China revises missing figure
14/05/2008 17:07  - (SA)  

China warns of burst dams Finger-pointing as toll climbs Pregnant woman pulled to safety Quake: Full horror emerges Towns 'flattened' in quake zone 19 000 buried under rubble 2 000 tourists missing in China

Beijing - The number of people missing in China's quake-hit Sichuan province has been revised down to 1 405, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.

The agency had earlier put the number of missing at 14 501, but said the real figure was 1 405 and blamed the error on a miscommunication with its reporter.

A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the province on Monday, all but wiping out entire towns and villages and plunging the nation into an all-out relief effort.

 

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