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Help the victims of the Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake


On September 30, 2009, a major earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.6 hit the west-northwest of Padang, Sumatra, 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru.

The death-toll estimates range from a few hundred to over 1300, with thousands more trapped in collapsed buildings and under landslides. Government reports confirmed 715 deaths in West Sumatra province.

Help the victims by donating money (even a penny would be great) or publishing your sympathy at your blog, favorite social media site etc. or just talk about it to make people aware of this tragedy.

Death toll rises to 7 in E China subway tunnel collapse

Two more bodies of missing workers were found on Monday afternoon, bringing the death toll in Saturday’s collapse at a subway construction site in east China’s Zhejiang Province to seven.

Rescuers extricated another body earlier in the day, and the death toll was expected to rise as the search for 14 other missing workers continues.

The incident [...]

November 17th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: People´s Daily | Leave a comment

Death toll from Tibet bus accident rises to 18

The death toll from Friday’s bus accident in Tibet has risen to 18, according to local government.

Four injured passengers died while being transferred from the Nagqu Prefecture, where the accident happened, to the regional capital Lhasa, said Huang Kangyu, Party chief of Tibet regional traffic and transportation administration.

Another 29 people were injured in the accident, [...]

November 17th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: People´s Daily | Leave a comment