China quake boy pulled out after 80 hrs under school rubble
                   
rian.ru     May 16, 2008            

BEIJING, May 16 (RIA Novosti) - A school boy was rescued after 80 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapsed school building in southwest China's Sichuan province, hit by a powerful quake Monday, local media said on Friday. The massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale led to the... [read full story]                    


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