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China vows utmost efforts to rescue missing Russian tourists

A Chinese government official Tuesday said the authorities would spare no efforts to rescue the two Russian tourists missing in an avalanche in southwest China's Sichuan Province. "We have informed the Russian embassy in Beijing of details of the... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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