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latest news & developmentsChina quake-lake fears ease as angry parents grieve
Engineers have completed work to drain a lake formed by last month’s earthquake that had threatened to inundate towns downstream and add to the toll of China’s deadliest natural…
Quake-hit China braces for possible lake bursts
A Chinese lake damaged by an earthquake may be about to burst its banks, state media said on Saturday, as President Hu Jintao headed for the epicentre with the death toll…
Nearly 15 000 dead in China quake
The toll from China’s deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15Â 000 on Wednesday as thousands of troops, firefighters and common civilians battled to save thousands…
Tens of thousands dead, missing in China
China’s biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of crushed communities on Tuesday, plunging the nation into an all-out…
China earthquake toll nears 10 000
Heavy rainfall and wrecked roads hampered rescuers’ efforts to reach the areas hardest-hit by China’s worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to…