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July 2008
- China Pushes 'Hush Money' on Grieving Quake Parents
  
  newser | New York Times | Jul 24, 08 3:41 AM CDT
  
  Officials in China's Sichuan province are buying the silence of parents who lost children in May's devastating earthquake, the New York Times reports. Grieving parents are being pressured to sign agreements accepting $9,000 in compensation if they stop asking questions about why so many schools collapsed. They are told they will get nothing if they refuse to sign. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • compensation • Chinese officials
- Japan Quake Injures Dozens
  
  newser | CNN | Jul 24, 08 2:34 AM CDT
  
  A powerful earthquake jolted north-central Japan early today, injuring over 100 people, according to initial reports. The 6.8 quake collapsed 31 buildings on Japan's main Honshu island, according to CNN. Thousands of homes lost power in a blackout and landslides cut off key roads Officals have warned of aftershocks but say there is no danger of a tsunami. More »
  
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- New Clues May Help Predict Earthquakes
  
  newser | BBC | Jul 10, 08 11:02 AM CDT
  
  Researchers could be closer to predicting earthquakes hours before they happen, with an article in the journal Nature detailing how scientists detected seismic changes in rocks as much as 10 hours before two small California temblors. “Hurricane [warnings] give you an idea of what could be done,” one researcher told the BBC of such a breakthrough—still perhaps years away in daily application. More »
  
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  earthquake • scientific discoveries • seismology • tremor
June 2008
- China Quake Beat the Odds
  
  newser | LiveScience | Jun 30, 08 4:06 PM CDT
  
  The earthquake that leveled parts of China’s Sichuan province last month was a geological oddity arising from usually inactive faults, LiveScience reports. The bizarre seismological coincidences behind the quake explain why no one was able to predict the event, which claimed 69,000 lives. More »
  
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  China • Tibet • earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • tectonic plates • seismology
- 7.2-Mag Quake Kills 6 in Northern Japan
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 14, 08 7:21 AM CDT
  
  A 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted northern Japan today, killing at least 6 people and injuring more than 140 others, the AP reports. Landslides trapped another 100 bathers at a hot springs resort, but no tsunami warning was issued. At a nuclear power plant, 5 gallons of radioactive water splashed from two pools storing spent fuel, but officials said there was no leakage outside the plant. More »
  
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  Japan • earthquake • disaster • tsunami • nuclear power plants
- China Mourns Panda Killed in Earthquake
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 10, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  Workers at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province gathered today for the funeral of Mao Mao, a 9-year-old panda killed in the May 12 earthquake. Mao Mao, the mother of five, was one of 64 pandas at the reserve. She died when the river beside her enclosure crushed the walls, and her body wasn't discovered until yesterday, the AP reports. More »
  
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- Draining Quake Lake Floods China Town
  
  newser | Reuters | Jun 10, 08 6:44 AM CDT
  
  A town devastated by the Sichuan earthquake was flooded today as soldiers worked to drain a dangerous quake lake, reports Reuters. Water whooshed into Beichuan after explosives and missiles were used to blast holes in the dam created by the earthquake. Some 250,000 people downstream had already been evacuated. More »
  
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  earthquake • flood • China earthquake • Sichuan province • disaster zones • dam • Tangjiashan
- Quake Pandas Delight Beijing
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 6, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  Eight giant pandas shaken by last month's earthquake made their first appearance at the Beijing Zoo yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Huge crowds visited the pandas, who seemed none the worse for wear from the move, planned before the quake to coincide with the Olympics. The zoo expects daily crowds of 100,000 this weekend, five times normal. More »
  
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  earthquake • animal • Beijing • China earthquake • zoo • panda • quake • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center
- 5.3 Aftershock Shakes Sichuan
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 5, 08 4:55 AM CDT
  
  Another strong aftershock has rattled China's quake-devastated Sichuan province amid increased concerns about lake floodwaters, reports AP. There were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries from the 5.3 tremblor, which came as authorities began evacuating people downstream from a lake formed by last month's quake. The water level in the "quake lake" is rising, putting over a million survivors at risk from flooding. More »
  
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- Chinese Police Drag Parents From Protest
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 3, 08 8:11 AM CDT
  
  Chinese police cracked down on parents protesting today over poorly-constructed schools they say killed their children in last month’s earthquake, the AP reports. Protesters had been chanting “we want to sue” before police dragged them down the street away from a courthouse, with some yelling for an explanation. The protest occurred as a top Chinese official toured the city. More »
  
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  China • protests • earthquake • police • school • construction
- China Silences Media on School Collapses
  
  newser | Financial Times (UK) | Jun 2, 08 6:27 AM CDT
  
  China has called on domestic media to quit reporting on widespread school collapses in the Sichuan earthquake, the Financial Times reports. Some parents hold the government accountable for poor construction they say claimed thousands of children’s lives, and the furor has hurt the positive reviews of China’s response to the quake. Parents continued to highlight the issue this weekend. More »
  
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- China Ignored Scientists' Quake Warnings
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Jun 1, 08 5:56 AM CDT
  
  Chinese officials ignored warnings from leading scientists of an upcoming earthquake in Sichuan Province, including one that almost pinpointed the date of the quake, the Times of London reports. Four seismologists predicted a blast of 6.7 or higher magnitude this year, while another suggested the rumble would occur within 10 days of May 8. Now, officials appear to be working to stifle word of the ignored warnings. More »
  
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  China • earthquake • Sichuan province • predictions • seismology
May 2008
- Stone 'So Sorry' About Quake Karma Crack
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 29, 08 5:30 AM CDT
  
  Sharon Stone has apologized for remarks suggesting bad "karma" for China's treatment of Tibet could have caused the Sichuan earthquake, AP reports. The apology came in a statement released through fashion company Christian Dior, which has dropped Stone from its Chinese ads. Stone's remarks caused widespread fury in China, with the state-controlled news agency calling her the "public enemy of all mankind." More »
  
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  earthquake • China earthquake • Sichuan province • Christian Dior • Sharon Stone
- China Aftershocks Level 420K Homes
  
  newser | BBC | May 27, 08 12:58 PM CDT
  
  More aftershocks rocked China today, destroying another 420,000 homes in battered Sichuan province, BBC reports. The aftershocks, including one that measured 5.7 magnitude, injured six people, although the majority of the homes were empty when the buildings were leveled. Eight people died when the same area was hit by an aftershock of similar magnitude on Sunday. More »
  
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- Big Quakes Beget More Shakes Worldwide
  
  newser | LiveScience | May 27, 08 9:45 AM CDT
  
  Massive earthquakes like this month's in China's Sichuan province can quite literally make waves on the other side of the Earth, a new seismology study finds. The surface tremors resulting from events like Indonesia's tsunami-triggering quake in 2004 lead to increased seismic activity around the globe—from two to five times the average, LiveScience reports. More »
  
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- China Evacuates 80,000 on Flood Fears
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 27, 08 7:09 AM CDT
  
  Chinese officials hurried to evacuate 80,000 people today near quake-hit Beichuan as waters rose in a dammed river, the AP reports. Soldiers are working to blast and dig a channel to drain some of the 34 billion gallons of water now held by the fragile dam, created by a quake-driven landslide. The new evacuations bring the total number of people cleared from the valley to 160,000. More »
  
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- Quake-Hit Colombians Hunker Down
  
  newser | Reuters | May 26, 08 5:00 AM CDT
  
  After Saturday’s 5.6-magnitude quake which sparked landslides, hundreds of Colombians gathered in temporary shelters yesterday, reluctant to return home for fear of further shake-ups, Reuters reports. Colombia’s Red Cross reported 11 deaths and 54 injuries, with some 5,000 facing damaged homes and other buildings. President Alvaro Uribe visited the hard-hit area. More »
  
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  Colombia • earthquake • Alvaro Uribe • aftershock
- Poorly Built Schools Stood No Chance in Earthquake
  
  newser | New York Times | May 25, 08 9:56 AM CDT
  
  As a massive earthquake shook Sichuan province, subpar construction turned many Chinese schoolrooms into the mass graves of as many as 10,000 children, the New York Times reports, and grieving parents are pointing fingers at Beijing. The government, aware of the problem, had issued warnings on school safety in the years before the quake—but in many cases, the shoddy buildings remained. “This is not a natural disaster,” said one parent. “They stole our children.” More »
  
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  China • children • earthquake • natural disaster • student • school • Sichuan province • construction • building
- 6 Die in 5.7-Mag Colombia Quake
  
  newser | Reuters | May 24, 08 6:29 PM CDT
  
  At least six people died and eight were injured during an earthquake in Colombia today, Reuters reports. The 5.7-magnitude temblor also razed 10 homes, damaged buildings, and sent people running into the streets of Bogota. Three of the quake's fatalities were trapped in landslides, and three others, including a baby, were in a car buried by an avalanche. More »
  
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- Quake May Have Saved Beijing Games
  
  newser | Associated Press | May 24, 08 6:10 PM CDT
  
  By pushing human rights and torch relay news off the front pages, China's massive earthquake may have revived an Olympics deemed "in crisis" only 2 weeks ago by the IOC chief, the AP reports. "I'm sorry to say it, but this has turned things around," said another IOC official. More »
  
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  China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • earthquake • China earthquake • Olympic protests • Sichuan province • International Olympic Committee

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