Moderate earthquake jolts Japan Jul 05, 2008 5:55AM

A moderately strong earthquake shook Tokyo and its environs on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage, officials said. Japan's Meteorological Agency said no tsunami warning was issued. Read more

Iranian state TV is reporting that a moderate earthquake has jolted a small town in eastern Iran. The report says the magnitude-5.2 quake struck at 3:49 a.m. Friday but caused no injuries. Read more

More than 120,000 high school students whose university entrance exams were delayed by the massive Chinese earthquake in May finally sat down Thursday to take the tests that will dictate their future. Read more

New schools built in areas hit by a devastating earthquake in May must be safe and strongly built, China's Education Ministry said amid widespread anger over poorly built schools that collapsed during the temblor, killing thousands of children. Read more

China's top leaders said they were thankful for U.S. help after Sichuan's devastating earthquake, with Premier Wen Jiabao saying Monday he was impressed that the first foreigners he saw providing help when he toured the province were Americans. Read more

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman Islands on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials and police said. Read more

China fired 12 officials for dereliction of duty and misuse of earthquake relief, a top anti-corruption official said Monday. Supervision Minister Ma Wen said her department had received 1,178 complaints involving officials' response to the May 12 quake in Sichuan province and had dealt with mor... Read more

Rebuilding in two of China's provinces hit by last month's massive earthquake should be complete by 2010, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday. The official Xinhua News Agency also quoted Wen as saying that regular life should be close to normal soon in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Read more

Police say rescue workers have recovered another body from a landslide triggered by a powerful earthquake in northern Japan, bringing the confirmed death toll to 12. Read more

China faces growing demand for mental health care in the aftermath of last month's devastating earthquake, which killed at least 70,000 people and left millions homeless, the World Health Organization said Friday. Read more