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Rescuers Dig Through Quake Rubble in China

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 8:58am

In China, rescue workers have been digging through flattened homes and schools in a desperate search for victims of China's worst earthquake in three decades.

Chinese authorities say nearly 12,000 people were killed and more than 18,000 are missing. Co-host Renee Montagne talks to Mark Magnier, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, for the latest developments.