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A Beijing mobile army hospital that worked to save lives in the Wenchuan earthquake will send 176 rescuers to the quake-hit Yushu prefecture of Qinghai.
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The death toll from a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province has risen to 760, rescuers said Friday. The latest statistics show that 243 people were missing and 11,477 injured, 1,174 severely, said a spokesman with the rescue headquarters in in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in southern Qinghai.
Language barriers due to Tibetan dialects add to the uphill task of earthquake relief in northwest China's Qinghai Province, as nearly 100 Tibetan-savvy college students volunteered themselves on Thursday at local hospitals in the capital city Xining.
An English-language weekly run by China Daily and Zhejiang Daily Press Group will debut in the second half of this year to serve readers in one of the country's wealthiest provinces.
Indian President Pratibha Patil would visit China in May, President Hu Jintao said on Thursday.
Chinese president Hu Jintao expressed appreciation to India President Manmohan Singh's understanding of his decision shortening the BRIC meeting, and apologized for any inconvenience.
Venezuela president Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías showed understanding of Hu's decision to cancel the state visit with Venezuela. Rafael also expressed his deep condolences for victims in the Qinghai quake-stricken area，saying "Venezuela is willing to provide any possible support to China".
Chinese president Hu Jintao made telephone calls to Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the Venezuelan president Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías conveying his decision to cancel the state-visits because of the emergency in China, where a 7.1-earthquake hit Qinghai province.
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet said he could totally understand Hu's decision to cancel the scheduled state visit, and on behalf of the Chilean people he expressed his condolences and best wishes for victims in Qinghai quake zone.
Leaders from Brazil, Russia and India expressed their deepest condolences to victims in China’s earthquake-hit area. After consultation, the second BRIC meeting will open early and shorten its meeting agenda.
President Hu Jintao has decided to cut short his planned tour of key South American nations and head home on Friday after the BRIC summit in Brazil, in order to help better direct disaster relief after a 7.1-magnitude quake struck Qinghai early Wednesday.
