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Chinese artist continues search for quake toll

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer The cameras converged on Chinese artist Ai Weiwei as soon as the news broke.  An official from the Sichuan provincial government announced a final toll for the number of children missing and killed from last... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Thu, May 07 2009

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13 May 08 visit Quake toll climbs to over 12,000 in Sichuan  »  Shanghai Daily The death toll climbed to more than 12,000 and about 9,400 people are buried under debris after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Sichuan Province yesterday, the provincial government told a news conference today...
23 May 08 visit Quake toll rises to 55,239 in Sichuan  »  Shanghai Daily THE death toll from the earthquake has risen to 55,239 in Sichuan Province alone as of 7pm yesterday and another 24,949 people were still missing, a senior provincial official told a press conference this morning. ...
19 May 08 visit Death toll in Sichuan rises to 32,173  »  Shanghai Daily THE death toll from the 8.0-magnitude earthquake has rose to 32,173 in Sichuan Province alone as of 7pm yesterday, the provincial government said today, Xinhua news agency reported. The number of injured has reached...
03 Sep 08 visit SW China quake toll remains at 38, one missing  »  People's Daily The death toll in Saturday's 6.1-magnitude quake in southwest China stood at 38 as of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, with the latest news of one missing. The missing person was reported in Huili County, Liangshan prefecture of Sichuan Province, according to...
08 Aug 08 visit China’s Muslim dilemma in ‘The New Frontier’  »  NBC World Blog By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer KHOTAN, Xinjiang Autonomous Region – Across much of China, strangers upon being introduced will ask each other, "Where is your ancestral home?" Adrienne Mong / NBC News An Uighur couple in Khotan But in t...

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