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My office observed the three minutes of public/collective mourning as well (I think that might be a better gloss on it than "silence"). I was extremely moved by the horns, actually. In our part of to...

Arab Times is reporting the following: "A 38-year-old French teacher who worked in Wenchuan was found safe in a camp for displaced people and will also be taken to Chengdu, said the consul in the cit...

Arab Times is reporting the following: "A 38-year-old French teacher who worked in Wenchuan was found safe in a camp for displaced people and will also be taken to Chengdu, said the consul in the cit...

A minor, but important, correction to the figures about tourists stranded in Aba reported above: (http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2008-05/15/content_8174292.htm) These are figures for people str...

No news yet, but that isn't surprising as the phones have all been cut off (both land and wireless systems down). The picture you linked to is definitely of Aba Teacher's College, so the good state o...

PS. I have friends in Chengdu and Aba Prefecture who are trying to get in touch with Aba Teachers College to verify that the foreign teacher and his family are safe. Will let you know if and when I ...

According The Aba Prefecture Government official in charge of the disaster relief has reported that all the tourists (foreign and domestic) known to be in Wolong are safe. This information was receiv...

I seriously doubt that the photo you posted in Update 68 is really of a building in Wenchuan. The style of architecture is out of place (you would rarely find a modern design like that in a small cou...