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www.liberation.fr : 17/04/2010 at 11:50
The results of Wednesday's earthquake in the province of northwest China where the Tibetan population is predominant, s is risen to 1,339 dead and 332 missing.
Tibetan monks prepare for the cremation of bodies of victims of the earthquake, April 17 at Jiegu in the Chinese province of Qinghai (© AFP Frederic J. Brown) The Dalai Lama called on Beijing to let him visit the Chinese province of Qinghai was struck by a deadly earthquake last Wednesday. A predominantly ethnic Tibetan, for which he would come to "comfort".
"To meet the wishes of many people there, I would go there to offer them comfort," said the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists in a statement from Dharamshala in northern India, where he lives in exile.
According to official news agency Xinhua, citing the emergency, the latest balance sheet reported on Saturday afternoon, continued to widen: the quake had killed 1,339 people, 332 are still missing. The
Qinghai Province is the birthplace of Dalai. And Tibetans account for 97% of the 100,000 inhabitants of the prefecture of Yushu.
(Source AFP)
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