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China: Riots force new teen death probe
Authorities in southwestern China are reopening their investigation into the death of a teenage girl, following violent demonstrations over how it was handled, state-run media reported Tuesday.
Girl's death sparks riot in China
Authorities have restored order in a county in southern China after some of several thousand demonstrators burned a police station and a government building, state-run news agencies reported.
Girl's death leads thousands in China to riot
Authorities have restored order in a county in southern China after some of several thousand demonstrators burned a police station and a government building, state-run news agencies reported.
Girls death leads thousands in China to riot
Authorities have restored order in a county in southern China after some of several thousand demonstrators burned a police station and a government building, state-run news agencies reported.
Girls death leads thousands to riot in China
Authorities have restored order in a county in southern China after some of several thousand demonstrators burned a police station and a government building, state-run news agencies reported.
China quake death toll to 'exceed 80,000'
The death toll from last month's massive earthquake in southwestern China is expected to exceed 80,000, state media reported Tuesday.
China's flood death toll grows
The death toll from floods in China's south has climbed to 169, and the government has warned that torrential rains will continue through the week. CNN's Emily Chang reports from Fengkai, where it is still raining and people are using rowboats as transportation.
China's flood death toll hits 169
Floods in southern China have killed 57 people and forced more than a million people from their homes, Chinese state-media reported Monday.
China counters flood threat; death toll hits 67,000 (USA Today)
Soldiers used large, earth-moving equipment Tuesday to dig a channel and try to prevent a swelling lake formed by China's huge ... Source : USA Today (subscribe)
China says death toll rises to 67,183 (kansascity.com)
A Chinese government spokesman says the confirmed death toll in the earthquake more than two weeks ago has risen to 67,183.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)Explore : World
Death Toll Rises in China Earthquake
The official death toll rose to more than 65,000, Chinese state media said, as rescuers prepared to dynamite and drain a lake caused by landslides.
China raises quake death toll to 60,560 (Seattle Times)
China's government says the confirmed death toll from this month's massive earthquake has risen to 60,560.Source : Seattle Times (subscribe)Explore : China
China raises quake death toll to 60,560 (kansascity.com)
China's government says the confirmed death toll from this month's massive earthquake has risen to 60,560.Source : kansascity.com (subscribe)Explore : World
China quake survivors keep vigil over town of death
YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicenter of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.
China quake survivors keep vigil over town of death (Reuters)
Reuters - Among the ruins of Yingxiu at
the epicenter of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors
remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved
ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.
China earthquake death toll hits 55,000 (USA Today)
Earthquake survivors living downstream from lakes formed by blocked rivers were being evacuated for fears that aftershocks could ... Source : USA Today (subscribe)Explore : Business, China
China earthquake death toll above 55,000 (AP)
AP - Experts warily monitored dozens of lakes and the natural dams that formed them during China's earthquake to see if aftershocks could unleash flooding, and the death toll from the quake rose Friday to more than 55,000.
Quake death toll in China's Sichuan rises to 55,239: govt (AFP)
AFP - The death toll in China's Sichuan province from last week's earthquake has risen to 55,239, with another 24,949 missing, a senior government official said here Friday.
China quake death toll surpasses 55,000
The death toll from the earthquake in China has now risen to 51,151, government officials say, with another 29,328 still missing. Meanwhile the government is to allocate $10 billion for the country's reconstruction fund by cutting spending by five percent this year, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
China says quake death toll rises to 55,239
BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll in China's worst earthquake in decades has risen to 55,239, Sichuan's vice governor Li Chengyun told a news conference in Beijing on Friday.
China says quake death toll rises to 55,239 (Reuters)
Reuters - The death toll in China's worst
earthquake in decades has risen to 55,239, Sichuan's vice
governor Li Chengyun told a news conference in Beijing on
Friday.
China quake death count at 51,000 (The Washington Times)
China said the toll of dead and missing from last weeks powerful earthquake jumped to more than 80,000, while the... Source : The Washington Times (subscribe)
China quake death toll passes 50,000
The death toll from last week's earthquake in southwestern China has risen to 51,151, government officials reported on Thursday.
Death toll from China earthquake now exceeds 51,000 (AP)
AP - China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.
China: Earthquake death toll tops 51,000 (USA Today)
China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions ... Source : USA Today (subscribe)Explore : China
China says death toll in quake more than 51,000 (AP)
AP - China said the death toll from last week's powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, as it appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors.
China death toll hits 41,000; companies lose $4.3B (USA Today)
The confirmed death toll from the earthquake that struck southern China rose to 41,353, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin said Wednesday. ... Source : USA Today (subscribe)
China: Quake death toll rises to more than 41,000 (AP)
AP - The death toll from last week's earthquake in China has risen more than 41,000.
Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000 (AFP)
AFP - A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed sweetened water were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000.
China quake: Death toll at 40,000
Fleeting signs of hope surfaced in China Tuesday, eight days after a devastating earthquake, as rescue teams pulled two men from the rubble in Sichuan province. The rescues came as the Sichuan Seismological Bureau warned of the likelihood of a strong aftershock in the province, state media reported.
China declares mourning period as death toll expected to reach 50,000
Wearing “I love China” T-shirts they unload the injured from ambulances.
Driving their Hondas and their Audis, they deliver water to the homeless.
China orders three-day mourning period as death toll nears 32,500
As the death toll in southwest China rose to almost 32,500, the government
today ordered a three-day period of national mourning for the victims of the
country’s worst earthquake in three decades. Communist Party leaders
also announced that the Beijing Olympic torch relay would be delayed for the
mourning period.
Aftershock kills China quake survivors as death toll tops 32,000 (AFP)
AFP - A powerful aftershock claimed more lives in China's southwest on Sunday, bringing new misery to the region and hampering relief efforts as the death toll from last week's quake shot up.
China's quake death toll reaches 32,477 (AFP)
AFP - The confirmed death toll from China's earthquake rose Sunday to 32,477, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing the government's disaster relief headquarters.
China rattled by aftershock The official death toll from Monday's quake passed 22,000. Relief efforts continued. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
YINGXIU, China - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most earthquake-ravaged parts of central China yesterday as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 hours trapped in the ruins.Source : Philadelphia Inquirer (subscribe)Explore : Business, China
China rattled by aftershock The official death toll from Monday's quake passed 22,000. Relief efforts continued. (News -- Philly.com)
YINGXIU, China - A powerful aftershock knocked out roads and communications in some of the most earthquake-ravaged parts of central China yesterday as emergency crews rescued more than 30 people who had survived up to 100 hours trapped in the ruins.Source : News -- Philly.com (subscribe)Explore : Business, China
Confirmed death toll from China quake reaches 28,881: govt (AFP)
AFP - The confirmed earthquake death toll in China has risen to 28,881, a central government official said Saturday.
China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 (AP)
AP - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.
China Warns Earthquake Death Toll May Reach 50,000 (Free Internet Press)
China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal today for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. More than 72 hours after the quake rattled central China, rescuers appeared to shift from poring through downed buildings for survivors to the grim duty of searching for bodies - with 10 million directly affected...Source : Free Internet Press (subscribe)
China quake death toll could rise to 50,000 (AP)
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to 50,000, while the government issued a public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster.
China quake death toll rises by a third, as time runs out for miracles
The search for survivors of China’s worst earthquake in 30 years became more
urgent today as the predicted death toll rose to 50,000 and Chinese
officials admitted that finding anyone still alive would be a “miracle”.
China quake death toll could hit 50,000
China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.
Death Toll Up, Struggle to Reach China Survivors
Officials warned that the death toll, raised now to 19,500, could reach as high as 50,000, as dozens of villages remained cut off from rescuers Thursday.
State TV: China quake death toll could hit 50,000 (AP)
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.
State TV: China quake death toll could rise to 50K (AP)
AP - China warned the death toll from this week's earthquake could soar to some 50,000, while the government issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as it struggled to cope with the disaster. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors.
Death Toll Higher, Struggle to Reach China Survivors
At least three dozen villages and towns in were still cut off from rescuers, as the death toll was raised to 19,500, with 40,000 still buried in rubble, according to officials.
China quake death toll rises to at least 20,000
WENCHUAN, China (Reuters) - China on Thursday raised the death toll from a massive earthquake in the southwest of the country to at least 20,000, as hopes faded for a further 25,000 buried under rubble for three days.
China quake death toll rises to at least 20,000 (Reuters)
Reuters - China on Thursday raised the
death toll from a massive earthquake in the southwest of the
country to at least 20,000, as hopes faded for a further 25,000
buried under rubble for three days.
China earthquake death toll exceeds 19,500 (AP)
AP - China issued a rare public appeal Thursday for rescue equipment as the government struggled to cope with this week's deadly earthquake. Rescue workers broke through key roads to the epicenter in the race to find survivors, as the death toll soared to more than 19,500.