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Search for miners buried in Tibet  Map of Lhasa Western China| Hundreds of rescuers are working to free 83 miners, 24 hours after they were buried by a landslide near the Tibetan capital, Lhasa | |
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China school bus crash kills 20 Eighteen children and two adults died after an overloaded school bus collided with a coal truck
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 Polio strain spreads to China from Pakistan Polio has spread to China for the first time since 1999 after being imported from Pakistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirme...
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 Race for Himalayan quake rescuers North East India: Rescue efforts are under way across isolated Himalayan regions in India, Nepal and Tibet after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck
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Dozens survive plane crash A passenger jet overshot a runway and crashed, breaking into two pieces, bursting into flames and killing 43 of the 96 people aboard
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Mudslide death toll in China rises The death toll from the mudslides in a northwestern Chinese province now stands at 1,407
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China mourns Gansu landslide dead Map of Gansu China China is holding a day of mourning for those killed in floods and mudslides, as the death toll rose to 1,239 people
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Landslides leave 38 missing Flags will be lowered to half-staff across China and at the nation's embassies and consulates around the world to mourn the victims
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Storms threaten landslide rescue effort  Map of Gansu China| A tropical storm bringing more torrential rain is sweeping towards the region of north-west China hit by a massive landslide, forecasters warn | |
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China landslide death toll soars| More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China. A search is continuing for the more than 1,000 still missing. It's one of the deadliest incidents so far ... | |
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Death toll hits 337 in China mudslides Map of Gansu China An additional 1,148 people are missing in northwestern China have killed 337 people. 45,000 have been evacuated from Zhouqu County
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| Aug.8 |
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Rescue effort for China landslide China has sent thousands of rescue workers to help search for survivors of deadly landslides that swept through a county in the northwest
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Landslides kill at least 127 in China Map of Bailong River China| About 1,300 people are missing after the landslides, which were triggered by heavy rains. 1,300 missing. 45,000 people evacuated | |
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64 tons of tainted milk powder seized Authorities in northwestern China have seized 64 tons of milk powder tainted with a chemical that killed six babies two years ago
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China pays tribute to quake victims Beijing: China lowered flags to half staff and pulled entertainment programming from the airwaves to mourn more than 2,000 people killed during earthquake
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Quake death toll climbs above 2,000 Tibet: Another 195 people were still missing. 12,135 people were injured, of whom 1,434 were in serious condition
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 Dalai Lama seeks access to quake site  India: The Tibetan Buddhist leader long exiled from China, is seeking to visit the Tibetan region rocked by a deadly earthquake this week
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PM visits quake zone as death toll climbs Tibet: As rescuers raced against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble, Wen Jiabao traveled to earthquake-devastated zone
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China sifts rubble for quake survivors Map of Qinghai China China has been sifting rubble for survivors of the deadly quake which hit the remote region as thousands spent a freezing night in the open
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Hundreds dead in 6.9 earthquake Map of Qinghai China Some 300 people are feared dead after a rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area
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Lead poisons at least 615 children Abnormal lead levels have been detected in children living near a smelting plant in northwest China. 166 were hospitalized
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Plague death toll rises
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China kills 13,000 birds to control epidemic
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Seven people are killed in snowstorm. Tibet
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Scores homeless after quakes. Tibet
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4th baby dies from tainted formula Map of Xinjiang China Officials in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported the death of a baby in the expanding contaminated infant formula case
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6.8 earthquake rocks western China Map of Xinjiang China At least 257 people are reported dead after an earthquake hit region of Xinjiang. 1,000 houses collapsed in one village
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