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China quake death toll soars past 50,000 view story

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cnn.com — The death toll from the devastating earthquake in southwestern China has leaped to 51,151 -- an increase of almost 10,000 -- government officials reported on Thursday.

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  1. These numbers just keep rising.... with more to go. The same is true in Myanmar.

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  2. @cmcgill it really is sad, my heart goes out to the victims

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  3. truly devastating

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  4. I still say that if this quake had happened in Cleveland, the death toll would have been maybe a dozen. As bad as our government is at protecting us from the corporate vultures, at least we usually manage to build school buildings that aren't death traps.

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  5. @kdfrawg yeah, and we're not as densely populated as China is

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142049_24 DarkNemesis618 submitted this on May 22, 2008.