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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 16 > China’s death toll could hit 50,000

China’s death toll could hit 50,000

By William Foreman / The Bulletin
May 16, 2008

LUOSHUI TOWN, China — Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town, and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more....

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