Tue, March 09, 2010
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Warplane bombs Yellow River ice jam

2010-03-10 00:18:16 GMT2010-03-10 08:18:16 (Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

A Chinese air force plane takes off for a mission to bomb the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 9, 2010. Six air force planes dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow, Xinhua reported. [Photo/Xinhua]

A Chinese air force plane takes off for a mission to bomb the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 9, 2010. Six air force planes dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow, Xinhua reported. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese air force planes fly over the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 9, 2010. Six air force planes dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow, Xinhua reported. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese air force planes fly over the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 9, 2010. Six air force planes dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow, Xinhua reported. [Photo/Xinhua]

A view of the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 9, 2010. Six air force planes dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow, Xinhua reported. [Photo/Xinhua]

Chinese air force planes fly over the floating ice that jams a section of the Yellow River, the second longest in China, in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 9, 2010.

Six air force planes dropped 48 bombs during a firing trial to blast apart ice flow, Xinhua reported.

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