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Wenchuan Quake

Nation comes to 3-minute standstill
Air raid sirens, and car, train and ship horns wailed and people stood for three minutes in silence yesterday to mourn the tens of thousands who died in last week's earthquake.

Amid silence, doctor cries for lost mom

Toll hits 34,000; all areas reached

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Rescuers' motto: Never say die
Every effort will be made to save people if there is the slightest hope, President Hu Jintao said on Sunday while visiting quake-hit areas.

Stranded Taiwan tourists safe

From the rubble, village slowly starts rebuilding

Dreams shattered by death and destruction

Colonel turns into one-man rescue army

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Landslides hamper repair work
Five vehicles were buried over the weekend by mud flows as they attempted to leave quake-ravaged regions of Sichuan province, and an estimated 200 people were known to have been on board, a transport official said yesterday.

Hope starts from Tian'anmen

Three counties have no power

Donors warned against Net scams

Most telecom services resume in quake-hit areas

Quake Snippets

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Ambassadors express support, sympathy
The Foreign Ministry yesterday opened a book of condolences for foreign diplomats to express their sympathies for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. It will remain open for three days, until the conclusion of the national mourning.

Help through investment

Chinese American entertainers stage benefit

Foreigners pay respects

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Nation pauses to pay tribute to victims

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Intensive care for youngest victims
CHENGDU: If it were not for her being in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Chengdu Children's Hospital, 19-month-old Su Feifei would yesterday have looked just like any other sound-asleep toddler.

Task begins to ease troubled minds

Gratitude etched in name of newborn

Crowds, not corpses, the real health risk, WHO official says

Train carrying injured arrives in Chongqing

Guangdong hospitals readied

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Students try to cope with ordeal
At 7:50 am, 14-year-old Jiang Yulu, a student at Juyuan Middle School, left home for class. But rather than going to the schoolhouse, she was bound for a blue makeshift tent.

Displaced children get warm welcome

Companies' donations win high praise from netizens

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Crisis management ideas come of age
Since Sichuan province was rocked by an 8-magnitude quake on Monday, the central government and localities, including those in the disaster areas, have taken a series of measures to rescue people. The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held two special meetings to direct the rescue work.

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Nation in mourning

Challenges hereafter

Healing their battered souls

HK's hearts reach out to Sichuan

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Opinion

China, we're sure, will triumph over tragedy
Last Monday was very different for me as a foreigner living in Beijing. In that afternoon when we were given the instruction to evacuate our office building due to a tremor that was felt by some of our colleagues, I did not realize the magnitude of the situation that some people were undergoing at that moment.

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Heroes in white
The very first news stories in the aftermath of the quake were about medical personnel who moved patients from trembling buildings to safety. Much of the news came from Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, which had relatively stable signals from news outlets.

'I'll find him, dead or alive'

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Teachers' ultimate sacrifice
As flags throughout the country fly at half-mast in a three-day national mourning period that started yesterday, images of those who died in the disaster continue to touch citizens' hearts.

Children stare death in the face

Lesson of life's true meaning

Hope from a 3-year-old child

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Show of support draws $215m
Zhang Xufu could not believe his eyes when he saw his daughter on TV on the night of May 18. During a fundraising event hosted by CCTV, his daughter Bai Lin was recalling her experiences during the earthquake, which destroyed her school in Beichuan county.

Stars swing into action to help out

Teacher's blog describes happy times before disaster

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Focus is on treating trauma
The mother of two appeared strangely cold and calm, shedding no tears. She seemed numb and wore a blank expression, as if all blood had drained out of her.

Victims get a needed helping hand, listening ear

Counseling road to recovery for deeply traumatized survivors

Do's and don'ts of helping children

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Images from the edge

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Business China

Market joins in quake mourning
The stock market, along with the futures markets on the mainland, yesterday joined the nation in the three-minute silence to mourn the earthquake victims.

Hush descends upon Hong Kong trading hall

Disaster hits power equipment producer

Lenders work to resume operations

Central bank gives a helping hand

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Business International

Microsoft rejoins race for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp, the world's biggest software maker, revived the possibility of a deal with Yahoo Inc to challenge Google Inc after failing to agree on a merger.

Facebook CEO stresses firm's independence

Buffett begins European journey

NEC, Nissan to build hybrid car battery plant

Kiwi no longer favorite bird as major investors sell

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International

Brown takes questions via YouTube
Gordon Brown launched a YouTube version of Prime Minister's Questions yesterday in an attempt to connect with younger voters and dispel opposition jibes that he is not in tune with the digital age.

Anti-foreigner violence spreads in South Africa

Terror suspect may have fled Indonesia

Scientists discover millions of tiny starfish

'Africa's Miami' boasts Art Deco trove

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International

Book sheds new light on Watergate
A new book on the scandal that brought down US President Richard Nixon alleges that White House counsel John Dean ordered the infamous Watergate break-in in 1972, a charge Dean strongly rejected.

500 Iraqi, Afghan teen 'combatants' detained

Most wanted Al-Qaida suspect jailed

France: We held talks with Hamas

Wind farms spread footprint in US

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International

Mahathir quits ruling party
Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad quit Malaysia's main ruling party yesterday and urged others to follow suit in a move that could weaken its hold on power and unsettle financial markets.

3-day mourning declared for cyclone victims

Nations discuss species diversity

Bin Laden urges to fight Gaza closure

Media access key for Games: BOCOG

Party urges end of 35-hour work week

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