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Taiwan rescue team arrives in quake-hit Sichuan

A group of earthquake relief professionals from Taiwan arrived at quake-struck Sichuan Province in southwest China Friday evening. The 22-member team and a sniffer dog landed at Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, provincial ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Sat, May 17 2008

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