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Eight die in mosque collapse

EIGHT people died and 23 were injured after a mosque being built in northwest China collapsed. Investigators were looking into whether Thursday's accident in Xiajiuzhuang Village in Qinghai Province may have been... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jul 25 2008

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