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Rare rescues as China quake toll passes 2,000Jiegu, China (AFP) April 20, 2010 Relief supplies poured into a remote Tibetan region in northwest China Monday as two women and a girl were rescued from the rubble more than five days after a quake that killed more than 2,000. Chinese authorities ramped up the disaster response, clogging roads leading into Qinghai province's Yushu prefecture with truckloads of food, tents and quilts, but warned that icy weather could bring more misery in the days ahead. In rare good news, rescuers Monday pulled Wujin Cuomao, 68, and Cairen Baji ... read more |
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Jiegu, China (AFP) April 18, 2010Buddhist monks cremated hundreds of China quake victims over sanitation fears Saturday as hopes dimmed of finding further survivors, with the death toll rising to more than 1,400. Naked, bloodied and bruised corpses were piled on a massive funeral pyre outside the shattered town of Jiegu on the remote Tibetan plateau and lit by chanting Buddhist monks, three days after the quake left thousan ... more
Kolkata, India (AFP) April 16, 2010Anger at the slow pace of relief efforts in storm-ravaged northeast India boiled over on Friday as destitute and hungry locals attacked officials and looted an aid depot, a minister said. A violent thunderstorm and tornado ravaged hundreds of thousands of mud and tin-roofed homes and killed more than 130 people on Tuesday night when it tore across several northeastern states of India and nei ... more  
New Delhi (AFP) April 15, 2010India said Wednesday it would use a new tiger tracking system to crack down on "lazy" wildlife guards as it struggles to halt poaching that has drastically reduced the number of big cats. India's endangered tiger population has plummeted to 1,350 - just over a third of the 3,700 estimated to be alive in 2002. "Many field officers are too lazy" to patrol their wildlife sanctuary areas, E ... more |
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NASA Announces Winners Of 17th Annual Great Moonbuggy RaceHuntsville AL (SPX) Apr 15, 2010 NASA has announced the victors in the 17th annual Great Moonbuggy Race: The team representing the International Space Education Institute of Leipzig, Germany, won the high school division; and racers from the University of Puerto Rico in Humacao took first place in the college division. The teams bested more than 70 teams from 18 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Germany, India and Romania. More than 600 drivers, engineers and mechanics - all students - gathered with their team advisors and cheering se ... read more |
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