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To: kchoho

Amazing pictures - heart wrenching - but so many good people helping ..... prayers.


38 posted on 05/14/2008 2:33:17 AM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: All

one more before I shut down...

16:58, May 14, 2008

178 students confirmed dead in one school in Sichuan
In one single school in earthquake-hit Sichuan Province 178 students were confirmed dead on Wednesday morning.

A three-storied residential building at the Muyu Middle School in Qingchuan County collapsed in the quake, burying 285 students who were taking noon nap. Another 139 students escaped.

As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, 178 were confirmed dead, 84 buried students were rescued and 23 others remained missing, according to Chen Zhengyong, head of the county government.

Source:Xinhua

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6410776.html


40 posted on 05/14/2008 2:38:24 AM PDT by stlnative
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