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Chinese President expresses gratitudes for foreign aid in China´s quake relief

"...I express heartfelt thanks to the foreign governments and international friends that have contributed to our quake-relief work..."

Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Pakistan medical team in quake zone

Chinese President Hu Jintao visited a Pakistani medical team in Longnan city in northwest China´s Gansu Province Sunday afternoon.

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French medical team heads back home

The team arrived at the Central Hospital of Guangyuan in southwest China´s Sichuan province on May 25 to offer medical aid for quake-injured people. During the task, they offered 108 treatments.

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Poem for all the victims in quake by CCTV anchor -- Edwin Maher

South Korean sisters send year´s pocket money to Chinese quake-hit children

"Please deliver the money to the children in Sichuan´s earthquake-hit areas and express our blessings," Hwang Yoon-kyung, 12, and her younger sister Hwang Hye-kyung, 11, said in a message to the Chinese Consulate General in South Korea´s southeastern port city of Busan.

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J. Loh Teck Heng, Malaysia

´With you I grieve With you I shed Your sorrow my tears Your wounds my pain With you I pray With you I heal Your eternal peace my chant Your great emergence my filled wishes´ To the people of Sichuan Province and my Chinese, stay strong,stronger and stay one.May Goddes Of Mercy bless all of us.

Michael Arnold, USA

My heart and my tears go out to you China. The entire world is thinking and praying for your country. I live in Seattle, WA...we are a city that has a connection to China more than just about any other city or state in the USA... Whatever you need from the USA, please do not hesitate to ask. Our hearts, our minds, our thoughts, our prayers and our tears are with you.

TIEN DO, U.S.

I HOPE ALL OF PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY CAN HAVE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL LIFE IN THE HEAVEN AND PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL ALIVE CAN GET THROUGH DIFFICULTIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Int'l Condolences

<font color=black>Ban Ki-moon , UN Secretary-General</font>

Ban Ki-moon , UN Secretary-General

"I want to ... express my sadness and sympathy for the victims of earthquake in southwest China. And UN will spare no efforts in supporting China´s disaster relief and reconstruction work."

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<font color=black>Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister</font>

Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese Prime Minister

"I extend my condolences and hoped those affected in Sichuan could soon get on with their lives and rebuild their homes."

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<font color=black>Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President</font>

Dmitry Medvedev, Russian President

"Accept my sincere and profound condolences in connection with the May 12 earthquake in the Sichuan province."

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<font color=black>George W. Bush, US President </font>

George W. Bush, US President

"I extend my condolences to those injured and to the families of the victims of today´s earthquake in China´s Sichuan Province. I am particularly saddened by the number of students and children affected by this tragedy."

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<font color=black>Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister </font>

Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister

He highly valued China´s rapid, effective reaction to the disaster.

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<font color=black>Nicolas Sarkozy, French President </font>

Nicolas Sarkozy, French President

He sent a message to Chinese President Hu Jintao to express his condolences over the quake. Sarkozy expressed his confidence in China´s ability to cope with the disaster.

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Int’l community offers more condolences, aid

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[Pakistan] President Pervez Musharraf

[Thailand] King Bhumibol Adulyadej

[Uruguay] President Tabare Vazquez

[Argentina] President Cristina Fernandez

[Romania] President Traian Basescu

[Sweden] King Carl XVI Gustav

[Ukraine] President Viktor Yushchenko

[Morocco] King Mohammed VI

[Mexico] President Felipe Calderon

[Italy] President George Napolitano and PM Silvio Berlusconi

[Albania] Prime Minister Sali Berishasent

[Britain] Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Gordon Brown

[Brazil] President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

[Poland] President Lech Kaczynski

[Jordan] King Abdullah the Second

[France] President Nicolas Sarkozy

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