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  Over 100 people feared buried in southwest China landslide

  World | June 24, 2017 9:31 IST

  A landslide that occurred in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday morning smashed some 40 homes, where about 100 people are feared to be buried.

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  World's oldest primitive animal fossil found in China

  World | March 10, 2015 7:35 IST

  Washington: Scientists have discovered the "earliest and most credible" primitive animal fossil in 600 million-year-old rocks in southwest China, according to media reports.The research led by Chinese scientists described a well-preserved, rice grain-sized primitive sponge

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  US offers help to China for quake relief

  World | August 04, 2014 11:25 IST

  Washington: The White House on Sunday offered condolences over loss of lives in China's southwestern province of Yunnan, where a strong earthquake befell earlier in the day, saying the US was ready to help."The United

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  18 Chinese students buried in landslide

  World | October 04, 2012 17:28 IST

  Beijing, Oct 4: As many as 18 students were buried Thursday in a landslide that slammed into a primary school in southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said.The incident happened around 8 a.m. in the village

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  4 killed, 100 injured as moderate quake jolts southwest China

  World | June 25, 2012 20:21 IST

  Beijing, Jun 25: At least four people were killed and 100 others injured after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted a remote mountainous area in southwest China on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction.The casualties were reported

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  Moderate 5.0 Quake Strikes Southwest China

  World | October 18, 2010 11:14 IST

  Beijing, Oct 18 (AFP) A moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China today near the region devastated by a powerful 2008 quake, the US Geological Survey said.The earthquake hit the border area between the Chinese provinces