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By-passers line up to donate money at a collection for Sichuan earthquake victims organised by student volunteers in Shanghai. The Chinese government has said fatalities could rise above 50,000.
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Jamil Anderlini, the FT’s Beijing correspondent, reports from Sichuan province, epicentre of China’s worst earthquake in 30 years
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Iceland agrees €1.5bn swap scheme with neighbours
Iceland has agreed €1.5bn of swap agreements with its Nordic neighbours as it increases efforts to fight economic uncertainty and record inflation
US to announce N Korea food aid package
Aid to flow for first time in two years
Sri Lankan blast kills 10 and injures 85
Bomb rocks Colombo’s commercial quarter
Bush warns against a nuclear Iran
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China quake toll ‘could reach 50,000’
Authorities call on overseas experts for help
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Brown dismisses leadership ‘gossip’
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