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Sichuan quake death toll rises to nearly 10,000
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Premier Wen Jiabao picks up a shoe and a schoolbag from debris of the Juyuan Middle School building collapsed in the powerful earthquake in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province May 12, 2008. Nearly 900 students were trapped in collapsed building and at least 50 were confirmed dead. In Sichuan Province, at least 8,533 have died in the quake, with the epicenter in Wenchuan county. [Xinhua]

An earthquake emergency relief team of 180 members from the State Seismological Bureau leaves for quake-stricken Wenchuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province from Nanyuan Airport on Monday, May 12, 2008.

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