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http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080512/NEWS/80512022/1001/NEWS
CHONGQING, China Chinese state media says more than 7,600 people have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake.
The official Xinhua News Agency said that another 10,000 people were believed hurt in one of the provinces counties after the 7.8-magnitude quake on Monday.
Nearly 900 students were trapped after their school collapsed about 60 miles from the quakes epicenter. Rescuers had recovered at least 50 bodies from the debris of the school building
The earthquake struck in the middle of the afternoon when classes and office towers were full.
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CHONGQING, China Chinese state media says more than 7,600 people have died in Sichuan province alone from a massive earthquake.
The official Xinhua News Agency said that another 10,000 people were believed hurt in one of the provinces counties after the 7.8-magnitude quake on Monday.
Nearly 900 students were trapped after their school collapsed about 60 miles from the quakes epicenter. Rescuers had recovered at least 50 bodies from the debris of the school building
The earthquake struck in the middle of the afternoon when classes and office towers were full.
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