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Over 148,000 armed forces personnel mobilized for rescue work
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As of 5:00 p.m. Saturday, more than 148,000 troops, armed police, militia and reservists were engaged in rescue operations in areas ravaged by the southwest China's earthquake, according to military sources.

(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2008)

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