China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless
                   
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CHENGDU, China — Rescuers freed a 60-year-old woman Tuesday who was trapped for more than 195 hours after last week's earthquake and had survived by drinking rainwater, while the confirmed death toll rose to more than 40,000. The official Xinhua news agency identified her as Wang Youqun, a... [read full story]                    

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