DEVASTATION: The total number of casualties remains unknown as heavy storms prevented relief workers from reaching victims at the epicenter of the powerful quake
Bodies covered with sheets lined streets yesterday as rescue workers dug through schools and homes turned into rubble by China's worst earthquake in three decades in a desperate attempt to rescue victims trapped under concrete slabs.

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By Jenny W. Hsu and Shelley Shan
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HELPING HAND: Saying foreign aid had been the key to recovering from the 1999 earthquake, President Chen Shui-bian pledged Taiwan's support for relief efforts
By Mo Yan-chih,Ko Shu-ling and Shih Hsiu-Chuan
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ALLEGATIONS: The US State Department allowed corruption to fester in the Iraqi government, a former head of the Office of Accountability and Transparency said
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