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99% houses damaged by quake in township

Updated: 2013-04-24 21:49
( chinadaily.com.cn)

 99% houses damaged by quake in township

A damaged house in Taiping township, Lushan county, Southwest China’s Sichuan province on April 24. Ninety-nine percent of the houses in Taiping township were damaged in the magnitude-7 earthquake which hit Sichuan on Saturday morning, leaving so far 193 dead and 25 missing. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/Asianewsphoto] 

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