Warning of major aftershock sparks panic in China (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 05/19/2008 - 7:18pm

Rescue workers search under a partially collapsed building for survivors after hearing noises from within at the quake devastated town of BeiChuan, southwestern China's Sichuan province, Monday, May 19, 2008.<br /><br />China stood still Monday in mourning over tens of thousands of earthquake victims, and the government appealed for more international aid to cope with the country's deadliest disaster in a generation.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - A government warning of a major aftershock sent thousands of panicked survivors running into the darkened streets Monday night following an unprecedented display of mourning for more than 34,000 people killed in a powerful earthquake one week ago.




 

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