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China: Troops rush to plug dam cracks (AP)

This Sept. 14, 2007 picture released by GeoEye Satellite Image shows the Zipingpu Dam, upriver from the town of Dujiangyan, Sichuan, China. On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, thousands of Chinese troops rushed to plug cracks in the dam in earthquake-hit Sichuan province, but experts later said it was safe. (AP Photo/GeoEye Satellite Image)AP - Hundreds of dams around the epicenter of China's earthquake have been damaged and Chinese troops scrambled Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding of already devastated communities.


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