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Strong Earthquake (7.8 on the Richter scale)
Hit Southwest China
The earthquake
was the worst to strike China since the Tangshan earthquake in 1976,
which claimed 242,000 lives.
Summary on May 15, 2008
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Pictures from Disaster Area -- S.W. China's Sichuan
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Soldiers carry those injured from the
earthquake from a military helicopter that
transported them to Chengdu, capital of
Southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 14,
2008. [Xinhua]
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Chinese Premier
Wen Jiabao expresses his appreciation to
several American volunteers who had joined
relief work in Qushan on May 14, 2008. "On
behalf of the Chinese government, I'd like
to express my thanks to the Americans, for
your help in the quake-hit regions," he
said.
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A soldier gives a wounded woman water at the
earthquake-hit Beichuan County, about 160
kilometers northeast of the epicenter of
Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, May 13,
2008. China dispatched more soldiers to the
earthquake-ravaged province of Sichuan on
Wednesday to quicken a search for survivors.
[Agencies]
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