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A father calls for investigation into his children's school collapse, May 2008
China names 19,000 May quake dead
Chinese authorities name more than 19,000 people killed in a big quake in May, but deny reports they were all students.
China admits school defects
Quake work to cost $150bn

US aircraft carrier USS Stennis - 6/2/2007 US global power 'set to wane'
American dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new US intelligence report says.

Singapore's financial district Singapore officially in recession
Singapore downgrades its economic growth figure, confirming it was Asia's first country in recession in this crisis.

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Chinese plants shut as global financial crisis hits

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