Death toll in China quake rises to 71 April 20, 2013 - 13:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake has hit China's Sichuan province, killing at least 71 people and injuring about 2,200, RTE reported. The epicentre is close to where a major earthquake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008. The earthquake occurred at 8.02am (1.02am Irish time) in Lushan county near Ya'an city and the epicentre had a depth of 12km, the US Geological Survey said. Most of the deaths were concentrated in Lushan, where water and electricity were cut off. Pictures on Chinese news sites showed collapsed buildings and people in bloodied bandages being treated in hospital. Xinhua said rescuers in Lushan had pulled 32 survivors out of rubble.  Top stories Another 10,000 fled Mosul after ISIS took control at the beginning of June and numbers dropped have fallen rapidly since. The announcement comes just two days after President Abdullah Gül confirmed that he would not seek a second term. In the report, the Observatory said its activists on the ground have the names of 5,641 rebels who have been killed in infighting. Both polls have Selahattin Demirtas, the expected candidate for Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party, on less than 10 percent.   Partner news |  Latest news "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" unveils new poster  The poster features Smaug the dragon roaring and looming over a burning village with Bard the Bowman blocking his path.Tommy Lee Jones joins Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman in “Criminal” The film centers on a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets and skills implanted into a prison inmate in hopes that he will stop a diabolical plot.Turkey to portray Diaspora Armenians as 'sectarians': scholar "Hrant Dink was killed in revenge for the assassination of Talat Pasha, the architect of the Armenian Genocide," Akcam writes.China manufacturing activity grows at fastest pace in 18 months The bank's purchasing managers' index (PMI), a gauge of the sector's health, rose to 52 in July, from 50.7 in June. |
