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Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong cheers Olympic torch
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| May.3 |
 China |
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China on alert over deadly child virus  Map of Anhui China| Health Ministry strengthened surveillance and dispatched specialists to the Anhui province as the death toll from a virulent virus climbed to 22 | |
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China |
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Dalai Lama envoys to meet China officials
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Tibet |
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Everest torch relay delayed by snow
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| May.5 |
Tibet |
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Weather threatens Everest torch ascent
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Japan |
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China leader to begin visit
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China |
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Virus death toll hits 26
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| May.6 |
 Japan |
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 China-Japan leaders hold summit On the first full day of his state visit to Japan, the Chinese President Jintao has held talks with the Japanese PM, Fukuda
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| May.7 |
Tibet |
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Everest camps repaired for torch ascent
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Tibet |
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Olympic flame lit on Everest peak  Chinese climbers bearing the flame have reached the summit. The climbers lighting the torch before taking the final steps up to the summit
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| May.9 |
Southern China |
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Death toll from virus reaches 32
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| May.12 |
Sichuan |
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 Quake death toll 50,000 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake
| Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
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Sichuan |
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 Death toll rises in quake The most powerful 7.8 earthquake to hit China in 30 years has killed at least 10,000 people in south-western Sichuan province
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| May.13 |
China |
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Quake death toll tops 12,000 Rescue workers frantically tried to pull victims from the rubble and clear roads so more relief can be delivered
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Sichuan |
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Rescuers reach epicentre | Chinese rescue teams have reached the epicentre of earthquake, Wenchuan county, where an estimated 60,000 people remain missing. A few hundred soldiers and police ... | |
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Sichuan |
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China presses search for survivors
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| May.14 |
Beijing |
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Child-killing virus hits Beijing
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Sichuan |
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Quake toll close to 15,000
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Sichuan |
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Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
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Sichuan |
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China steps up rescue operation
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| May.15 |
Sichuan |
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Quake death toll could reach 50,000 The official death toll has now topped 19,500. But casualty figures from various cities indicate a higher number of dead
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Sichuan |
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 President Hu Jintao visits quake area| Chinese President has flown to south-western Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake | |
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| May.16 |
Sichuan |
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'Five million' homeless in quake The extent of the problem only became clear when communications were restored. It is feared up to 50,000 may be dead
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Sichuan |
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Hu Jintao spurs rescue effort
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| May.17 |
Sichuan |
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Quake effort resumes after panic Thousands of earthquake victims and rescuers are fleeing areas near the epicenter over fears of floods from a river blocked by landslides
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China |
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China praises world's quake aid
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| May.18 |
China |
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China to mourn quake victims; toll mounts China has announced 3 days of national mourning as rescue workers continued to search for survivors among the rubble
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| May.19 |
Sichuan |
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Warning panics quake zone Tens of thousands of people have rushed from their homes after a government warning of a possible major aftershock
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| May.20 |
Sichuan |
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Earthquake toll tops 40,000 Chinese aid workers are struggling to find shelter for millions who lost their homes. Foreign medical teams have started arriving in the are...
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Sichuan |
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Woman freed from rubble after 195 hours
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| May.21 |
Sichuan |
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Another against-odds quake rescue
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London |
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Dalai Lama sees change in China
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| May.22 |
China |
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Quake death toll passes 50,000 The toll from the devastating 7.9 earthquake in southwestern China has leaped to 51,151, an increase of almost 10,000
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China |
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Earthquake toll jumps again The death toll from the massive earthquake in south-west China rose to 55,239; more than five million buildings had collapsed
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| May.23 |
Sichuan |
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Quake victims need millions of tents Government has appealed for more than 2 million tents to shelter 5 million people made homeless by the huge earthquake
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Beijing |
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China, Russia attack US shield plan
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Sichuan |
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Quake toll passes 60,000 Premier Wen Jiabao: The death toll in the recent earthquake could rise to 80,000 or more. He visited with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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| May.24 |
Sichuan |
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Survivor found in rubble
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| May.25 |
Sichuan |
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70,000 homes 'damaged' in new quake
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Taiwan |
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Taiwan party chief heads to China
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| May.26 |
Sichuan |
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China ready to dynamite 'quake lake' Military engineers are prepared to dynamite a potentially dangerous lake created when landslides dammed a river after the earthquake
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| May.27 |
Sichuan |
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Aftershocks demolish homes| 2 aftershocks have destroyed about 420,000 houses in the region hit by an earthquake two weeks ago. 'Quake lake' ... | |
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Sichuan |
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Thousands flee over 'quake lake' fears
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Beijing |
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Olympic ceremony ticket tight security
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| May.28 |
Sichuan |
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160,000 evacuated over quake lake fears
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Beijing |
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China invites Taiwan to key talks
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| May.29 |
Beijing |
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China seeks earthquake aid from Japan China has begun talks with Tokyo about the first significant military dispatch involving the two countries since World War II
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Japan |
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Japan shelves military aid flight
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| May.30 |
Sichuan |
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China plans mass exodus from quake zone
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| May.31 |
Sichuan |
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Race against time to drain 'quake lake' Chinese soldiers and engineers were urgently trying to dig a spillway from an earthquake-created lake that is threatening to burst its banks
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Main Event: Quake death toll 50,000
