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China sends troops to quake-hit county for disaster relief

China's Chengdu Military Area Command has dispatched troops to help with disaster relief work in the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province, military sources said. Tian Yixiang, officer with the em ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Mon, May 12 2008

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