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China Quake Toll Rises to 7,600

Posted May 12, 08 11:16 AM CDT in World    Most Covered

(Newser) – The earthquake that shook central China has claimed at least 7,651 lives and injured 10,000 more in Sichuan province, the Washington Post reports. In Beichuan county, which accounted for more than 5,000 dead, local news said 80% of the buildings had been toppled. 

Chinese news agencies recall a litany of horrors: 900 students trapped in a collapsed high school, several hundred pinned under rubble of two chemical plants, hospitals destroyed region-wide. President Bush said the US “stands ready to help” if China requests it.

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In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan...   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
In this photo distributed by the official Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for students at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan...   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Yi)
In this photo taken on Monday May 12, 2008 and distributed the official Xinhua news agency, shown are the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan City of southwest China's Sichuan Province.   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a man tries to find usable things among the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on...   (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
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