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BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Condolence messages and offers for aid
are continuing to be sent to China in view of the recent devastating
quake in its southwestern Sichuan province, the Chinese Foreign
Ministry said in a press release Wednesday.
Israeli President Shimon Peres, speaker of the Upper House of the
Afghan parliament Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, speaker of the Guyanese
parliament Ralph Ramkarran, Guyana's Minister of Foreign Trade and
International Cooperation Henry Jeffrey, and ASEAN (Association of
Southeast Asian Nations) Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan have
expressed their condolences to China over the quake.
Bangladesh has sent a cargo plane carrying 10 tons of relief
materials to the quake-hit region, and the Bangladesh Red Cross
donated 5,000 U.S. dollars to the Red Cross Society of China.
Meanwhile, Venezuela has offered 1 million dollars for quake relief,
while New Zealand has provided an additional 280,000 dollars.
The 8.0-magnitude quake on May 12, centered in Sichuan's Wenchuan
county, has left over 68,000 people dead and some 365,000injured.
About 20,000 people were reported missing as of midday Wednesday.
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