Southwest China
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Over 100 people feared buried in southwest China landslide
World | Jun 24, 2017, 09:31 AM ISTA 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 | Mar 10, 2015, 07:35 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Aug 04, 2014, 11:25 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Oct 04, 2012, 05:28 PM ISTBeijing, 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 | Jun 25, 2012, 08:21 PM ISTBeijing, 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 | Oct 18, 2010, 11:14 AM ISTBeijing, 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