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  China evacuates people from quake-hit Tibetan town

  World | April 30, 2015 11:26 IST

  Beijing: China has begun the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people trapped in a quake-hit Tibetan town along the Nepal border after its entry highway was cleared of obstructions caused by the temblor.  Access to Zham

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  India evacuates nationals from violence-hit Ukrainian city

  India | June 03, 2014 15:05 IST

  New Delhi: India has made arrangements to evacuate all its nationals, mainly students, from violence-hit Ukrainian city of Lugansk to Kiev, top officials said today.The evacuation arrangements were made in cooperation with the Ukrainian government,

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  India shuts down South Sudan oilfields, evacuates entire staff

  World | December 23, 2013 17:42 IST

  New Delhi: India today evacuated all its oil employees from strife-torn South Sudan and shut down oilfields amid escalating violence in the world's youngest nation.All 11 executives working on 40,000 barrels per day Greater Nile

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  China evacuates 417,000 people ahead of typhoon

  World | October 06, 2013 17:00 IST

  Beijing: Hundreds of thousands of people in southeast China were evacuated and fishing vessels called back to shore today because of an approaching typhoon, authorities said.Typhoon Fitow is expected to make landfall early on Monday

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  Japan Evacuates Emergency Workers, Prepares For The Worst

  World | March 16, 2011 14:34 IST

  Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 16 :  Radiation levels rose today in Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant where a new fire broke out, forcing the government to withdraw emergency workers engaged in efforts to cool overheating reactors at the