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China rushes to fix dams, 9,000 square miles flooded (Reuters)

Wu Qinnan, 63, walks along a flooded road near his village on the outskirts of the Shapingba District of Chongqing municipality June 15, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - China has posted hundreds of police and rescue officials to shore up dams threatening to burst under torrential rain that has already flooded 9,000 square miles of crops and homes.


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