While xinhuanet reports on the wireless of more than 3,000 to 5,000 deaths, it's not in the latest online report:
Quote:2008-05-12 21:38:02 P
DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers have recovered at least 50 bodies from the debris of a high school building that collapsed and buried almost 900 students in Monday's earthquake in southwest China.
The tragedy occurred at Juyuan Middle School in Juyuan Township of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, about 100 kilometers from the epicenter in Wenchuan County.
An unknown number of students were also reported buried after buildings collapsed at five other schools in the province's Deyang City, where a quake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 4:21 p.m. on Monday, according to the Sichuan provincial seismological bureau.
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The quake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, has killed at least 107 nationwide by 6 p.m., said the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
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