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Rescuers appeal for tents after latest deadly China quake

Rescuers appealed for temporary housing and tents Monday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 36 people, ... ...full story at USA Today

from USA Today on Mon, Sep 01 2008

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10 Oct 08 visit Rescuers Search Tibet Rubble after Quake འདམ་གཞུང་ས་ཡོམ 西藏囊地震  »  YouTube videoAt least nine people were killed in a strong earthquake that jolted a county near Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, on Monday, the rescue headquarters confirmed early Tuesday morning. Xinhua says the previous "at least 30"...
01 Sep 08 visit Shelter is sought in quake provinces  »  Shanghai Daily EMERGENCY management authorities appealed for temporary housing and tents yesterday after a weekend earthquake in southwest China killed at least 40 people, injured 675 others and left hundreds of thousands of homes...
28 May 08 visit UK offers tents to China  »  People's Daily The British Embassy to China said Tuesday that badly-needed tents have been flown to China's earthquake disaster zone in the latest delivery of aid from Britain. Altogether 8,000 tents offered by the UK have been delivered to Sichuan pr ...
22 May 08 visit Quake toll rises amid urgent plea for tents  »  Shanghai Daily THE toll of dead and missing from China's devastating earthquake has jumped to more than 80,000, while the government appealed again yesterday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors. The confirmed...
19 May 08 visit 193,000 tents sent to China quake zone  »  People's Daily China has sent more than 193,000 tents to Sichuan, the southwestern province that was hard hit by a strong earthquake on May 12, a railway ministry official said Monday. The nation's rail system has carried 145,000, or three-fourths ...
18 May 08 visit Hu orders rescuers to reach every quake-hit village by 'every available means'  »  Shanghai Daily CHINESE President Hu Jintao today asked rescuers to use "every available means" to reach every village affected by the May 12 earthquake in southwest China. "We must try every method to send rescuers to every quake-hit...

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