Earthquake in China kills nearly 9,000 (+photos) Rescuers search for victims in the debris of a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. ChinaDisasterEarthquakeNaturePhotos
Dragon Capital Group Acquires Shares of Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 12, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) -- | Vietnam Resource Investment (Holdings) Limited ("VRI") has agreed to purchase 13,000,000 common shares of Olympus Pacific M... Vietnam Faces Stock Woes | HANOI, Vietnam -- For Vietnamese stock investors, 2008 is shaping up as a rough year. | The benchmark stock index is down 47% this year, and analysts say it is set to fall further, a casualty of the governmen... Japan may re-export foreign rice | Japan, self-sufficient in rice, may export some of the grain it imported under a WTO agreement, alleviating a global supply shortage. | Japan is in talks with the Philippines, the world¡¦s largest importer of... What Are the Wounds of War? WASHINGTON -- Centuries before Iraq and Afghanistan, George Washington created the Purple Heart to honor troops wounded in combat. | But with an increasing number of troops being diagnosed with post-traumatic s... Hanoi on Trial In Vietnam, arguing that people deserve an alternative to the Communist Party is considered terrorism. Three men, including a U.S. citizen, go on trial for this "crime" today in Ho Chi Minh City. | The case dat... At least 8,700 dead as landslides seal off towns and block rescuers div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | Reuters: video report | Rescue workers raced to find survivors of the worst earthquake to strike China for 32 years as scho... US announces more relief flights to Myanmar | Washington: The United States expects to send two more flights into Myanmar and offer $13 million (Dh47.75 million) in aid to UN agencies, the White House said on Monday after the first US military flight rea... 900 pupils buried alive in quake | CHONGQING: Thousands of Chinese soldiers and police were last night working with the people to save the thousands of injured and trapped after yesterday's deadly earthquake, with the epicentre of the relief e... Locals worry about kin in Sichuan province | When a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday in the Sichuan province of China, Amy Li of Brooklyn got on the phone to find out the details: whether people were dead or injured, the scale of the damage, the r... Dragon Capital Group Acquires Shares of Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. | HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 12 /CNW/ - Vietnam Resource Investment (Holdings) Limited ("VRI") has agreed to purchase 13,000,000 common shares of Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. (TSX: OYM) ("Olympus") at a pr... Nearly 9,000 Perish in China Quake BEIJING (May 12) - One of the worst earthquakes to hit China in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people Monday, trapped about 900 students under the rubble of their school and caused a toxic chemical leak, sta... Sounds Unheard: China Goes Religious? | . E-mail Father Jonathan | This morning buildings in Beijing, Bangkok, and Hanoi shook. It was a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and thousands are dead. | It could be said this was the second time in a week's span t...
Vietnam Faces Stock Woes Wall Street Journal| HANOI, Vietnam -- For Vietnamese stock investors, 2008 is shaping up as a rough year. | The benchmark stock ...
Japan may re-export foreign rice Taipei Times| Japan, self-sufficient in rice, may export some of the grain it imported under a WTO agreement, alleviating ...
What Are the Wounds of War? Wall Street JournalWASHINGTON -- Centuries before Iraq and Afghanistan, George Washington created the Purple Heart to honor troop...
Hanoi on Trial Wall Street JournalIn Vietnam, arguing that people deserve an alternative to the Communist Party is considered terrorism. Three m...
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Sounds Unheard: China Goes Religious? Fox News| . E-mail Father Jonathan | This morning buildings in Beijing, Bangkok, and Hanoi shook. It was a 7.5 magnitu...
