China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless after quake

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A general view of earthquake ravaged buildings on May 20, 2008 in Beichuan, Sichuan province, China. A major earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale, the worst in 58 years, jolted China's Sichuan Province on May 12. More than 40, 000 people have been confirmed killed.

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