links for 2008-05-13

• Myanmar junta keeps rein on aid - International Herald Tribune
  The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees delivered good rice to local military leaders last week, but they kept it for themselves, Tin Win asserted, and then distributed the water-logged, musty rice.
  (tags: asia wea)
• Shanghaiist: Breaking News: Earthquake 7.8 on the Richter scale hits Sichuan, tremors felt across China - UPDATED
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Countdown Beijing : When the Earth Moves
  With all the drama over China's Olympic torch relay, and anticipation growing over the August Games, authorities no doubt hope today's earthquake will prove to be just a seismological blip.
  (tags: china earthquake)
• 5 dead in SW China quake, dozens injured_English_Xinhua
  (tags: china earthquake)
• 10-degree Map Centered at 30°N,105°E
  Up to date earthquake map from USGS
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Channelnewsasia.com: Confusion, Warnings in Beijing following earthquake
  The People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's main mouthpiece, had reported earlier on its website that a quake measuring between two and six on the Richter scale could hit Beijing late USA, they can predict earthquakes!!)
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Winds of Change | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com
  From Mexico City to Managua to the Middle Kingdom, natural disasters in the past have had a way of undermining ruthless and incompetent leaders.
  (tags: china asia earthquake weather)
• Xinhua - English
  China's War on Strong Earthquake (GZE2 - Hmmm...seems as though the earthquake won the battle. This is a special section of Xinhua...you can read the propoganda machine at it finest here).
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Earthquake in western China kills thousands - International Herald Tribune
  The 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit in Sichuan Province on Monday afternoon, and the death toll steadily increased throughout the evening, raising concerns that the number could go far higher. (GZE2 - China's economic boom was built on shoddy construction)
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Channelnewsasia.com: Bush Says US Ready to Help China After Quake
  'The United States stands ready to help in any way possible.'
  (tags: china earthquake)
• FOXNews.com - Thousands Dead After Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake Rocks Central China - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News
  In Juyuan town, south of the epicenter, a high school collapsed, burying as many as 900 students and killing at least 50
  (tags: china earthquake)
• Channelnewsasia.com
  Earthquakes are frequent and deadly along the fringes of the Tibetan Plateau, which was raised when India collided into Eurasia, starting some 50 million years ago.
  (tags: china earthquake)

Comments

[Le' Monica]

Good to hear you didn't feel it. Been getting calls all day from people asking me if I'd heard from you about the quake. Pour folks, what a disaster.