World News Atlas
China
2008
June
| China, June 2008 Timeline | Thursday, November 27 | Author |
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| Authorities watched nervously as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it |
Southern China
Aftershocks threaten quake lake
Map of Sichuan Province China Authorities expected water to begin draining from a lake created by last month's devastating earthquake
Southern China
Map of Sichuan Province China Fears were mounting for the safety of more than a million people as waters threatening to burst a dam of landslide rubble
Southern China
Map of Sichuan Province China| Water has flowed into an abandoned town, as drainage from an unstable lake formed by last month's massive earthquake accelerates |
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Bird flu find prompts mass slaughter Hong Kong officials plan to slaughter all live poultry in the territory's street markets after detecting the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus
Beijing
Southern China
Map of Sichuan Province China Police cordoned off schools destroyed in the earthquake, on alert for protests by parents demanding investigations
Beijing
China
A landslide in northern China buried a brick factory, killing 19 workers. The landslide on a mountain in the village was engulfing the facto...
Southern China
Map of Sichuan province China| Flooding has forced more than 1 million to flee their homes across a stretch of southwestern China, including the earthquake-ravaged province |
Japan
China
Security was tight as the Olympic torch began passing through mainly Muslim Xinjiang region, on a highly sensitive part of its trip to Beiji...
China
Tibet
China
China | China raised prices for fuel by as much as 18% in a move that could cool the nation's surging energy consumption |
Tibet | The Olympic torch made its way without trouble through Tibet's sealed-off capital, site of a March crackdown on rioting |
China
Southern China
Officially 69,181 people are dead with another missing 18,498
China
World shares in further decline Key European markets have suffered declines in the morning, following sharp falls in Asia
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