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  President Hu Jintao visits quake area Map of Sichuan Province China
Yesterday   China  
  Chinese President has flown to south-western Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake

  China  
  The official death toll has now topped 19,500. But casualty figures from various cities indicate a higher number of dead
Wed.   China   Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours Map of Sichuan Province China  A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage Tue.   China   Rescuers reach epicentre   Chinese rescue teams have reached the epicentre of earthquake, Wenchuan county, where an estimated 60,000 people remain missing   China   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 Mon.   China Death toll rises in quake   China   Quake death toll jumps past 7,600   80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake May. 3   China China on alert over deadly child virus Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme' Jan.30   China Stranded take buses anywhere Gangs face off in tribal violence Jan.26   Indonesia Former President Suharto dies at 86

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  President Hu Jintao visits quake area Map of Sichuan Province China
Yesterday   China  
  Chinese President has flown to south-western Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in the earthquake
  China  
  The official death toll has now topped 19,500. But casualty figures from various cities indicate a higher number of dead
Yesterday   China China steps up rescue operation   China   Girl pulled from rubble after 50 hours Map of Sichuan Province China
  A frightened schoolgirl was pulled safely from the rubble of a school dormitory. More than 4.3 million homes collapsed or sustained damage
  China Quake toll close to 15,000   Beijing Child-killing virus hits Beijing Tue.   China China presses search for survivors   China   Rescuers reach epicentre Map of Sichuan Province China
  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 ...
  China   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
Mon.   China   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   China   Quake death toll jumps past 7,600
Map of Sichuan Province China
  80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake.    Several hundred students are also feared ...
May. 6   Japan China-Japan leaders hold summit May. 3   China   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  China  Dalai Lama envoys to meet China officials

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Apr. 27  China  Train collision kills at least 66 Apr. 26  South Korea  Tight security at Seoul torch relay Apr. 25  Japan  Scuffles at torch relay Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'
Apr. 21   Indonesia Court sentences key militant
Apr. 17  South Korea  S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban' Apr.12  China  Taiwan, China hold historic meeting Apr.9   Thailand 54 Myanmar migrants suffocate in freezer

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Mar.27  North Korea  N. Korea 'test-fires missiles' Mar.22   Taiwan Opposition triumphs in elections
Mar.20  China  China locks down restive regions 'Eighty killed' in unrest Mar.8  Malaysia  Election setback for PM Mar.6  Thailand  Thailand holds Russian 'top arms dealer'

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Feb.27  Thailand  Thaksin taken into police custody Feb.19  Japan  Marine suspected of rape Feb.10   East Timor President Ramos-Horta shot at home

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Jan.30   China   Stranded take buses anywhere
  Crowds at some of major train stations thinned slightly as thousands took advantage of a break in the nation's worst weather for 50 years Gangs face off in tribal violence
Jan.26   Indonesia     Former President Suharto dies at 86
  Former dictator Haji Muhammad Suharto, the 'smiling general' who ruled his country with an iron fist for 3 decades died at a hospital in Jakarta Jan.12  Taiwan  Opposition sweep to victory

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Benazir Bhutto assassinated Dec.23   Thailand   Thaksin ally wins Thai election
  Samak Sundaravej's People Power Party won 228 seats in the 480-seat house, short of the 241 needed for an absolute majority Dec.21  Japan  Humpback whale hunt halted Dec.19   South Korea Lee set for landslide Dec.14   Bali     Climate deal sealed by US U-turn
  Delegates at the UN summit have agreed a deal on curbing climate change after days of bitter wrangling Dec.7  South Korea  Tons of oil spill into Yellow Sea U.S.: Iran's nuclear weapons work halted Nov.21   Singapore Oil nudges $99 a barrel Nov.18  Cambodia  Former Khmer Rouge leader arrested Oct.21   Beijing Communist Party unveils new leaders Oct.7  China  1.4 million flee deadly storm Oct.3  North Korea  Korean leaders sign declaration Oct.1   North Korea   President Roh crossed Demilitarized Zone   South Korea's president crossed the Cold War's last frontier in a symbolic walk of reconciliation for talks with his North Korean counterpart 'Catastrophic' volcano eruption off Yemen Sep.25   Japan     Lower house elects Fukuda as PM  A quiet compromiser has promised to bring stability and moderation to tumultuous political scene Sep.22  Japan  Fukuda set to be new PM Sep.18   Shanghai Millions flee as typhoon rips into China Sep.16   Thailand 87 killed in plane crash Sep.13  Indonesia  4th earthquake strikes Indonesia Sep.11  Japan  PM Abe resigns Gen. Petraeus: 'Surge' is working Sep.1  South Korea  Freed Koreans return home 63 died from forest fires Aug.17  China  Scores trapped in coal mine Aug.13  North Korea  'Hundreds dead' in floods Jul.31  Cambodia  First Khmer Rouge leader charged Jul.16  Northern Japan  Nuke plant leaked after earthquake Jul.14  North Korea  N Korea 'closes nuclear reactor' EU leaders agree on reform treaty Jun.16  North Korea  Atomic inspectors can return Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election Apr.12  Japan  Chinese PM: Better Japan ties Apr.1  Solomon Islands  13 dead from tsunami Mar.7  Indonesia  Scores escape flaming plane wreck Mar.6  Sumatra  Quake kills at least 70 Feb.27   Shanghai Shanghai Composite index sank 8.8% Feb.13  Beijing  N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament Palestinian talks yield power-sharing pact Feb.4   Indonesia Floods: 340,000 homeless Outspoken journalist shot dead Jan.18   China   Chinese test missile obliterates satellite   U.S. official: The missile destroyed an orbiting satellite in a test that could undermine relations with the West

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Dec.29   Indonesia   Ship 'sinks in storm'. 600 missing   A ferry carrying around 850 passengers was travelling from Semarang in Central Java to the port of Kumai in Kalimantan Saddam Hussein hanged Dec.1  Philippines  Typhoon kills 388 U.N. slaps sanctions on North Korea Oct.9   North Korea   North Korea claims nuclear test   Official Korean Central News Agency: North Korea claimed it has performed a successful nuclear test Oct.3  North Korea  North Korea said will conduct nuclear test Sep.25   Japan Abe elected as new premier Sep.19   Thailand Army chief leads coup while PM away Muslims blast pope's Islam speech Sep.5   Japan Princess gives birth to boy Aug.16  Thailand  Man detained over JonBenet death Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in effect Jul.17   Indonesia 650 dead as quake triggers tsunami Hezbollah kidnapping prompts Israeli move Jul.4   North Korea   North Korea tests long-range missile  North Korea also fired 5 shorter-range rockets. The closely watched long-range test failed within a minute May.27   Indonesia   Java quake kills 6,000  20,000 people have been hurt and 200,000 left homeless. The quake hit at 0554 local time May.25   East Timor Fierce gunbattles Montenegro quits Serbia May.20  China  Three Gorges dam wall complete May.12   Indonesia Red alert for volcano Mount Merapi Apr.3  Thailand  Thaksin claims Thai election win Milosevic found dead in cell Mar.5  Thailand  Thousands rally against PM Feb.23  Manila  Army 'foils coup plot' Feb.16   Philippines Mud wipes out village, 1,000 dead Danish, Norwegian embassies ablaze Sharon fights for life after stroke Jan.3  Indonesia  Java village buried by landslide

year 2005 ... more > Top ^

Dec.26  Aceh  Siren's wail marks tsunami moment Dec.22  South Korea  Cloning research was fake Dec.18  Hong Kong  WTO seals farms deal Dec.1  Singapore  Young Australian hanged Boys' electrocution starts riots Oct.1  Bali  20 dead in blasts Sep.18  Beijing  Agreement in N. Korea talks Sep.11  Japan  Koizumi secures landslide victory Israeli flag lowered over Gaza Hurricane Katrina lashes coast Jul.21  China  China scraps yuan peg to dollar Bombs kill 52 Jul.6  Singapore  London wins 2012 Olympics Jun.23  China  Flood death toll 'over 500' May.23  Japan  China rebukes Japan over shrine Apr.24  Japan  100 dead as train derails Ratzinger elected as new Pope Apr.9   Beijing Protests target Japan Pope John Paul II dies at 84 Mar.28  Indonesia  Quake kills at least 300 on island of Nias Feb.16  Japan  Kyoto Protocol comes into force Huge blast kills ex-PM Feb.9  North Korea  N. Korea Admits to Nukes, Out of Talks Jan.16  Beijing  Zhao Ziyang, Purged Chinese leader, dies

year 2004 ... more > Top ^

175 dead in Buenos Aires club fire Dec.29  Southeast Asia  Wave toll 'could exceed 100,000' Yushchenko declares victory in re-vote   Aceh     9.0 Quake leaves 212,000 dead   People across Asia are flocking to morgues seeking lost loved ones after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean Nov.30  Philippines  Storm kills 1000 Storm of protest at poll result 350 dead after troops storm school Ronald Reagan dead at 93 Apr.22  North Korea  Many casualties in train crash Mar.20  Taiwan  Call for recount as Chen wins Rail blasts: 200 dead NASA rover lands safely on red planet

year 2003 ... more > Top ^

28,000 dead after earthquake Oct.15  China  First Manned Space Flight Ends in Success Major power outage 10,000 dead in heat wave Saddam's sons killed in raid Jul.8   Singapore Twins dead after separation More than 2,000 killed in 6.7 quake Baghdad falls to US forces U.S. Launches War Against Iraq Mar.13   Hong Kong     First alert over SARS  Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam 96 killed in nightclub inferno Feb.17   South Korea 182 died after arson attack in subway Space shuttle and crew lost Jan.9  North Korea  N. Korea pulls out of nuclear treaty

year 2002 ... more > Top ^

Dec.12  North Korea  N. Korea to reactivate nuke plants Nov.13  Beijing  Zemin, 5 other leaders stepping down Russian troops storm theater Oct.12   Bali   183 people dead after bomb blasts  250 people are injured, many with severe burns after a series of nearly-simultaneous blasts on the tourist island Bush addressed U.N. on Iraq Aug.22  China  Million people battling lake 83 die in worst airshow crash Jun.30   Japan Brazil wins World Cup Former king opened loya jirga May.25  Taiwan  Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea Right wing politician Fortuyn murdered Euro mark celebrations

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US begins military strike Terror attacks hit U.S. Jul.23  Indonesia  Megawati takes presidency Jul.13  Beijing  Beijing to host 2008 Olympic Games Apr.1   China     U.S. spy plane lands in China   Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide 7.9 Earthquake killed 30,000 people

year 2000 ... more > Top ^

Closest Presidential election Intifada started by Sharon visit Jun.15  North Korea  Presidents of Koreas sign peace accord