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China Rejects Foreign Rescuers As Japan Shares Satellite Data Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008 
China 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. ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008China on Wednesday confirmed the first two deaths in Beijing from hand, foot and mouth disease, bringing the national death toll to 42 children, state media reported, citing health officials. One child from Beijing, host of this year's Olympics, died on Sunday, Xinhua news agency said citing city health department spokeswoman Deng Xiaohong. Another child from Hebei also died in the ... more PLA rides to the rescue again in China quake 
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008The People's Liberation Army dropped food and paratroopers into quake-shattered areas of China on Wednesday, the latest in a long history of disaster-relief missions by the world's largest armed force. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck on Monday, devastating a wide area of southwestern China, has given rise to familiar scenes: Chinese people at nature's mercy and the PLA marching to ... more Rains Spell Nightmare Scenario In Myanmar While New Cyclone Forms 
Geneva (AFP) May 14, 2008Heavy rains forecast to hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta over the coming days represent a nightmare scenario for the cyclone-stricken country, the United Nations and Red Cross warned on Wednesday. "The arrival of the rains will only exacerbate an already dramatic situation in the flooded areas, both for survivors and for aid personnel," said Elisabeth Byrs of the UN's humanitarian affairs office ... more Britain tightlipped on reports that tourists safe in China quake 
London (AFP) May 14, 2008Britain's foreign ministry said it was unable to confirm reports Wednesday that 19 Britons missing in the region of China devastated by an earthquake were safe and sound. China's official Xinhua agency reported that 19 British tourists were unharmed and had arranged to stay in the Wolong giant panda nature reserve. The Foreign Office and a travel company have said the group was travelling ... more Over 40,000 Dead In China Quake As Full Horror Emerges 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 15, 2008More than 40,000 people were dead, missing or buried under rubble in China's southwest, officials said Wednesday, as the full horror of its devastating earthquake began to emerge. Rescue teams who punched into the quake's stricken epicentre reported whole towns all but wiped off the map, spurring frantic efforts to bring emergency relief to the survivors. Planes and helicopters ... more |
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Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 14, 2008The death toll from China's worst earthquake in a generation rose early Wednesday as more details emerged of the scale of destruction that has left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under rubble. In a desperate relief effort, army-led rescue teams struggled to reach the areas of southwestern China worst hit by Monday's massive 7.9-magnitude quake which demolished schools, homes and ... more US has no plans for forced intervention in Myanmar 
Washington (AFP) May 13, 2008The United States has no plans to send aid to the victims of cyclone Nargis without the permission of the authorities in Myanmar, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday. "We are doing everything that we can because this is a humanitarian, not a political issue. We want to make very clear that our only desire is to help the people of Burma (Myanmar)," Rice said when asked if ... more UN warns of 'second catastrophe' in Myanmar 
Yangon (AFP) May 14, 2008The United Nations warned Tuesday that Myanmar faced a "second catastrophe" after its devastating cyclone, unless the junta immediately allows massive air and sea deliveries of aid. But Myanmar's military rulers again rejected growing international pressure to open the door to a foreign-run relief effort, insisting against all the evidence that they could handle the emergency alone. ... more Low technology is the only hope in Myanmar, China disasters 
Paris (AFP) May 13, 2008We can send probes to the fringes of the Solar System. Swap instant messages with friends on the other side of the world. Conduct surgery by remote control over the Internet. So surely we have some hi-tech help for the hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar and China who are walking on the tightrope of death. Right? The short, sad answer is No. In the early 21st century, disaster ... more |
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Bangkok (AFP) May 13, 2008The World Health Organisation said Tuesday it had sent body bags to cyclone-hit Myanmar, as experts warned that rotting corpses remain uncollected and pose a major health risk. The United Nations' health arm said the body bags are among shipments of 30,000 surgical masks and 30,000 gloves that have been sent to the Irrawaddy delta region which was obliterated in the May 2 catastrophe. ... more Bodies line the streets as quake town's agony laid bare 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 13, 2008The bodies, some with stiff forearms in front of their faces reflecting the desperate final struggle at the moment of death, were unceremoniously lined up on the road and covered with plastic. Under a downpour that seemed to never end - "the heaven is crying" one resident mused - members of the paramilitary People's Armed Police sifted through the rubble of a nearby office building ... more Transport, communications in chaos after China quake 
Beijing (AFP) May 12, 2008Transport and communication networks around China were thrown into chaos Monday after a powerful earthquake struck the country's southwest, killing more than 8,700 people, witnesses and media said. The 7.8-magnitude quake jolted Wenchuan, a mountainous region in Sichuan province, just before 2.30pm (0630 GMT) on Monday. The death toll in Sichuan alone came to 8,533 people, according to s ... more 'Thousands' dead or buried in China factory town: Xinhua 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 13, 2008"Several thousand" people were killed or buried in a southwestern China town where a major factory collapsed after a powerful earthquake, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday. The report, which gave few other specifics on the casualty numbers, said the disaster occurred when a steam turbine factory collapsed Monday in the town of Hanwang in Mianzhu city. "The earthquake has kille ... more
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