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May 12th, 2008

Xinhua: Nearly 900 students feared buried in China quake's rubble

Posted: 07:17 AM ET

BEIJING, China (CNN) - Nearly 900 students were feared buried by the 7.8
magnitude earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province Monday afternoon,
according to China's official news agency, Xinhua.

The report did not say if the buried students were believed to still be
alive.The students were apparently buried when their high school collapsed, the
report said.

Xinhua reported earlier that four students were killed and 110 hurt when
a middle school building collapsed in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, about
60 miles (100 km) southeast of the epicenter.


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