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From leaders on down, millions mourn quake dead
www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-19 15:33:07
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Tourists mourn while visiting Ti'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, May 19, 2008. Millions of people in China and overseas observed three minutes silence at 2:28 p.m. Monday to mourn thousands of people killed in an earthquake which hit southwest China's Sichuan province a week ago. Across the country, air raid sirens, cars, trains and ship horns wailed in grief as the people fell silent. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
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A citizen looks at bold-face front pages of newspapers in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, May 19, 2008. China on Monday begins a three-day national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed in a powerful earthquake which struck the country's southwestern regions on May 12. Newspapers and websites all over China released the news with boldface headlines on front pages.

A citizen looks at bold-face front pages of newspapers in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, May 19, 2008.  (Xinhua Photo)
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