1st LD-Writethru: Memorial service held for victims of strong Xizang earthquake

LHASA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- A memorial service was held Monday in remembrance of the victims of the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Dingri County in Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China, last week.

At 9:30 a.m., sirens resonated throughout Chamco Township, where the event was held. A giant board, with white Mandarin and Tibetan characters, reading "deeply mourning" the dead in the Dingri earthquake, sto