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China's post-quake challenge: 5 million homeless :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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China says death toll in quake more than 51K BEICHUAN, China 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. (article 24)
Three weeks after the quake struck Sichuan province, the Health Ministry said authorities were working to ensure the safety of drinking water and food, checking public health conditions and were disinfecting bodies. (article 23)
Some 14,207 companies in Sichuan province and surrounding areas were damaged by the May 12 quake and 1,387 of their employees killed, a deputy industry minister, Xi Guohua, said at a news conference. (article 21)
JIULING, China A military helicopter carrying 10 people injured in China's devastating earthquake and four crew members crashed in fog and turbulence, and authorities were searching for survivors, state media reported Sunday. (article 18)
DEYANG, China China ordered dozens more helicopters to drop aid into remote areas of quake-hit Sichuan province Thursday as rescuers broke through key roads to the epicenter that had been blocked since a powerful earthquake that has directly affected 10 million people. (article 10)
BEIJING A military transport helicopter crashed in China's earthquake-devastated south-central region with 14 people aboard, the official news agency said today. (article 5)
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- China says 200,000 evacuated because of flood risk :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 672 words)
- Copter carrying 14 crashes in China (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 238 words)
- China earthquake death toll above 55K :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 763 words)
- China fights flood threat in quake zone :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 711 words)
- Officials in China rush to evacuate 80K :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 831 words)
- China warns quake deaths could hit 50,000 :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 1194 words)
- Rescuers clear key roads to China quake epicenter :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 877 words)
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- Death toll in China quake passes 12K :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 972 words)
- China dam cracks 'extremely dangerous' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 1177 words)
- Aftershocks hit China quake area :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 930 words)
- 40,000 dead in hard-hit China province :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 897 words)
- China asks for more international aid :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 1315 words)
- Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 1234 words)
- Helicopter carrying 14 crashes in China quake zone :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 620 words)
- Chinese police drag grieving parents from protest (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 454 words)
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- China says quake losses total $9.5 billion :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 541 words)
- China working to prevent epidemics in disaster zone (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 671 words)
- China focusing efforts on preventing epidemic :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 772 words)
- China says death toll in quake more than 51K... (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 562 words)
- China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless after quake (Washington Post, 06/02/2008, 328 words)
- China's post-quake challenge: 5 million homeless :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 1433 words)
- China aftershock destroys 71,000 homes; 1 killed :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 874 words)
- 8 pandas from China head for Beijing Zoo :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 365 words)
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