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Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang shakes hands with rescue workers at the site where a landslide occurred in Wulong County, southwest China's Chongqing municipality, on June 6, 2009. Zhang Dejiang arrived at the landslide site on Saturday to oversee the rescue efforts. [Xinhua]

 

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang oversees the rescue work at the emergency headquarter of a landslide in Wulong County, southwest China's Chongqing municipality, on June 6, 2009.[Xinhua]


Rescue workers search for survivors at the site where a landslide occured earlier in the Jiwei Mountain area, in Tiekuang Township, southwest China's Chongqing municipality, on June 6, 2009. Rescuers said the 79 residents and passers-by buried in debris almost have no chance to survive, but they hope to rescue the 27 miners trapped under the mine. The accident happened at about 3:00 PM on Friday at an iron ore mining area of Jiwei Mountain in Tiekuang Township.
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