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China quake death toll nears 10,000; more still trapped 1 Citation China quake death toll nears 10,000; more still trapped 13 05 2008 (Updated 11:48 a.m.) CHENGDU, China - The death toll from China?s worst earthquake in three decades climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while rescuers struggled to reach the epicenter of a quake that toppled schools, buildings and factories. A day after the 7.9-magnitude quake devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan?s provincial capital of Chengdu, the government poured more than 16,00, technorati.com
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China: Quake death toll could reach 50,000 1 Citation LUOSHUI TOWN, China - Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000. As the massive military-led recovery operation inched farther into regions cut off by Monday?s quake, the government sought to enlist the public?s help with an appeal for everything from hamm, technorati.com
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China quake: Death toll tops 40,000 1 Citation CHENGDU, Wed.: Despite the overwhelming odds against finding any more survivors under the rubble, rescue workers yesterday saved a 60-year-old woman, Wang Youqun, nearly 200 hours after the earthquake, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. Wang was in a temple in the town of Pengzhou when the earthquake, 8.0 on the Richter scale, hit on May 12. She fell into a coma but eventually crept out and was found in rubble yesterday, it said. She survived by drinking rainwater, Xinhua said. Hong, technorati.com
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China quake death toll passes 50,000 1 Citation China quake death toll passes 50,000 22 05 2008 A woman consoles a relative from the devastated Wenchuan county who survived the earthquake. BEIJING, China (CNN) ? The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwestern China has risen to 51,151, government officials reported on Thursday. The 7.9-magnitude quake injured 288,431 people, with another 29,328 missing, authorities said. As of midday Thursday, domestic and international donations to China?s earthquake zone had reac, technorati.com
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China: Quake Death Toll May Top 80,000 1 Citation China Quake Death Toll May Top 80,000 By J. P. Anderson YINGXIU, China (AFP) - China warned Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged the world's support. The UN secretary general came to Yingxiu, the epicentre of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake which turned this former town of 10,000 people in south-western Sichuan prefecture into rubble. As workers in protective suits sprayed disinfectant to curb diseas, technorati.com
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