Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/asia.html en-en Sat, 17 May 2008 07:40:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/asia.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080517/tpl-uk-quake-41a8b2f.html /rtrs/20080517/r_t_rtrs_pl_insuranc/tpl-uk-quake-41a8b2f_11 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:40:00 +0000 A Chinese county near the epicentre of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake was ordered to evacuate on Saturday amid fears a lake had burst its banks, prompting thousands to flee to the hills to escape possible flooding. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080517/tpl-uk-quake-flee-41a8b2f.html /rtrs/20080517/r_t_rtrs_pl_insuranc/tpl-uk-quake-flee-41a8b2f_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:23:00 +0000 Thousands fled as a lake burst its banks in Beichuan, near the epicentre of China's earthquake in which a total 50,000 people may have died, a Reuters photographer said. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080517/twl-race-to-save-lives-china-s-leader-ur-3fd0ae9.html /skynews/20080517/r_t_skynews_wl/twl-race-to-save-lives-china-s-leader-ur-3fd0ae9_3 Sat, 17 May 2008 07:14:00 +0000 Five days after a devastating earthquake struck southwest China, the country's president has appealed to rescuers in Sichuan province to race to save lives. SkyNews http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080517/tpl-uk-myanmar-cyclone-migrants-04b64de.html /rtrs/20080517/r_t_rtrs_pl_weather/tpl-uk-myanmar-cyclone-migrants-04b64de_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 05:42:00 +0000 Despite struggling to make ends meet in Thailand, migrant workers from Myanmar are raising cash for their cyclone-hit compatriots, with many still uncertain of the fate of friends and family two weeks after the disaster. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/tts-china-quake-efe14c4.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_ts_china/tts-china-quake-efe14c4_2 Sat, 17 May 2008 05:16:00 +0000 New survivors were plucked from the rubble Saturday as rescuers in China waged an increasingly desperate battle to save lives five days after a huge quake killed an estimated 50,000 people. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/tts-china-quake-survivors-panda-efe14c4.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_ts_china/tts-china-quake-survivors-panda-efe14c4_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 02:13:00 +0000 An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080517/tpl-uk-quake-children-c3c492c.html /rtrs/20080517/r_t_rtrs_pl_govaid/tpl-uk-quake-children-c3c492c_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 01:20:00 +0000 The air around the Dujiangyan crematorium is acrid with smoke and disinfectant as families bid farewell to victims of southwest China's calamitous earthquake, all too many of them children. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080517/tpl-uk-quake-aid-c3c492c.html /rtrs/20080517/r_t_rtrs_pl_govaid/tpl-uk-quake-aid-c3c492c_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:59:00 +0000 (Reuters) - The death toll from the most devastating earthquake to hit China in three decades is expected to rise to more than 50,000 in Sichuan province alone. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080517/twl-uk-quake-sichuan-f95b186.html /rtrs/20080517/r_t_rtrs_wl_insuranc/twl-uk-quake-sichuan-f95b186_1 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:59:00 +0000 (Reuters) - Parts of China's south-western province of Sichuan have been devastated by the magnitude 7.9 earthquake that hit the area on Monday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080516/twl-aftershock-hits-china-quake-zone-41f21e0.html /itn/20080516/r_t_itn_wl/twl-aftershock-hits-china-quake-zone-41f21e0_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 22:45:12 +0000 An aftershock has brought new havoc to the earthquake-stricken region of China on Friday. ITN