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| Quake damages so far reach US$9.5 billion |
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BUSINESSES suffered 67 billion yuan (US$9.5 billion) in damage in last week's quake in southwestern China, the government said yesterday.
Some 14,207 companies in Sichuan Province and surrounding areas were... |
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| Share turnover drops over 20% |
| TURNOVER in the Shanghai stock market fell more than 20 percent although the key index ended generally stable yesterday which was the first of a three-day national mourning period to honor the victims of the May 12... |
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| Garden evokes Beatle's spirit |
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BEATLEMANIA erupted at London's Chelsea Flower Show yesterday as Ringo Starr joined George Harrison's widow for the opening of a garden inspired by the "quiet Beatle."
Photographers swarmed around as Starr... |
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| A 31-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a destroyed power plant at 12:50am today by firefighters from Shanghai after being trapped for 179 hours in Sichuan Province. Ma Yuanjiang, a mid-level technician at a power plant in Wenchuan County, was in good condition after being rescued. |
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Shanghai team rescues man after 179 hours
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| BY Yang Jian 2008-5-20 |
| SHANGHAI firefighters rescued Ma Yuanjiang, a 31-year-old man, this morning after he miraculously survived being buried for 179 hours in earthquake-devastated Yingxiu Town in Sichuan Province. |
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| Coverage raises ethics queries
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THE disaster in Sichuan has resulted in an unprecedented media presence.
The reporters have done salutary service in keeping the rest of the nation alive to what is happening there, but their presence also raises...
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IF you have only one child and he or she dies, you grieve.
If you have two children and only one dies, you grieve less.
If you have three children and only one dies, you grieve even less.
If you have...
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| School quake standards lower than for hospitals, arenas
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WHEN the earthquake struck during school hours, the quality of school building design and construction can be a matter of life and death.
Liuhan Hope Primary School, only 7.5 kilometers from devastated Beichuan...
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AT a time when virtually all Chinese are doing their bit to help earthquake survivors, the penny-pinching behavior of some real estate tycoons is deplorable.
According to one recent survey, of the 100 richest people...
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