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Rescue HQ in China's Beichuan says 600 quake survivors saved

At least 600 people in Beichuan, one of the areas hardest-hit by Monday's 7.8-magnitude earthquake, have been rescued, according to information from relief officials. Information from the earthquake control and relief headquarters o ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, May 15 2008

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