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China intensifies disaster-relief work as aftershocks jolt quake-hit areas

China is trying to step up its disaster-relief work, with the State Council setting up an emergency command in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province on Monday, as aftershocks jolted quake-hit areas in southwest China. Premier Wen Jiabao held ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, May 13 2008

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