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China Races to Clear Quake-Dammed Rivers

Rainy season threatens to compound damage

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 26, 2008 12:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – China is struggling to clear rivers and lakes dammed with earthquake debris before the impending rainy season worsens flooding, the AP reports. In Beichuan county, 1,800 soldiers arrived today, each bearing 22 pounds of explosives to blast obstructions impeding access to a nearby lake,... Read full story »

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