China quake kills nearly 10,000
Schools, homes, factories and hospitals were demolished by the 7.9 magnitude quake which hit Sichuan province yesterday afternoon.
Reuters said the toll from China’s worst earthquake in more than three decades culd rise further as troops struggled on foot to reach the worst-hit areas.
The report said about 900 teenagers were buried under a collapsed three-storey school building in the Sichuan city of Dujiangyan.
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