Thousands of people are being evacuated from around a lake and a river at risk of bursting in southwest China's earthquake zone, disaster relief officials aid on Saturday. The disaster relief headquarters in the Beichuan County told ... ...full story at People's Daily
from People's Daily on Sun, May 18 2008
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