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Pupils in Quake-hit School Start New Semester



Liu Guifeng, teacher of grade four, gives lesson at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on August 26, 2008. Some 132 pupils of the school surviving the May 12 devastating earthquake started their new semester Tuesday afternoon. Among 473 students of the school, 222 of them lost their lives in the quake and three others were missing. And the school also lost 20 of its 47 teachers in the quake.



A boy listens to the principal (not seen in the picture) at Yinxiu Primary School in Yinxiu Town of southwest China's Sichuan Province on August 26, 2008. Some 132 pupils of the school surviving the May 12 devastating earthquake started their new semester Tuesday afternoon. Among 473 students of the school, 222 of them lost their lives in the quake and three others were missing. And the school also lost 20 of its 47 teachers in the quake.

(Xinhua News Agency August 27, 2008)

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