BEIJING, May 19 (Itar-Tass) -- China has come to a standstill at 2. 28 pm local time Monday to observe three minutes of silence in memory of the victims of

China Mourns Quake Victims: China has begun three days of mourning for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province that claimed about

People across China have held three minutes of silence marking the exact moment one week ago when a deadly earthquake struck the southwestern province of Sichuan.
At 06:28 GMT on Monday the sound of car, train and ship horns, as well as air raid sirens, marked the beginning of the silence across the country.
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By Cui Xiaohuo - Monday morning in Beijing was different. State networks broadcasted news bulletins with black backgrounds, while KTV parlors and nightclubs closed for the night before midnight. Even taxi drivers finished their shifts early.
China's national flag flies at half-mast at Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, May 19, 2008. [Agencies]
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More than 200 relief workers in southwestern China have been buried by mudflows, one week after a massive earthquake devastated the region.
The 7.9-magnitude quake struck last Monday in the southwestern province of Sichuan, killing an estimated 32,500 people. A further 220,000 people are reported injured. China has said it expects the final death toll to exceed 50,000.
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More than 200 relief workers have been buried by a mudslide in earthquake-hit Sichuan province, a Chinese state news agency has said.
The Xinhua News Agency did not immediately have any other details. The incident came as the Chinese government declared a three-day period of mourning for the May 12 quake. It is estimated that the earthquake killed as many as 50,000 people.
air raid sirens to sound at 2.28pm (7.28am UK time) - exactly a week after the earthquake hit.

BEIJING - China's newspapers and Internet news portals went black Monday, banishing colourful headlines as the country began three days of mourning for the nation's earthquake victims.
The Beijing Morning Post ran an entirely black front page apart from the headline: "China in Tears," followed by the confirmed official death toll of 32,476, and banned all colour photographs from its Monday edition.
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TEMPORARY SHELTER: Thousands of survivors of last week’s 7.9 quake in Sichuan province are packed into a stadium in Mianyan, some sleeping in a boxing ring.

AP Flags flew at half-mast, public entertainment was cancelled and 1.3 billion people were asked to observe three minutes of silence on Monday as China

By English edition staff The nation marked the one-week anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake with a three-day mourning period. At 2:28pm today,

By Tham Choy Lin CHENGDU, May 19 (Bernama) - A hush fell across China at 2.28pm Monday and then sirens wailed, marking the exact moment a week ago when the nation was shaken by its worst disaster post-millenium in the massive earthquake that rocked southwestern Sichuan province killing tens of thousands and more still buried under the debris.
The government had ordered the people to observe three minutes of silence the same time the 8.0 magnitude quake hit as the country began three days of official mourning.
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Beijing - Most of China's 1.3 billion people on Monday held a three-minute silence to mourn victims of last week's earthquake in the south-western province of Sichuan, where more than 32,500 people were confirmed dead and thousands remained missing.
Nearly all traffic came to a halt as people stood to attention on streets, workplaces and public squares across the country.
nmen Square began shouting 'Come on, China!' and 'Come on, Sichuan!' using traditional cries of encouragement used at sport events.

BEICHUAN, China (AP) - Flags flew at half-staff, public entertainment was canceled and 1.3 billion people observed three minutes of silence and China began three days of mourning Monday for the victims of the nation's massive earthquake.
In the disaster area, more than 200 relief workers were reported buried in a mudslide. There were no more details in the report from the official Xinhua News Agency.
men Square, which is raised in a solemn ceremony every morning at dawn, fluttered at half-staff.

BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) - Chinese diplomatic missions across the world started mourning victims of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province at 2:28 p.m. Monday Beijing time (0628 GMT) as national flags flew at half-mast, exactly one week after the powerful tremor struck.
From 9:28 a.m. Monday local time (0628 GMT), Chinese diplomats and Chinese studying and working in Israel stood in silent tribute for three minutes to mark their homeland's worst natural disaster in a generation.
silent tribute for three minutes to mourn the quake victims, while air raid sirens and horns of cars, trains and ships will wail in grief.

By Chris Buckley BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China began three days of national mourning on Monday for more than 30000 victims of an earthquake that struck

DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - China on Monday lowered flags to half-mast, suspended its Olympic torch relay and curbed entertainment as the nation began three days of mourning for its worst earthquake in a generation.
In solemn scenes broadcast on state television, Chinese soldiers performed the daily raising of the national flag at Beijing's imposing Tiananmen Square, then lowered it to half-mast in memory of the estimated 50,000 quake dead.
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BEIJING - China starts a grandest national mourning on Monday, the first-ever of its kind for its commoners, to lament the deceased in the deadly quake that struck Sichuan province on May 12.
At 4:58 a.m., the national flag at the Tian'anmen Square in downtown Beijing was lowered to half-mast after a complete flag-raising ceremony. The ceremony was attended by about 2,600 people.
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China began three days of national mourning for the victims of the May 12 earthquake, restricting access to entertainment content both on the Internet and broadcast media.
The official English-language newspaper China Daily reported Monday that "All public amusements will be suspended for three days from Monday. The State Council, the Cabinet, on Sunday ordered a nationwide display of respect for the dead."
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BEIJING: China lowered flags to half-mast and ordered a halt to all cultural and entertainment activities on Monday as it begun a three-day national mourning period to honour victims of its killer quake.
One week after the disaster killed tens of thousands in southwest China, soldiers performed the daily raising of the national flag at Tiananmen Square at dawn in Beijing, but then lowered it to half-mast in memory of the dead.
also has been halted for three days, Games organisers said on Sunday, "to honour the memory of those that lost their lives in the terrible earthquake."

BEIJING, May 18 (UPI) - China, facing a rising earthquake death toll and fading hopes for trapped survivors, is pressing on with its massive relief efforts under trying conditions.
The latest to be rescued, however, was a woman pulled from the rubble of a collapsed power plant in the quake's epicenter of Wenchuan County after being trapped more than 150 hours.
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BEICHUAN, China (AP) - China is observing three days of mourning for the estimated 50,000 people killed in last Monday's earthquake.
Officials are asking for the horns of cars, trains and ships and air raid sirens to sound for people to begin three minutes of silence Monday afternoon to mark the exact time a week ago when the temblor hit.
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Panoramic photograph made from multiple shots from the middle of Beichuan after the earthquake in China's Sichuan province. Photograph: Dan Chung/Guardian
China will begin three days of mourning with a nationwide silence at 2.28pm this afternoon, precisely one week after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck.
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By AP China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and suspended the Olympic torch relay as the search for survivors of the

Wearing “I love China” T-shirts they unload the injured from ambulances. Driving their Hondas and their Audis, they deliver water to the homeless.

By Andrew Jacobs CHENGDU, China: On television, the miraculous survivor stories had begun to fade Sunday, replaced by reruns of dramatic rescues.

Beichuan (AP): China declared three days of national mourning for earthquake victims and ordered a suspension of the Olympic torch relay, as the search for survivors of the disaster grew bleak on Sunday.
The State Council, China's Cabinet, said the mourning period would start on Monday and include three minutes of silence observed by citizens nationwide starting at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT) _ exactly a week after the magnitude 7.9 quake struck central China _ while horns of vehicles, trains, ships and air raid sirens wail in grief.
ople suffered injuries, according to a statement from the State Council. The government has said it expects the final death toll will surpass 50,000.