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Man rescued 139 hours after earthquake

A MAN was rescued at 9:15am today from a collapsed hospital of Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan Province, 139 hours after the May 12 earthquake. The man, named Tang Xiong, was only slightly bruised and in... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sun, May 18 2008

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