The death toll of China's May 12 earthquake saw no increase from figure of the previous day, freezing at 69,146 as of Wednesday noon, the State Council Information Office said. A total of 374,131 people were injured and 17,516 others remained ...

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Insurers pays $42m to quake-ravaged areas (Xinhua) Updated: 2008-06-11 11:28 China's insurance sector had paid 288.6 million yuan ($41.66 million) in indemnity for areas battered by the May 12 earthquake as of June 9, the China Insurance Regulatory ...

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A 5.0-magnitude aftershock hit Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province at 6:23 a.m...The aftershock centered at 30.9 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, according to the center...Wenchuan had been stricken by a ...

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A regulation on reconstruction in the areas damaged in the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake focuses on the quality of public buildings. The regulation stipulates that schools, hospitals, stadiums, libraries and other high-occupancy public buildings that ...

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In the 24 hours ending Tuesday noon, 186 aftershocks were monitored in southwest China's quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration. One of the tremors measured between 5.0-5.9 and all the others measured at or below 3.9 magnitude, ...

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Japan will send more relief supplies to China's quake-hit southwestern areas, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said on Tuesday. The planned additional relief assistance, including 556 tents, six water purifiers, 80 water-related equipment ...

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