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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.
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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.
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Up to date earthquake map from USGS
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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!!)
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From Mexico City to Managua to the Middle Kingdom, natural disasters in the past have had a way of undermining ruthless and incompetent leaders.
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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).
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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)
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'The United States stands ready to help in any way possible.'
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In Juyuan town, south of the epicenter, a high school collapsed, burying as many as 900 students and killing at least 50
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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.
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.
Posted by: Le' Monica | May 13, 2008 at 12:06 PM