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Paramilitary police officers form a chain to remove chunks of concrete as they search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 14, 2008. The official death toll from Monday's earthquake reached almost 15,000 Wednesday, with many thousands more missing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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Earthquake in Ch... Rescuers using a power shovel remove debris of buildings collapsed following Monday's powerful earthquake while searching for survivors in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Earthquake in Ch... Rescue workers prepare to search for survivors among collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a volunteer helps a woman walking out of the earthquake-stricken area in Mianzhu city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ye Jianping)
Earthquake in Ch... Relatives look on as work crews use a digger to search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May. 14, 2008. The official death toll from Monday's earthquake reached almost 15,000 Wednesday, with many thousands more missing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Earthquake in Ch... Relatives look on as work crews use a digger to search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Earthquake in Ch... Rescuers search for victims in the debris of the collapsed Juyuan Middle School at the earthquake-affected Juyuan Township in Dujiangyan in southwest China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Soldiers who hiked over landslide-blocked roads to reach the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake searched through collapsed buildings Wednesday for survivors, with the death toll of more than 12,000 certain to rise as the buried are found. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... Rescuers search for victims in the debris of the collapsed Juyuan Middle School in the earthquake-affected Juyuan Township in Dujiangyan of China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday, May 14, 2008.(AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... Soldiers evacuate earthquake survivors by helicopters at the Xuankou Township in the epicenter Wenchuan of southwest China's Sichuan province Wednesday, May 14, 2008. As help began to arrive in some of the hardest-to-reach areas, some victims trapped for more than two days under collapsed buildings were still being pulled out alive. The official death toll rose Wednesday to 14,866, Xinhua said, but it was not immediately clear if that number included the 7,700 reported dead in Yingxiu. In Sichuan province alone, another 25,788 people were buried and 1,405 were missing, provincial vice governor Li Chengyun said, according to Xinhua. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... Paramilitary police officers form a chain to remove chunks of concrete as they search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 14, 2008. The official death toll from Monday's earthquake reached almost 15,000 Wednesday, with many thousands more missing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Earthquake in Ch... Relatives look on as work crews use a digger to search for bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province Wednesday May 14, 2008. The official death toll from Monday's earthquake reached almost 15,000 Wednesday, with many thousands more missing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, buildings lay in ruins following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude quake in Hanwang of Deyang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Mingfang)
Earthquake in Ch... An elderly woman walks past houses collapsed following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang city in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Earthquake in Ch... A Chinese man whose pregnant wife was trapped for two days in rubbles reacts in frustration toward rescue workers in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... A rescue worker sits near a partially collapsed building where efforts are underway to save a trapped pregnant woman in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... A local taxi driver takes two young children past a partially collapsed building in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... Rescue workers labor to pull a pregnant woman from a portion of a building where the entire second storey has collapsed trapping the woman and others in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... Residents try to salvage what they can from the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... A resident pushes a bicycle near rescue workers searching for bodies amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... A child runs past the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... Rescue workers remove debris as they search for survivors at a damaged school following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Hanwang town in Sichuan province, China, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Earthquake in Ch... People shout out to trapped residents among a building collapsed following Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... Residents listen for sounds of life amongst the rubble of a collapsed building in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a man tries to find usable things among the debris of collapsed buildings in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday May 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a student helps his schoolmate stranded in the ruins of a high school in the earthquake-affected Beichuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed Tuesday to about 10,000, while untold numbers remained trapped after the country's worst quake in three decades. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Xie)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo provided by Xinhua news agency, rescuers search for survivors on a collapsed road in Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo / Cong Feng, Xinhua)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo provided by Xinhua news agency, a trapped youth from Beichuan middle school waits for rescuers in the earthquake-hit region of Beichuan County, about 160 kilometers northeast of the epicenter in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. ((AP Photo / Li Gang, Xinhua)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, a street in Chengdu, capital of the Sichuan province in southwest China, is covered by water after a water pipe blew out during an earthquake on Monday May 12, 2008. A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked central China on Monday, shaking buildings and spreading panic in cities as far away as Beijing and the business hub of Shanghai. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Yi)
Earthquake in Ch... Residents run on a debris-covered road following an earthquake in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... A man walks down a staircase full of debris inside a hospital after an earthquake in Chengdu of southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 12, 2008. Thousands of soldiers and police were dispatched to central China after a massive earthquake Monday killed at least 107 people and buried nearly 900 schoolchildren. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... People take care of patients outside a hospital after it was evacuated following an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo / Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... Local residents stand on a road after an earthquake in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... Rescuers search for victims in the debris of a hospital after the earthquake in Dujiangyan, in southwest China's Sichuan province Monday, May 12, 2008. A massive earthquake toppled buildings across a wide area of central China on Monday, killing more than 8,533 people, trapping hundreds of students under the rubble of schools and causing a toxic chemical leak in one of the worst quakes in decades. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, local residents take shelter after a powerful earthquake in Longnan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. State media reports that the death toll from Monday's earthquake in central China has climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Han Chuanhao)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, cars are buried in the debris of collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Monday May 12, 2008. State media reports that the death toll from a powerful earthquake in central China has climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Hai)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, teachers and students at the Nanjie Primary School rest outdoors to avoid the possible aftershock in Ningqiang County, north China's Shaanxi Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Death tall from Monday's massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake, China's worst earthquake in three decades, in central China rose to at least 10,000. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Tao Ming)
Earthquake in Ch... In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, people walk on a street along houses collapsed after a powerful earthquake at Zundao Township of Mianzhu, which is less than 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the epicenter Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. China state media says that 10,000 people "remain buried" in rubble in Mianzhu near the epicenter of Monday's 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the country. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Hai)
Earthquake in Ch... Residents holding umbrellas walk past a building collapsed following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Dujiangyan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Bad weather is hampering rescue efforts at one of the worst earthquake disaster in recent history. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Earthquake in Ch... The debris of collapsed buildings is seen after the earthquake in Beichuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo/Wang Jiaowen, ColorChinaPhoto)
Earthquake in Ch... Debris of collapsed buildings is seen after the earthquake in Beichuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo/Wang Jiaowen, ColorChinaPhoto)
Earthquake in Ch... Soldiers walk on a damaged road to search for victims after the earthquake in Beichuan county in southwest China's Sichuan province, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo/Wang Jiaowen, ColorChinaPhoto)
Earthquake in Ch... A Chinese couple with their child inside a stadium, which was converted to a temporary shelter following Monday's powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Mianyang, Sichuan province, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for thousands of victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, as the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone. (AP Photo / Andy Wong)

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