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run2Jesus
May 25th, 2008, 06:52 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24812230/

run2Jesus
May 25th, 2008, 06:53 AM
BEIJING - An aftershock that hit earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province was felt 800 miles away in Beijing on Sunday.

The magnitude 5.8 aftershock rattled the quake area, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing office towers to sway in China's capital. There were no immediate reports of damage from the latest aftershock, which came nearly two weeks after an earthquake battered large parts of the province.

China's Cabinet also raised the official death toll from the May 12 earthquake to 62,664. The government has said the final death toll could surpass 80,000.

Meanwhile, officials warned that nearly 70 dams scarred by the force of China's most powerful earthquake in three decades were in danger of bursting.

The government had earlier said some 391 dams had been affected by the quake, mostly small structures
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BLESSED BEYOND BELIEF
May 25th, 2008, 06:56 AM
Oh my goodness, it's happening again. :fear :pray:pray

Goldie
May 25th, 2008, 06:58 AM
:pray Oh my! :pray

KayTe
May 25th, 2008, 07:21 AM
Praying

jeshurun
May 25th, 2008, 07:27 AM
:pray

Goldie
May 25th, 2008, 08:03 AM
Up to 80,000 dead, and 5 million people homeless. :pray :sob :pray

stonewallfan
May 25th, 2008, 08:04 AM
Feel for the parent of those children lost in the school, the homeless and the human suffering after the earthquake

RebMel
May 25th, 2008, 08:47 AM
More updated news says further buildings have been damaged and that they are continuing to be concerned about 60 dams failing.

4JesusLove
May 25th, 2008, 08:52 AM
:praying for these people.