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China Qinghai Quake Death Toll Rises to 589

Rescuers work on the debris of a local vocational school after a quake in Yushu County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, April 14, 2010. [more]

Backgrounder Powerful Earthquakes in Qinghai Province Since 2001

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Wednesday, leaving at least 300 people dead, 8,000 people injured and many others buried under the debris. [more]

Chile quake in 'elite class' like 2004 Asian quake

The huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile belongs to an "elite class" of mega earthquakes, experts said, and is similar to the 2004 Indian Ocean temblor that triggered deadly tsunami waves. [more]

Silent Mourning of Haiti

Intro: Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a Creole-and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago. [more]
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