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Will the official death toll of the May 12th Chinese Earthquake exceed 30,000?
Settled as Yes
Two days after the earthquake the toll is listed at 12,000 with 18,000 still buried or missing.
Reported May 14, 2008, officials speaking from the epicentre of the earthquake in Sichuan province said that entire towns in the area had been 'razed to the ground' and left without a single house standing.
Xinhua, the state's official news agency, reported this morning that 178 children from one school in northern Sichuan province had been found dead, adding to the official death toll of nearly 13,000.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1954512/China-earthquake-Death-toll-rises-to-13,000.html
Reported May 14, 2008, officials speaking from the epicentre of the earthquake in Sichuan province said that entire towns in the area had been 'razed to the ground' and left without a single house standing.
Xinhua, the state's official news agency, reported this morning that 178 children from one school in northern Sichuan province had been found dead, adding to the official death toll of nearly 13,000.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1954512/China-earthquake-Death-toll-rises-to-13,000.html
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Settled as Yes on Sun 18th May 8:22am PDT
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As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Created Wed 14th May 6:30am PDT by paulcroft
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Settlement requested Sun 18th May 6:57am PDT by 
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: Death toll rose to 32,477 on Sunday
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/18/death-toll-from-china-quake-rises-as-rescuers-continue-to-pull-out-residents-buried-alive/
mrperfkt: Death toll rose to 32,477 on Sunday
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/18/death-toll-from-china-quake-rises-as-rescuers-continue-to-pull-out-residents-buried-alive/
Settled as 'Yes' Sun 18th May 8:22am PDT by 
diana: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/18/death-toll-from-china-quake-rises-as-rescuers-continue-to-pull-out-residents-buried-alive/
BEIJING, China ( CNN) — The death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake continued to mount Sunday as rescue workers searched for survivors among the rubble for a sixth day.
By Sunday evening, the official death toll rose to 32,477, according to state-run media Sunday.
diana: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/18/death-toll-from-china-quake-rises-as-rescuers-continue-to-pull-out-residents-buried-alive/
BEIJING, China ( CNN) — The death toll from last week’s devastating earthquake continued to mount Sunday as rescue workers searched for survivors among the rubble for a sixth day.
By Sunday evening, the official death toll rose to 32,477, according to state-run media Sunday.
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