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China reopens major highway destroyed by quake

Source: International Business Times

Beijing : China | about 1 year ago

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The 56-mile road in Sichuan province linking Wenchuan county and Dujiangyan, near the provincial capital of Chengdu, has been repaired, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Wenchuan was the epicenter of the powerful magnitude-7.9 quake on May 12 that killed nearly 70,000 people and left 5 million...

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News Source: China News | about 1 year ago

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News Source: China News | about 1 year ago

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News Source: China News | about 1 year ago

The monitoring point of the Earth's surface in the epicenter levelly moved 238 cm...The plate, west of the fault zone along the Longmen Mountain where the epicenter was located, moved southeast by 20 to 70 cm while the plate east of it moved...
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News Source: China News | about 1 year ago

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Chinese Premier back in quake area to inspect rebuilding

News Source: Xinhuanet.com | about 1 year ago

Premier Wen Jiabao inspected repair work and raised morale among residents over the past three days, during a visit to southwestern Sichuan Province nearly four months after the devastating May 12 earthquake. "The relief work [so far] is...
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News Source: Channel NewsAsia | about 1 year ago

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