Emergency relief teams rescue 84 quake survivors in Sichuan
2008-05-14 09:50:42 GMT 2008-05-14 17:50:42 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- As of 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, emergency relief teams sent by the China Seismological Bureau (CSB) and 13 provinces and municipalities had saved 84 survivors in Sichuan, the CSB said Wednesday.
A devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale on Monday rocked Wenchuan County, in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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