China has officially begun three days of national mourning, for more than 30,000 'Thousands dead' in Chinese quake ...
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Cash for pubs to offer loo breaks ... victims of an earthquake that struck a week ago. Public entertainment will be suspended, flags kept at half-mast and a three-minute silence observed to mark exactly a week since the quake.
Around the country air raid sirens and car, train and ship horns will also sound to at 2:28 pm. The quake, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, was the country's worst in three decades. Earlier, President Hu Jintao expressed his gratitude to countries that have donated aid. He made the statement following a meeting with emergency workers in Sichuan.
(Deutsche Welle)
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