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Photographer shoots wedding day disaster
Associated Press May 23, 08 8:02 AM CDT
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A wedding photographer shooting pictures of a bride and groom captured instead dramatic images of the catastrophic China earthquake. Photographers were shooting at a popular spot for newly married couples when the earth moved. The photos show young women in wedding attire, dusty and shaken, amid the ruins of China's deadly earthquake.
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Even those still with homes leave for the safety of the street
Wall Street Journal May 22, 08 11:01 AM CDT
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Across Chengdu, the capital of China's earthquake-struck Sichuan province, citizens are camping out in tents in public parks, riverbanks, and even on the sides of the roads. But many of the tent-dwellers haven't lost their homes, reports the Wall Street Journal . Rather, they're reluctant to return to their high-rise apartments, fearful of aftershocks.
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