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Pope urges 'rebirth' of Italian quake zone
Rome :: Italy | 7 months ago
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The village of just 350 inhabitants lost some 40 of its residents in Italy's worst earthquake in a generation. The pope then visited L'Aquila, the quake's epicentre some 100 kilometres north-east of Rome. There, he commented on charges that thousands...
Tags: Pope Benedict XVI, Italy, pope visits, Onna, quake zone, central italy, shoddy construction, L'Aquila
China prepares for Lunar New Year celebrations
Beijing :: China | 10 months ago
Credibility Premier Wen Jiabao visited survivors at the site of China's devastating earthquake Sunday as people prepared to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year on the eve of the Year of the Ox. Wen headed to Sichuan province Saturday and will spend the eve of...
Tags: China Daily, China New Year, Wen Jiabao, premier wen, Sichuan, spring festival, quake zone, sichuan province
China reopens major highway destroyed by quake
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: China Earthquake Administration, Sichuan, China Daily, quake zone, Huili County, Wen Jiabao, premier wen, sichuan provinces, Yunnan Province
College entrance exam begins in quake zone
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility trong quake jolts SW China Special Report: Post-quake reconstruction A total of 120,000 students in China's quake-hit areas started their three-day national college entrance exam this morning. The exam was delayed about a month after the massive May...
Tags: China Daily, college entrance, entrance exam, Sichuan Province, sichuan provinces, hit areas, Gansu Province, gansu provinces, quake zone, areas started
China's watchdog head stresses quake zone food, drug safety
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Head of the State Food and Drug Administration Shao Mingli stressed here Wednesday the safety of food and drug in regions hit by the 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12. "Serious punishment should be given immediately to those who manufacture and trade...
Tags: homeless, millions yuan, quake zone, China
Magnitude 5.4 earthquake jolts western China
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility A moderate earthquake jolted northwestern China on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, state media said. The magnitude 5.4 quake struck the remote province of Qinghai at 1:23 p.m. (0523 GMT), the official Xinhua News Agency...
Tags: China Daily, China National Seismological Network, quake zone, earthquake jolts, sichuan provinces, Sichuan Province, health incidents, public health
Transport top priority in post-quake reconstruction
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Reconstruction in the quake zones shattered by the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12 will give priority to transport facilities, the person drafting the State Council's post-quake reconstruction regulation said here Thursday. "The May 12 earthquake...
Tags: New China, Sichuan Province, death toll, quake zone, Shaanxi Province, massive earthquake, State Council Information Office, southwestern sichuan
China "doing utmost" to ensure power supply in quake zone
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility The head of the economic planning agency reiterated on Tuesday that China will do its utmost to ensure electricity supplies to the quake zone, even during the summer peak season...To ensure power supplies this summer will be an arduous task.
Tags: quake zone
Insurers pay $42m to quake zone
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility 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 Commission...
Tags: China Insurance Regulatory Commission, China Earthquake Administration, Sichuan Province, quake zone, Wenchuan County
Quake survivors overcome tragedy with courage, humor
Beijing :: China | about 1 year ago
Credibility Xu Rongxing was pulled out by Russian rescuers from the rubble of a building after more than five days on May 17. The retired Dujiangyan tourism bureau worker was weak and exhausted for sure, but she didn't talk about that. Instead, the 61-year-old exclaimed:...
Tags: China Local, China Seismological Bureau, china quake, Sichuan Province, death toll, million dollars, quake zone, magnitude quake, major earthquake, Japan International Cooperation Agency
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