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Rescuers try to save wounded students at
Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100
kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan county of southwest China's
Sichuan Province, on May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students here were feared
buried when a high school building collapsed in the earthquake measuring
7.8 on the Richter scale which jolted Wenchuan County at 2:28 p.m. on
Monday. Rescue works were still underway by press time. (Xinhua
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BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A major earthquake
measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale in Wenchuan County of southwest China's
Sichuan Province has killed 107 and injured 34 in provinces and municipality of
Sichuan, Gansu, Chongqing and Yunnan by 6:00 p.m., the Ministry of Civil Affairs
said.
Earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter scale hits SW China, 5
dead
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- A major earthquake measuring
7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan
Province at 2:28 p.m. Monday, the State Seismological Bureau (SSB) said.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 31.0 degrees
north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, the bureau said. Full story
President Hu orders utmost effort for
Sichuan quake victims
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao on Monday
ordered all-out efforts to help those affected by a major earthquake measuring
7.8 on the Richter scale that jolted Wenchuan County of southwest China's
Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. Full story
China sends troops to quake-hit county
for disaster relief
BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Chengdu Military Area
Command has dispatched troops to help with disaster relief work in the
earthquake-stricken Wenchuan County of southwest China's Sichuan Province,
military sources said. Full story
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