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The earthquake death toll across China rose to 14,866 by 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Xinhua learnt from authoritative sources.
Among the figure, 14,463 were dead in Sichuan Province, 280 in Gansu Province, 106 in Shaanxi Province, 14 in Chongqing Municipality, two in Henan Province and one in Yunnan Province.
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Troops rush in to help China quake rescue
China poured more troops into the earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to quicken a search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people still buried under rubble and mud.
Some 30,000 troops will join 20,000 already digging through rubble in the southwestern province, where Monday’s 7.9-magnitude [...]
death toll rises to nearly 10,000
A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country’s worst quake in three decades.
The 7.9-magnitude quake devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills [...]
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school.
The official Xinhua News Agency said 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan county in Sichuan province after [...]
INGREDIENTS
1 cup chopped pecans
2 cups shredded coconut
1 (18ounce)package pillsbury cinnamon swirl cake mix
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon , divided
1/2 cup margarine
8 ounces cream cheese , softened
16 ounces confectioners’ sugar (3 3/4 cups)
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
Cover bottom of pan with chopped pecan. Then spread coconut over the pecans.
In a mixing bowl mix Cinnamon Swirl Cake according to dirctions on box but add 1 teaspoons cinnamon to the cake [...]