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AP, Beijing
China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from...
made popular Jul 21 2008
AP, Beijing
China began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops Monday from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake as authorities shifted focus from rescue to...
made popular Jul 21 2008
AP, Wufu
Angry parents whose children were crushed to death in schools that collapsed in China’s mighty earthquake are no longer being allowed to march, wave banners and...
made popular Jul 8 2008
AP, Beijing
A panda who was relocated after China’s deadly earthquake damaged her home gave birth to twin cubs on Sunday, a state news agency said.
made popular Jul 6 2008
AP, Rome
The devastating earthquake in China last month caused around $6 billion in damages for farmers in Sichuan province and killed millions of farm animals, a U.N. agency...
made popular Jun 30 2008
AP, Beijing
A Chinese military helicopter that crashed during earthquake relief efforts last month had suffered engine trouble shortly before going down, a state news agency said...
made popular Jun 27 2008
AP, Beijing
China is requiring more ethical responsibility from teachers following the highly publicized case of a high school teacher who fled his classroom during last...
made popular Jun 27 2008
AP, Beijing
China is requiring more ethical responsibility from teachers following the highly publicized case of a high school teacher who fled his classroom during last...
made popular Jun 27 2008
AP, Beijing
China plans to turn a huge lake formed from the Sichuan earthquake disaster into a tourist destination, a state news agency reported Tuesday.
made popular Jun 24 2008
AP, Loma Linda
A magnitude-4.0 earthquake has hit east of Los Angeles, but authorities say there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
made popular Jun 23 2008
AP, Beijing
At least 80 percent of the habitat for giant pandas in China’s earthquake-hit province was destroyed or damaged, a forestry official said Tuesday.
made popular Jun 17 2008
A magnitude-7.2 earthquake ripped across mountains and rice fields in northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least six people as it sheared off hillsides, jolted...
made popular Jun 14 2008
AP, Tangshan
The most striking feature of this industrial city is that it looks so ordinary, but there was a time when Tangshan was pancaked by a natural disaster.
made popular Jun 6 2008
AP, Shanghai
China’s roaring economy is beginning to stabilize, although surging demand for some commodities following last month’s disastrous earthquake will add to...
made popular Jun 3 2008
French luxury goods giant Christian Dior on Thursday dropped Hollywood star Sharon Stone from its Chinese advertisements after she angered Beijing by suggesting that...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, Beijing
French fashion house Christian Dior said Thursday it has dropped Sharon Stone from its Chinese ads and released a statement from the actress apologizing for saying...
made popular May 29 2008
AP, Tokyo
China has asked Japanese soldiers to deliver earthquake relief aid in what would be the first significant military dispatch between the two countries since World War...
made popular May 28 2008
AP, Los Angeles
Sharon Stone’s “karma” is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China.
made popular May 28 2008
AP, Yingxiu
Premier Wen Jiabao says China’s death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more.
made popular May 24 2008
AP, Yingxiu
Premier Wen Jiabao says China’s death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more.
made popular May 24 2008
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AP, Los Angeles
The “Big One,” as earthquake scientists imagine it in a detailed, first-of-its-kind script, unzips California’s mighty San Andreas Fault north of the...
made popular May 21 2008
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In this April 18, 1906, file photo, people walk through the rubble following an earthquake in San Francisco. In a joint publication, to be released Thursday, May 22, 2008, of the U.S. Geological Survey and California Geological Survey, scientists for...
