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China quake topples hospital -Xinhua
12 May 2008 13:32:05 GMT
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BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - An earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province on Monday toppled a hospital in Dujiangyan city, the official Xinhua news agency said on its website, quoting a witness. (Reporting by Liu Zhen and Guo Shipeng; Editing by Nick Macfie)


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