-Gwan, will show up in the Chinese capital to meet him, a South Korean government source told Yonhap news agency. Hill will be in Beijing from May ... more Soldiers race to blast clear China 'quake lake' 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Soldiers raced Monday to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding. The operation to reduce the so-called "quake lake" in mountainous Sichuan province came as the confirmed death toll from the huge tremor passed 65,000, with more than 23,000 others still missing. Chin ... more China authorities to probe school collapse after quake: report 
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008Authorities in China have promised to investigate the collapse of a school in a quake-hit area that left more than 1,300 children and teachers dead or missing, state media reported Monday. The news comes after the government has vowed to punish anyone responsible for substandard construction standards at schools, amid fury over the large number of children killed in collapsed school building ... more 10,000 children and elderly left alone by quake: state media 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008At least 5,498 Chinese children have been left on their own in earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province, either because they were orphaned or separated from their parents, state media reported. Another 4,797 elderly people were in similar difficulties with no children to support them, Xinhua news agency said in a report late Sunday, citing the government's main disaster relief headquarters here. ... more China aftershock death toll rises to eight: govt 
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008The death toll from a strong aftershock in southwestern China rose to eight on Monday, with another 927 people injured, the government said. The deaths were spread widely across the provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi and the large municipality of Chongqing, cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a press conference in Beijing. Sunday's aftershock was centred in quake-ravaged Sichuan and had ... more |
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Chengdu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008After rushing back to their families following China's devastating quake, many migrant workers are returning to their jobs in the industrial heartland to funnel desperately needed cash home. Still grieving and in shock after the tragedy that killed more than 60,000 people in largely mountainous and rural Sichuan province, the young men and women from farming areas feel they have no choice bu ... more China aftershock death toll rises to six: official media 
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2008The death toll from a strong aftershock in southwestern China rose to six on Monday, with four more deaths reported, state-run media said. The four newly reported deaths from Sunday's aftershock came in the city of Hanzhong in northwestern China's Shaanxi province, Xinhua news agency said. Another 20 people were injured there, Hanzhong major Hu Runze said, adding to hundreds of injured a ... more Quakes can be triggered from other side of globe: study 
Paris (AFP) May 25, 2008A major quake such as the one that left at least 60,000 dead in southwestern China this month can trigger other earthquakes half way around the world, according to a study released Sunday. This unexpected finding could one day help make better predictions about the frequency and intensity of aftershocks, the lead researcher told AFP. A team of geologists in the United States found that ... more Nearly 5,500 orphans after China quake: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2008Nearly 5,500 children have been left without their parents following the massive China earthquake, either because their parents were killed or cannot be found, state media reported Sunday. Xinhua news agency, citing sources at the national disaster relief headquarters, said at least 5,498 children were alone following the May 12 quake, which has killed more than 62,500 people and left nearly ... more |
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Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 24, 2008UN chief Ban Ki-moon will on Saturday visit China's earthquake zone, the government said, as it warned that rebuilding the area where more than than 55,000 died would take years. Ban will visit a small village in the remote mountains of Sichuan province, which was at the epicentre of the May 12 quake and was almost completely flattened, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday. ... more Philippines, US to hold naval exercises near Spratlys: report 
Manila (AFP) May 24, 2008US and Philippine forces will carry out joint naval exercises off Palawan, the closest major Philippine island to the disputed Spratlys chain in the South China Sea, a report said Saturday. The joint exercises will begin Monday, Vice Admiral William Douglas Crowder, commander of the US seventh fleet flagship the USS Blue Ridge, told the Philippine Star newspaper. About four US ships will ... more Rice plugs nuclear power, US oil exploration 
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2008The United States needs to explore more for oil at home and tap nuclear power as part of a comprehensive energy policy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview aired Friday. Speaking to CNBC television during a visit to California, Rice also dismissed fears that the US economy was losing its competitive edge to China and India. It's very important that we diversify (ene ... more China's CNOOC in takeover talks with Canadian energy firm: report 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 26, 2008Chinese oil giant CNOOC is in talks with Canadian-based Talisman Energy over a possible takeover deal, a report in Hong Kong said Monday. CNOOC, China's third largest oil company, is in discussions that could lead to asset sales or a complete takeover, the South China Morning Post said citing unnamed sources. The report also said that energy giant PetroChina was looking at taking a stake ... more
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