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Yao sets up hotline for quake victims
HOUSTON (AP)
- Houston Rockets star Yao Ming has set up a hotline to help North American Chinese residents reach family and friends in China following a series of earthquakes there.The latest series of quakes struck Wednesday in a remote, mountainous Tibetan region. At least 589 people have been killed and more than 10,000 are injured.
Yao, out this season after left foot surgery, created a foundation in June 2008, about a month after a massive earthquake struck the nearby Sichuan province, leaving nearly 90,000 people dead or missing.
Yao created his foundation with a $2 million donation to rebuild schools in the affected area.
