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Article: China quake death toll remains unchanged
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- August 4, 2008
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China quake death toll remains unchanged
BEIJING, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the May 12
earthquake in Sichuan Province and its neighboring region stood at
69,207 as of Monday noon, the State Council Information Office said
in a statement.
The number of people listed as missing and injured stood at
18,194 and 374,468 respectively.
As of Monday noon, a total of 1,485,899 quake-affected people had
been relocated.
Among the 96,509 hospitalized for injury, 91,849 had been
discharged, the statement said.
The government spending on disaster relief and reconstruction had
topped 64.16 billion yuan (about 9.3 billion U.S. dollars),
including 57.41 billion yuan from the central budget ...
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Article: URGENT: China quake death toll rises to 69,019
Xinhua News Agency;
June 2, 2008 ;
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...URGENT: China quake death toll rises to 69,019 BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in China's major earthquake increased by three to 69,019 as of Monday noon, the Information Office of the State Council ...
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