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China’s quake lake to be drained soon

Beijing, June 5 : Tangjiashan, the "quake lake" in China's Sichuan Province, is likely to be drained soon, today or thereafter.

China defies inquiry calls over 1989 crackdown

Beijing  - China defies inquiry calls over 1989 crackdownThe Tiananmen Mothers on Wednesday drew links to last month's

Search for aid helicopter hindered by fog in China

Beijing - Fog on Tuesday impeded the search for a helicopter that crashed while on an aid mission in the earthquake zone of south-western China.

Beijing organizers apologize for offending disabled athlet

Beijing  - China's Olympic Games organizers Monday apologized over a
guide to volunteers for the Paralympics in September which was deemed

China evacuates more from lake; "nuclear sources" moved

Beijing  - China completed the evacuation of another 200,000 people on Saturday from areas in danger of floods from a lake formed by a huge landslide during the Sichuan earthquake.

After the quake comes parents' anger over school collapses

After the quake comes parents' anger over school collapsesBeijing  - Mourning has increasingly turned into anger by some of the survivors of this month's earthquake in south-western China.

Hundreds of parents of perished children recently marched through the town of Mianzhu in the afflicted province of Sichuan. They carried photographs and banners decrying the deaths of their children in collapsed schools.

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