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Chinese president Hu flies to Tibetan quake zone (AP)

April 18th, 2010

Tibetan monks sit on a hillside to offer prayers during a mass cremation for victims of Wednesday's earthquake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai province, Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao flew to the remote, mountainous Tibetan region devastated by an earthquake as the flow of rescue supplies picked up pace Sunday.


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Young China quake survivor survived by sleeping in (AP)

April 17th, 2010

Tibetan monks throw a body wrapped in cloth during a mass cremation for victims of Wednesday's earthquake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai province, Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Her roommates used to call her a “lazy pig” for trying to sleep in before class. But it was Song Yuhuan’s slowness to get out of bed that…

Tibetans begin cremating victims of China quake (AP)

April 17th, 2010

Tibetan residents sit on a hillside to observe a mass cremation for victims of Wednesday's earthquake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai province, Saturday, April 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - Hundreds of victims of an earthquake that struck western China more than 72 hours ago were cremated Saturday as necessity forced Tibeans to break with local burial traditions.


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China quake survivors sleep in cold outdoors (AP)

April 15th, 2010

Survivors stand beside their quake-damaged homes in Yushu county, western China's Qinghai province, Thursday, April 15, 2010. Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as survivors faced a second night outside in freezing weather after strong earthquakes left more than 600 dead and 9,000 hurt in a mountainous Tibetan area of western China. (AP Photo) **  CHINA OUT **AP - Armed with life detectors, rescuers searched for survivors Friday more than 48 hours after an earthquake leveled homes in western China, killing at least 760 people. Many survivors…

Bodies pile up after quake kills 600-plus in China (AP)

April 15th, 2010

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, soldiers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army carry a survivor rescued after strong earthquakes in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Qiang) ** NO SALES **AP - Rescue teams fought gusty winds and altitude sickness Thursday as supplies of food, water and almost everything ran thin after strong earthquakes left more than 600 dead in…

Quake in western China kills 589, buries more (AP)

April 14th, 2010

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed building in Yushu county in western China's Qinghai province on Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring more than 10,000 as houses made of mud and wood collapsed, trapping many more, officials said. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Soldiers and civilians used shovels and their bare hands to dig through collapsed buildings in search of survivors after strong earthquakes struck a mountainous Tibetan region of China…

Quake in western China kills 400, buries more (AP)

April 14th, 2010

Map locates Qinghai province, China, site of a 6.9-magnitude earthquakeAP - A series of strong earthquakes struck a far western Tibetan area of China on Wednesday, killing at least 400 people and injuring thousands as houses made of mud…

Strong quake in western China’s Qinghai kills 300 (AP)

April 14th, 2010

In this photo taken by a mobile phone, local people gather outside after being evacuated from buildings following an earthquake that hit the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai province, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing scores of people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Hongshuan)  NO SALESAP - A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, killing at least 300 people, injuring thousands and burying many others under toppled houses in a mountainous…

Strong quake in western China’s Qinghai kills 67 (AP)

April 14th, 2010

Map of China locating the epicentre of a 6.9-magnitude quake which rocked remote Qinghai province Wednesday, killing 23 people.(AFP/Graphic)AP - A series of strong earthquakes struck China’s western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing at least 67 people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials…

7.7 quake strikes off Indonesia’s Sumatra island (AP)

April 6th, 2010

AP - A 7.7 earthquake shook Indonesia’s northwest island of Sumatra early Wednesday, prompting a brief tsunami warning and sending residents rushing for higher ground. There were no immediate reports…