Death toll exceeds 12,000 in Sichuan, 9,400 trapped

Date: 2008-5-13 22:50:00 by chinatravel Tags: Earthquake Sichuan

Rescuers were Tuesday night racing against time to find survivors a day after the strongest quake to hit China in 32 years jolted Sichuan province, demolishing buildings and burying tens of thousands beneath the rubble.

Hundreds of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers entered Wenchuan county, the epicenter, on Tuesday and pulled more than 1,000 people from debris, accord

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