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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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(L-R) U.S. President George W. Bush watches on as First Lady Laura Bush shakes hands with China's Ambassador to the United States Zhou Wenzhong, with his wife Xie Shumin, after Bush ...



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