(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2008-05-16 06:47

Other developments:

Public security departments have punished 17 rumor mongers in the wake of the earthquake, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.

The ministry did not mention what exactly the rumors were, but claimed that the culprits "spread false information, made sensational statements and sapped public confidence".

Power has been restored in most parts of Sichuan, the State Grid Corporation of China announced on Thursday. However, people in Beichuan county and Aba prefecture were still suffering a blackout.

A Japanese rescue team is expected to arrive in Sichuan today. The rescue team, comprising about 60 members, will be the first foreign disaster relief professionals to assist China since the quake struck on Monday.

 

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