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Sichuan
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 China confirms 6th bird flu case this month  A 29-year-old man in southwest China is in critical condition after testing positive for bird flu, making him the country's sixth confirmed ...
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| May.7 |
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 2008 quake killed 5,335 students| State media: 7.9 earthquake that struck last year killed 5,335 students and left an additional 546 children disabled | |
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| May.12 |
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Amid rebuilding, scars linger from quake In 2008 the tremor killed 68,712 people. It left 17,921 missing, more than 374,000 injured and at least 15 million people displaced
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| May.28 |
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  China quarantines U.S. school group 21 students and three teachers from a Maryland private school have been quarantined because of swine flu concerns
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| Jun.5 |
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Massive landslide buries dozens Map of Chongqing China| Rescue workers searched for 80 people believed to be trapped by a massive landslide in the southwest city at an iron ore mining area | |
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| Jul.9 |
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Quake destroys 10,000 homes The 6.0-magnitude quake hit Yunnan province in southwest China, leaving more than 300 people injured
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| Jul.27 |
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Quake devastated wild panda habitat 23 percent of the pandas' habitat in the area was destroyed in 2008, and fragmentation of the remaining habitat could hinder panda reproduct...
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| Aug.9 |
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 Typhoon Morakot slams into China  Map of Fujian China| At least one person was killed as Typhoon Morakot is packing high winds and torrential rain. Nearly a million people had been evacuated | |
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 Millions displaced as typhoon blasts China| High winds and torrential rain of Typhoon Morakot that slammed into China's coastal provinces and Taiwan has left dozens missing | |
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| Aug.10 |
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Landslide crushes buildings Map of Pengxi in Zhejiang China At least 6 apartment blocks have collapsed following landslides in eastern China, trapping an unknown number of people
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| Aug.19 |
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Web addiction camp investigated A 14-year-old boy beaten at a boot camp for Internet addicts was in critical condition, less than 3 weeks after a youth at a different camp ...
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| Aug.30 |
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 Myanmar refugees flood into China Thousands of refugees poured across the border into southern China at the end of the week to escape fighting there
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| Sep.2 |
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Plants shut for lead poisoning Map of Hunan China About 1,354 children in the province test positive for abnormal levels of lead. 8 factories shuttered; won't reopen until meet standards
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| Oct.8 |
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Mine accident kills 26 Map of Hunan China The accident occurred when a brake failure caused two elevators carrying 31 miners in a tin-ore mine in Lengshuijiang City to plunge
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| Oct.14 |
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 Dutch tourists die in China balloon crash A search party hunted for a hot-air balloon that had been catching fire and crashing, arriving in time to save only three of the seven people aboard
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| Oct.18 |
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Deadly barn collapse kills 10 Map of Renhuai Guizhou China An old grain warehouse collapsed, killing 10 people and wounding nine. Farmers were selling sorghum at the barn
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| Nov.22 |
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Three years' jail for China activist Huang Qi has been sentenced to three years in prison for 'illegally holding state secrets' after helping families whose children died during the quake
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| Dec.7 |
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School stampede in turns deadly Map of Hunan China A stampede on a staircase killed 8 students and injured 26 others. A student had fallen on a flight of stairs, causing dozens to lose their balance
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East Asia 
Earthquake
Main Event: Typhoon Morakot slams...