More helicopters to aid in quake rescue
                   
upi.com     15-May-2008            

BEIJING, May 15 (UPI) -- The Chinese government has ordered 50 more military helicopters to airlift injured quake victims from areas unreachable by roads. Besides the thousands of Chinese troops already involved in relief work in quake-hit southwest Sichuan province, the government has been using... [read full story]                    


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