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A man drinks from a burst water pipe in the main street of the earthquake-devastated city of Dujiangyan
17 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A man drinks from a burst water pipe in the main street of the earthquake-devastated city of Dujiangyan, located around 50 km (31 miles) north of Chengdu in Sichuan Province May 17, 2008. Chinese President Hu Jintao urged rescuers in the southwestern province of Sichuan to race against time to save lives, days after the most destructive earthquake to hit modern China, state media said on Saturday. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)
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China's Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shake hands as they visit the earthquake-hit Yingxiu town of Wenchuan county, Sichuan Province May 24, 2008. Ban arrived in quake-hit ...




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