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Comment (YINHUA, China — Four days after a powerful earthquake turned this picturesque mountain town into a jumble of beams and brick and gray roof tiles, villagers stood on a knoll to watch rescue workers pick through the remains of a six-story apartment block. At one point came a hush, and then a burst of applause, as a man emerged from a slit in the rubble, his body draped in a floral blanket.
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