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Breaking News - China quake death toll soars past 155,000
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Fri May 23 07:20:25 2008
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<td height="20" colspan="2" class="style3 style4"> <p><strong>BEIJING, China (CNN) </strong> -- <a href="http://www.colectionarul.com/existenz1.html">Chinese government officials raised the death toll from last week's earthquake past 155,000</a>, as calls were sent out for more material to help the massive recovery effort.</p>
<p> The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwestern China was raised to 155,740, government officials reported on Friday. </p></td>
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<td valign="top" height="156" colspan="2"><p> The 7.9-magnitude quake injured 292,481 people, with another 24,960 missing, authorities said. </p>
<p> As of midday Thursday, domestic and international donations to China's earthquake zone had reached $13 billion, or 92.4 billion yuan, according to State Council officials. </p>
<p> So far, $873 million has been forwarded to the earthquake-affected areas, the office said. </p>
<p> In the midst of the devastation caused by last week's quake, China's central government has announced it will allocate $10 billion to the country's reconstruction fund, according to state media. </p>
<p> To free up the funding, Premier Wen Jiabao said government spending will be cut by five percent this year, China's Xinhua news agency reported.</p>
<p> Beijing will also allocate $3.6 billion for rescue and relief efforts in quake-hit regions. </p>
<p> China's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development called on local authorities to build a million temporary homes by early August to accommodate many of the five million Chinese left homeless by the earthquake, according to Xinhua. </p>
<p> It also suggested that local authorities build one elementary school, one clinic and one retail store for every 1,000 temporary homes, and one middle school for every 2,000. </p>
<p> "We need more than 3.3 million tents," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters, according to The Associated Press, adding that 400,000 tents have already been delivered. </p></td>
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