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**News Articles**
(6-6-08) **China's quake raises public's disaster-fighting awareness** - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/06/content_8323191.htm (5-12-08) **Thousands killed in China by powerful earthquake** - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/12/asia/13china.php (5-12-08) **Buried teenagers crying for help** - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396650.stm (5-12-08) **China quake buries nearly 900 students in Sichuan Province** - http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/12/content_8153516.htm (5-13-08) **Shanghai shares fall after quake** - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7398300.stm (5-22-08) **China quake deaths exceed 51,000** - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7414249.stm (5-25-08) **Aftershock in China topples many buildings** - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/25/asia/26quake.php (5-27-08) **Parents' grief turns to fury in China** - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/27/asia/quake.php (6-1-08) **Setback for China quake rescuers** - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7429783.stm (6-10-08) **Quake lake drains into ruined Chinese town** - http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/asia/10quake.php (9-5-08) **China Cites Construction in Deaths** - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122055539761400771.html?mod=dist_smartbrief (1-19-09) **China to rebuild quake town** - http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_328157.html

**Statistics**
**Magnitude 7.9 - Earthquake Summary -** http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ryan.php#summary
 * Mapping the Earthquake Zone** - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7400614.stm
 * Earthquake in Sichuan Province -** http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/12/world/05132008_CHINA_MAP.html
 * Magnitude 7.9 - Earthquake Details -** http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ryan.php#details

Facts
http://www.drgeorgepc.com/Earthquake2008ChinaSichuan.html //Note: For a full list of news articles, images, videos, statistics, and more, go to [|http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoservice/disasters/china-earthquake-sichuan.asp]//

Organizations
[|UNESCO Natural Disaster Reduction] - A United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization program. They study and try to mitigate many types of natural disasters, such as earthquakes. Their website has information on these disasters and describes how to help prevent them and respond to them efficiently after they have happened. It also contains projects they are working on concerning natural disasters [|China Earthquake Aid] - A non-profit organization that works to provide aid to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. You can donate money, help them raise awareness, or participate in one of their projects by doing things like writing thoughtful letters to children impacted by the disaster [|Red Cross Society of China] - A humanitarian social relief organization. They provide relief to disaster victims, refugees, and wounded soldiers in China as well as in other countries, if possible. They collect donations for their cause on their website. [|World Vision] - An Christian humanitarian organization that focuses on children and families in need around the world. They have a long-term (2 to 3 year) project planned for rural communities, such as Qingchuan County, hit by the Sichuan earthquake in 2008; they are working to help rebuild schools, homes, and health clinics in order to allow the citizens' lives to eventually go back to normal. However, they need financial support; you can help by donating on their website.

**Images**
Rebuilding after the quake (DuJiangYan School).

Rubble.

Searching for survivors.

The epicenter of the earthquake; almost everything was destroyed.

Chinese army are on their way to the disaster site.

Chinese army rescuing survivors.

After the earthquake.

Road after the earthquake.

People are standing outside, left homeless.

A primary school in LiangPing county. 5 children were killed and 34 injured.

A collapsed building in Sichuan.

A trapped victim.

Families of the victims in mourning.

A rescuer grasping the hand of a young student at Wudu Primary School.


 * Sources**:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sichuan_earthquake_wenchuan.JPG/800px-Sichuan_earthquake_wenchuan.JPG http://www.yelingyang.com/china/phohos/photo-gallery-of-terrible-earthquake-in-sichuan-ch.php http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/features/article_1405138.php/In_photos_China_Sichuan_Earthquake http://travelerfolio.com/travelerfolio/photos/sichuan_earthquake_disaster_04.jpg http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/723532.jpg http://initiativesforchina.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/crying650.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/26599733@N04/2495198460/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakuralove/2504524783/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/wang_qian_021386/2498046641/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtbl/2508176363/ //Note: Some sites provide more than one picture.//

**Videos**
media type="youtube" key="9jd21VrygAM" height="344" width="425" "Sichuan School collapse filmed LIVE by survivor"

media type="youtube" key="dddbsODis2M" height="344" width="425" "Chinese Engineer Discusses Sichuan Building Methods"

media type="youtube" key="ndZU2Q3I_o8" height="344" width="425" "Poor Construction Reason Schools Collapsed in China Quake"

media type="youtube" key="e_tIOLd83Fk" height="344" width="425" "Earthquake Drill"

media type="youtube" key="y0R_YxcEcIA" height="344" width="425" "Sichuan, China Earthquake" A slideshow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhdc4PYZv0E (in Chinese) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jd21VrygAM ppt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddbsODis2M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndZU2Q3I_o8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tIOLd83Fk&feature=PlayList&p=56A8098828476A21&index=11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE8AeoXIFOk (in Chinese) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7omSOb-7Yk&feature=related (in Chinese) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0R_YxcEcIA&feature=related maybe put in ppt
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