Earthquake - thousands dead in China

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There has been a massive earthquake in china.

Almost 900 students are buried after an earthquake measuring
7.8 caused a building to collapse in south-western China, state media
reports.

President Hu Jintao urged "all-out" efforts to rescue victims of the quake,
which hit 92km (57 miles) from Chengdu, Sichuan's provincial capital.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7395496.stm

 

By OrangKedah• 12 May 2008 23:40
OrangKedah

Very tragic indeed!

Just wondering... I don't know how many of you can remember the following earthquakes that occured in:-

1. Mexico ~ just before the 1986 FIFA World Cup

2. Japan ~ just before the 2002 FIFA World Cup

and now...

3. China ~ just before the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Strange isn't it?

By anonymous• 12 May 2008 22:47
anonymous

How many people are from Tibet?

By Snowstorm• 12 May 2008 19:21
Snowstorm

reminds me of the big earthquake in Gujarat (india) years ago....

 

YOU DONT KNOW ME, DONT EVEN TRY !!!

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By Dracula• 12 May 2008 17:22
Dracula

After heartquake(China)= Tzunami( Where???)

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Eli Eli Lema Sabachthani?

By christine spanos• 12 May 2008 17:08
christine spanos

Also they have the Olympic games in few months, they will not tell all the true about victims.....

By mghozlan• 12 May 2008 17:01
mghozlan

more and more catastrophes are happening these days !!! end of time u say xonic, hope not.

By dragonfly212• 12 May 2008 16:56
dragonfly212

why all big natural disaster happened in asia? the poor country like myanmar, indonesia, thailand??? and now china??

Everybody is right everybody is wrong it depends where you stand.

By SPEED• 12 May 2008 16:40
SPEED

As per BBC the death toll has reached between 3000 - 5000 in just one province. Fearing toll may rise as more news are coming from China.

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By lovinni• 12 May 2008 16:13
lovinni

you're so right Mila...we'll never know when would be the the last time. my prayers are extended to the victims of this tradgedy.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.  ~Charles Schulz

By dragonfly212• 12 May 2008 16:03
dragonfly212

with all war and natural disaster we should remain humble, grateful to GOD for all we have and stay positive in life that everything is not forever. GOD can take it anything anytime. So please love your husband/wife, daughter/son, family/friends, neighbor/people on the street more. We never knows when our last time in this world.

Everybody is right everybody is wrong it depends where you stand.

By brandylady• 12 May 2008 16:02
brandylady

no one can ever be prepared for such a tragedy, god go with those who lost their lives and the families they leave behind

By catsniper• 12 May 2008 16:00
catsniper

No guarantee, No warrantee for life . Sad but true.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

By thexonic• 12 May 2008 15:56
thexonic

Oh god this is bad :(, signs of the end of time

IF EVERYONE WAS TO TAKE AN EYE FOR AN EYE, THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD'VE BEEN BLIND TODAY - MAHATMA GANDHI

By djkiller• 12 May 2008 15:55
djkiller

very bad..

By nadt• 12 May 2008 15:55
nadt

How tragic...

By dragonfly212• 12 May 2008 15:53
dragonfly212

May their soul rest in peace. Amin

Everybody is right everybody is wrong it depends where you stand.

By dragonfly212• 12 May 2008 15:52
dragonfly212

thats is shocking news!! i read that since morning in cnn.com been following the update.

Everybody is right everybody is wrong it depends where you stand.

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