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VIDEO: Quake rescuers work against time
18 May 2008 19:10:00 GMT
Source: AlertNet
May 18 - Chinese and international rescue teams in China's southwest work against the clock to find survivors after powerful earthquake struck.

The death toll from China's worst earthquake in decades now stands at over 32,000. Bad weather, treacherous terrain and continued aftershocks are complicating rescue efforts.

Michelle Carlile-Alkhouri reports.




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A school bag and books are placed beside a grave at a makeshift graveyard in the earthquake shaken town of Hongbai, Sichuan province May 18, 2008.Thousands of soldiers and families looking ...



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