More than 71,000 dead, missing in China’s Sichuan--gov’t

by jayr_patron | May 18, 2008 at 11:16 pm

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Excuse the lack of comments for this highlight. It leaves me utterly speechless. It seems the casualty figure is growing by the day.

More than 71,000 people are dead, buried or missing in southwest China's Sichuan province following last week's earthquake, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the top provincial leader as saying Monday.

The number of people confirmed killed in the province as of late Sunday is 32,173, Sichuan Communist Party chief Liu Qibao said, according to Xinhua.

Another 9,509 people remained buried and 29,418 others were missing, Liu said.