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Thailand: Several lawmakers join protest / China: Rescuers aid quake survivors / Russia: Journalist slain / Israel: Abbas rejects interim deal / Pakistan: Operation halted for Ramadan ... ...full story at LA Times

from LA Times on Mon, Sep 01 2008

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16 May 08 visit CCTV-9: Quake survivors hurried to hospital by air  »  YouTube videoQuake survivors hurried to hospital by air Quake survivors hurried to hospital by air WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 05-16-2008 15:46 Special Report: Strong quake jolts SW China Most roads leading to quake-damaged areas remain severed by landslides....
21 May 08 visit Snapshots of China's quake survivors pulled out after 120 hours  »  People's Daily Nine days have passed since the quake that rocked southwest China and killed more than 40,000, but rescuers are still busy searching for survivors, encouraged by occasional "miracles". Wang Youqun: The 60-year-old retir ...
21 May 08 visit Rescuers reaches all quake-hit SW China villages  »  People's Daily Rescuers had reached all the 1,044 quake-hit villages that are under 134 townships in southwestern Sichuan Province by Tuesday evening, according to a military source. Soldiers and armed police are still trying to rescue survivors f ...
16 May 08 visit Russia sends rescuers to quake-hit China  »  People's Daily Russian rescuers fly to quake-hit China to take part in search and rescue operations, local media reported on Friday. The Russian Emergencies Ministry's Il-76 plane left for China this morning. On the board are the first batch of re ...
18 May 08 visit Six days after quake, China still goes all-out to search for survivors  »  People's Daily More people were pulled out from debris as exhausted rescuers kept searching for survivors six days after the rare earthquake jolted Sichuan Province, southwest China. A man was rescued at 9:15 a.m. Sunday from a collapsed hospital ...
20 May 08 visit Trauma counseling for quake survivors in full swing  »  People's Daily China's largest grief counseling operation for survivors of a natural disaster is in full swing, a week after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern Sichuan Province. In a temporary residence for quake victims in Mianya ...

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