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Premier Li Keqiang has visited a hospital in central China's Hubei province, where several survivors rescued from the capsized passenger ship are receiving treatment. Zhu Hongmei, 65, was the first person to be found by divers on Tuesday. Li, who is
Local authorities have been briefing the media about the latest from the scene of the Eastern Ship capsize, and head of Jianli county Huang Zhen told the media that the search operation is still ongoing. He said because of Jinalis limited capacity, s
U.S. and European central banks have in unison cut their interest rates by half a percentage point. The coordinated move is aimed at bringing some stability back to the shaky global economy and slumping stock markets. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports fro
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