Miracle rescues in China quake as death toll tops 40,000 (AFP)
                   
yahoo.com     20-May-2008            

by Ian Timberlake 6 minutes ago CHENGDU, China (AFP) - A woman who survived on rainwater and a man fed sweetened water were Tuesday pulled out of the rubble eight days after China's earthquake but hopes faded for others as the death toll topped 40,000. Amid fears of new aftershocks among a... [read full story]                    


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