No.1 Quake-shaken county short of supplies 芦山缺水缺粮缺药 8052Food, water and medicine shortages are plaguing Lushan county after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the area on the morning of April 20, chinanews.com reported on April 23. The death toll of the earthquake has risen to 193, with 25 missing and 12,211 injured as of 6 am on April 23, Xinhua cited statistics from the
Ministry of Civil Affairs.
No.2 NASA pinpoints three habitable planets 发现三颗新地球 7549NASA announced on April 18 that its Kepler space telescopes have recently detected three planets outside the solar system that may suitable for human habitation, the nearest 1,200 light-years away from Earth, huanqiu.com cited an AP report.
No.3Japanese lawmakers visit controversial Yasukuni Shrine 日本 参拜靖国神社 7398Despite repeated strong opposition from China, a group of 168 Japanese lawmakers on April 23 visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which honors Japanese war dead, including the names of convicted war criminals, Xinhua reported.
No.4 KFC China denies H7N9 rumors 肯德基h7n9 7264KFC China denied online rumors that employees at one of their 25 poultry suppliers had been infected with H7N9 bird flu on April 22. The rumor has been forwarded thousands of times on Sina Weibo since April 21, the Nanfang Daily reported.
No.5 Film premiere subdued to honor Ya’an quake victims 致青春首映从简 6855The red-carpet ceremony for the premiere of director Vicki Chao’s film So Young on April 21 was called off and festivities toned down in honor of the victims of the Ya’an quake, according to Sina Entertainment news.
Updated by 4pm, April 23, 2013
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