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Jaswant arrives in Shanghai

Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, right, talks with Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh
Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, right, talks with Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh in Taiyuan, capital city of north China's Shanxi Province, on Saturday. 
— AP/PTI photo

Shanghai, March 31
External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh arrived here on the second leg of his five-day visit to China that has seen a warming of relations between the two Asian giants.

Mr Jaswant Singh was received by senior officials of the Chinese Foreign Ministry at the airport.

The External Affairs Minister visited the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and Shanghai City History Museum. He will later call on city Deputy Mayor Zhao Muyau, who will host a banquet in his honour tonight.

Mr Singh will deliver a lecture at the International Study Institute here tomorrow and meet regional leaders.

China is the first stop in Mr Jaswant Singh’s three-nation tour that will also take him to South Korea and Myanmar.

India has said it will adhere to the ‘one-China’ policy concerning Taiwan, an ultra-sensitive issue for China.

“We recognise ‘one China’. There is no confusion on this matter,” External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters here, allaying Beijing’s apprehension on this matter. UNI
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Four killed, 200 hurt in Taiwan quake


Rescue workers carry a survivor from a collapsed building in Taipei on Sunday following a powerful earthquake. 


Rescue workers attempt to extract survivors from a collapsed building in Taipei following a massive earthquake on Sunday. 
— Reuters photos

Taipei, March 31
Four persons were killed and more than 200 injured as Taiwan was shaken today by a powerful earthquake that started fires, cracked walls and sent two high-rise cranes crashing to the ground, authorities and media reports said.

The Central Weather Bureau said the magnitude 6.8 quake was centered near Hualien, 180 km east of Taipei, the island’s capital. It lasted for nearly a minute, the bureau said. In Taipei, buildings rocked back and forth, cracks appeared in walls and startled people ran from homes and churches. State radio reported several small fires.

Four persons were killed when two cranes fell from the 60th floor of a high-rise building under construction, the police said. The police did not identify the four, but state radio said a crane operator and three other construction workers were killed. About 10 others were hurt by steel rods and other objects that rained down from the building site.

A five-storey apartment building in central Taipei collapsed, but all seven persons, including a 10-year-old girl, trapped under the rubble were rescued within hours. About 210 persons were injured and several buildings were badly damaged. Roads in mountainous regions were blocked by rockslides but air transport was not affected.

The earthquake was centred in the sea about 44 km east of Hualien in eastern Taiwan, the Central Weather Bureau said. It was felt as far away as Hong Kong, about 900 km south-west of Taiwan. AFP, Reuters.Back

 

 

Queen Mother to be laid to rest on April 9

Pallbearers pause with the coffin of Britain's late Queen Mother
Pallbearers pause with the coffin of Britain's late Queen Mother prior to entering the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor on Sunday.  
— Reuters photo

London, March 31
Britain’s Queen Mother will be laid to rest at Windsor Castle beside her beloved husband King George VI after a ceremonial funeral on April 9, Buckingham Palace announced today. 

The palace said the Queen Mother’s coffin would be moved from Windsor to St James’s Palace in central London on Tuesday. 

On Friday, it would be taken in a ceremonial procession to Westminster Hall, where it would lie in state until the evening before the funeral at nearby Westminster Abbey. 
The coffin would then travel by road to Windsor for a private committal service and interment at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, later that day. Reuters Back

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