Pupils in quake-hit school start new semster

2008-08-27 03:22:11 GMT2008-08-27 11:22:11 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

Pupils attend class at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Aug. 26, 2008.(Xinhua/Hai Mingwei)

Pupils play games in the classroom at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Aug. 26, 2008.(Xinhua/Hai Mingwei)

Liu Guifeng, teacher of grade four, gives lesson at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Aug. 26, 2008. (Xinhua/Hai Mingwei)

Pupils play at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Aug. 26, 2008. (Xinhua/Hai Mingwei)

A boy listens to the principal (not seen in the picture) at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on Aug. 26, 2008. (Xinhua/Hai Mingwei)

Some 132 pupils of the school surviving the May 12 devastating earthquake started their new semester Tuesday afternoon. Among 473 students of the school, 222 of them lost their lives in the quake and three others were missing. And the school also lost 20 of its 47 teachers in the quake.

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