Sichuan earthquake death toll reaches 12,012
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Rescuers carry the body of a victim at
the Juyuan High School in Juyuan Town, Dujiangyan City, southwest China's
Sichuan Province, May 13, 2008. Rescuers work against the rainy weather to
search quake survivors on Tuesday. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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Photo taken on May 13, 2008 shows the scene of the earthquake-hit Beichuan County, about 160 kilometers northeast of the epicenter of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Beichuan County is badly damaged in Monday's quake, with great numbers of buildings collapsed and landslides around the county. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |
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Students of a school donate money for
earthquake-jolted areas in southwest China's Sichuan Province in Hami, a
city of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 13, 2008.
A major earthquake measuring 7.8 Richter Scale jolted Wenchuan County of
Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on Monday. As of 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the
death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake had climbed to 11,921,
according to the ad hoc headquarters of the disaster relief headed by
Premier Wen. Of the dead, 11,608 were in Sichuan.(Xinhua
Photo) Photo
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