China quake prompts evacuation of 8,250
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An earthquake in a remote region of northwest China brought down more than 2,100 houses and prompted the evacuation of 8,250 people, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
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COLOMBO  - Over 8,300 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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China was evacuating tens of thousands of people from its financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday in the face of a powerful typhoon churning towards the east coast.
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At least 100 people are dead and scores are missing in some of the heaviest rains and floods southern China has seen in years. Disaster relief officials said Monday at least 67 people have been killed in Sichuan
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Typhoon Meari, the eighth storm to hit Japan this year, brought winds of up to 67 miles per hour, and left at least eight people missing.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China killed 56 people and left dozens more missing or trapped, the government said Thursday.
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More than 100 people have died in  floods and landslides in China where dykes protecting a swollen  river in the east, which has already prompted tens of thousands  to flee their homes, are in danger of being breached.
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A gas explosion in a crowded coal mine  in central China has killed 56 people and left 100 missing, the  Xinhua news agency said Thursday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Six people were hurt and twohospitals evacuated after a strong earthquake shook a largepart of western Colombia on Monday, the government said.
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Donations pouring into SW China quake-hit area    KUNMING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Governments, companies, universities and individuals have been offering donations and assistance to the quake-stricken area in southwest China's Yunnan Province after the disaster happened on Sunday.
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SHANGHAI : More than half a million people were evacuated in east China as it braced for the full force of Typhoon Aere, which struck the mainland afternoon after killing at least six people in Taiwan.
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At least 56 workers have been killed and nearly 100 were missing feared dead after one of the worst coal mine disasters in China's recent history
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A gas explosion in a crowded coal mine  in China killed at least 56 people and left 92 missing with  little hope of surviving the country's most serious mine  accident in years, Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
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Hundreds of thousands of people fled China&#39;s eastern coast as Typhoon Aere hit the mainland after battering Taiwan. Aere came ashore in Fujian province, south of Shanghai, late Wednesday afternoon.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 56 miners, and chances were low that 92 missing people would survive, in China&#39;s deadliest coal mining accident this year, officials said today.
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A powerful typhoon targeted China's booming eastern province of Zhejiang and financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of tens of thousands of people as ships and boats were called back to port.
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An earthquake off Sumatra triggered a massive tsunami that swept across southeast Asia Sunday, killing more than 8,000.