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Real Earthquake Devastation Not Revealed

CHEN: As the widespread devastation of the earthquake in China is being slowly revealed to the world by China's state media, some residents in Sichuan Province still feel they are not being informed of the true extent of the disaster and the rescue...

from YouTube on Sat, May 17 2008

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13 May 08 visit Rescuers in China search for survivors - 13 May 2008  »  YouTube videoAl Jazeera's Dan Nolan looks at the wider rescue effort following the earthquake's devastation in China. Powerful aftershocks have shaken China's southwestern province of Sichuan a day after a deadly earthquake killed at least 12,000 people, many of them...
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13 May 08 visit The great Sichuan earthquake: What we know so far (and a second earthquake this morning)  »  Shanghaiist Scene of devastation at a school in Dujiangyan (都江堰) which collapsed from the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, China * Over 10,000 feared dead in biggest earthquake in China for 30 years * Earthquake measured at 7.9 on the Richter scale, epicentre...
10 Jun 08 visit Olympic spirit survives despite the devastation  »  Shanghai Daily THE devastation of the Sichuan earthquake has in no way diminished China's enthusiasm for hosting the Beijing Olympics in August, Chinese table tennis great Deng Yaping said in Beijing yesterday. The four-times...
22 May 08 visit Food prices stable after earthquake  »  People's Daily Food prices have remained stable throughout China despite the devastation of the 8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Sichuan province on May 12, official figures show. Statistics from the Xinhua News Agency's price monitoring system show ...

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