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China Quake Survivor Rescued After 8 Days

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May 20, 2008
        

Trapped Woman Survived By Drinking Rainwater; China: 40,000 Dead, 5 Million Homeless CHENGDU, China, May 20, 2008 Residents sleep in the main square in Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province early Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) (CBS/AP) A woman who survived by drinking rainwater was...

                   

Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000

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May 20, 2008
        

Agence France-Presse CHENGDU, China - A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed sweetened water were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000. Amid fears of new aftershocks among a traumatized population,...

                   
usatoday.com: People look for the names of their relatives on a list of rescued earthquake survivors at a temporary shelter in Mianyang of Sichuan Province. usatoday.com

More China quake survivors pulled from rubble as toll rises

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May 20, 2008
        

CHENGDU, China (AP) — China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. Meanwhile, rescuers pulled a 31-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman, trapped...

                   

UN chief confident of stepped up Myanmar aid

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May 20, 2008
        

By WILLIAM FOREMAN | Associated Press Writer CHENGDU, China - The tale of survival came after the confirmed death toll from the disaster rose to 40,075, according to the State Council, China's Cabinet. A growing number of countries responded to the call, dispatching doctors to the quake area...

                   

Report: Quake Survivor Found After 8 Days

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May 20, 2008
        

60-Year-Old Woman Survived By Drinking Rainwater; Death Toll Nears 40,000 CHENGDU, China, May 20, 2008 Residents sleep in the main square in Chengdu, in China's Sichuan province early Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) (CBS/AP) A 60-year-old woman has been rescued alive after being...

                   

China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless after quake

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May 20, 2008
        

By Associated Press Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week’s earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000. Ma Yuanjiang was saved from the debris of the Yingxiu...

                   

Official death toll in Chinese quake now 40,075; five million homeless

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May 20, 2008
        

By: William Foreman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHENGDU, China - The confirmed death toll in China's massive earthquake rose past 40,000 on Tuesday even as China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the five million people whose homes were destroyed in the tremor. The State Council,...

                   

Official death toll in Chinese quake now 40,075

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May 20, 2008
        

By William Foreman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An elderly man eats his meal inside a tent at a camp set up for earthquake evacuees in Hanwang, Sichuan province. The confirmed death toll in China's massive earthquake rose past 40,000 on Tuesday even as China said it was struggling to find shelter for...

                   

Official death toll in Chinese quake now 40,075; five million homeless

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May 20, 2008
        

By William Foreman, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An elderly man eats his meal inside a tent at a camp set up for earthquake evacuees in Hanwang, Sichuan province. The confirmed death toll in China's massive earthquake rose past 40,000 on Tuesday even as China said it was struggling to find shelter for...

                   
msn.com: Image: Two men give water to man rescued from earthquake rubble msn.com

Survivors rescued 8 days after Chinese quake

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May 20, 2008
        

10 saved from remote cliff; 'People are still alive,' one says In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, 56-year-old Wang Chunbang, who had been under debris for 164 hours, is rescued in quake-hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday. Around 10 workers were rescued on Tuesday...